Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl is a sequel / follow-up to last year’s delightful Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai. It’s very much more of the same, and that’s a good thing. The series ended without resolving the curious case of Makinohara Shoko, and now the film delves into that… Read More Review: Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl
And here we are with our discussion of the first volume of Ascendance of a Bookworm! With the anime having just started, now is the perfect time to dive into this “bibliophile fantasy” and see what lies in store. @jeskaiangel will be joining me this time as we look at what makes this isekai story special.… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 14: Ascendance of a Bookworm, Part 1 Vol. 1
Another typical romantic comedy, with it’s just-as-typical cast of characters: the athlete with the heart of gold. The background character. The minx…The stalker? And the b….what? ORESUKI: Are You the Only One Who Loves Me, a new romantic comedy based on a light novel series, follows Joro, Cosmos, Himawari, Sun-chan, and Pansy as they navigate… Read More First Impressions: ORESUKI
We’ve entered the age of big-blockbuster, live-action adaptations of anime and manga properties. While common in Japan, it’s been a slow build in the U.S., with most early adaptations flopping commercially (Speed Racer) and/or critically (Dragon Ball: Evolution). While recent ones have been a mixed bag (see the resounding failure that is Netflix’s Death Note),… Read More Miyazaki Declined Nausicaa Live-Action Adaptions (But We Cast One Anyway)
With Tanjirou and Inosuke’s battle against Enmu reaching its climax in volume seven, the Infinity Train arc is seemingly at a close – but one more challenge remains for the duo, along with Rengoku, Zenitsu, and Nezuko, and its even more dangerous than the lower demon moon they had been battling. Memories from the past… Read More Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Volume 8 (Review)
We’re proud to present a guest post today by blogger and Yale Divinity School student James, who has written series of articles for us in past about Planetarian and Steins;gate. Note: this essay is based solely on the anime adaptation of Welcome to the N.H.K. rather than the light novel or manga, whose stories differ… Read More Welcome to the Gift of Condescension
Bananya and the Curious Bunch is a sequel series to the 2016 short-form series Bananya. The original series, for those who do not know, is a documentary style short about the everyday lives of small cats that live inside bananas. They go on adventures in a normal house over the course of a few minutes… Read More First Impressions: Bananya and the Curious Bunch
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