Keiichi Maebara has recently moved into Hinamizawa, a quiet, sparse country town. He’s settling in well: the locals are sociable, the scenery is inviting, and his classmates are fun. Rena’s the clumsy-cute schoolgirl type. Satoko’s ingenious pranks keep him on his toes all the time, but Rika’s around to comfort him should he ever fall… Read More First Impression: Higurashi: When They Cry
The fall 2020 anime season is here! After a spring season cut short by the pandemic, and a strange catch-up summer season, the autumn is full of promise with a few returning series and a number of big name shows and well-known creators with new projects. Check out our thoughts on the new series and… Read More Fall 2020 Anime First Impressions
Today we’re joined by Casey Covel as we kick off a final series of Throwback Thursday posts to run through the end of 2020 and celebrating our 10th anniversary! Enjoy her temporary return to “Between the Panels,” and continue to stay tuned as other former and current writers revisit their own past columns in the… Read More Between the Panels: Dying to Lies and Redeeming Gifts in Twilight Princess Vol. 1
Let it not be said that the Light Novel Club shies away from the most popular isekai series. This session, we’re jumping into volume one of the enormously popular Re:Zero franchise. The last episode of the first cour of the anime’s second season just aired, so it felt like a perfect time to look at… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 24: Re:Zero, Vol. 1
Our man Josh, who help manage our Twitter account, is going to be watchin A Silent Voice for the first time, and invites you to join along as he live-tweets the movie! He’ll be doing the live-tweet this Saturday, October 3rd at 9pm central / 10pm ET. Come follow us on Twitter for the event?… Read More A Silent Voice Live-Tweet!
The new anime season is upon us! The first episode of the first new series of the season (the remake of Higurashi) drops this Thursday—can you believe it? And it should be an interesting fall, a leveling up in quality judging by the names involved (and perhaps a result of the industry catching up after… Read More What Fall 2020 Anime Are You Most Looking Forward To?
Appare-Ranman, one of last season’s notable anime, has begun to receive the ADR treatment from Funimation. Each Friday, the company is releasing an English-dubbed episode of the P.A. Works series, which features a samurai and an inventor from Japan who team up on a transcontinental race across turn of the 20th-century America. Twwk (Charles) sat… Read More Diversity in P.A. Works’ Appare-Ranman: Video Interview with ADR Directors, Caitlin Glass and Shawn Gann
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