“I guess she wasn’t cut out for it.” With those words from her manager, Fuuka Miyazawa’s childhood hopes of idol fame are soundly put to rest. Truly, she’d tried her hardest to excel as an idol, throwing herself into practices and spending late nights practicing her routines. But she simply wasn’t as good or as… Read More First Impression: The aquatope on white sand
Long-time followers of Beneath the Tangles or my own blog Curiously Dead Cat may know that I have a thing for isekai. I will watch all but the trashiest and most offensive new releases if they include a poor(?) Japanese sap who gets whisked off to a fantasy setting and—oh, the horror!—finds himself or herself… Read More First Impression: Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist
Tohru is the best maid out there. It’s simply an unquestionable fact—as a dragon, she’s best at everything she does, whether it’s destroying worlds or folding loads of laundry for Kobayashi, her human master. So when the local maid cafe boasts the best maids in town, Tohru can’t help but feel slighted. She decides to… Read More First Impression: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S
Makoto Misumi is a good-natured, calm, pretty average guy. But, as the son of a fantasy writer and an archery club member, he is also a well-read, well-prepared isekai expert. So he’s in the perfect position to appreciate his own bad luck! Before being sent to the goddess of this new world, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, a considerate… Read More First Impression: Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy- (Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu)
Anime love comedies have hit upon a successful formula: Boy meets girl. One has obvious issues and the other less obvious (or developing). A severe obstacle—medical, fantastical, metaphysical—gets in the way. Love overcomes, but can it overcome the deeper issues within? Add fantastic animation, variations of the same soundtrack (including catchy song to play over… Read More Review: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya While I started the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels long ago, it’s only since the announcement of Intuition that I decided to make my way through them all. And I’m glad I waited so long, for I can’t imagine being a fan and only getting one new novel in the thirteen… Read More Reader’s Corner: Fly Me to the Moon, Love Me, Love Me Not, and Play it Cool, Guys
We’re super excited to announce the next guest for our summer series of Instagram live streams! We’ll be chatting with voice actress, Christina Kelly, who you may recognize from her work on Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki (Mimimi), Golden Time (Koko), and Akame ga Kill (Mine), among many other series. We also had an opportunity to speak… Read More Instagram Live Stream with Akame Ga Kill and Golden Time VA, Christina Kelly!
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