A new trailer for the next Madoka movie (Puella Magi Madoka Magica -Walpurgisnacht Rising-) dropped this past week, as well as a February 2026 date for the premiere. Finally! Homura Akemi, of course, figures heavily into the trailer. An incredible character of so much depth, Homura has inspired so much great writing and art over… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: Homura Akemi Awaits
K-Pop Demon Hunters has taken the world by storm—and that means that artists, too, have been illustrating their renditions of characters from the film. Did you watch it? What did you think? And oh, by the way, I haven’t looked much into this, but our friend Paris—formerly of Cosplay Beats and the Tangle x Cast—shared… Read More Fanart Friday: Demon Hunters Go K-Pop
In the first episode of Season 2, Azusa meets again the deity who brought her to this isekai when she reincarnated after death by overwork. Pretty much everything about the episode’s depiction of divinity is pure silliness: The goddesses are likened to idols on the performance circuit, complete with glow sticks and other merch, a… Read More I’ve Been Killing Slimes’ Unexpected Insight into the Heart of God
In the age of The Matrix Resurrections and The Rise of Skywalker, sequel disappointment is like the common cold. Continuations of great stories must attempt to walk the tightrope of making us feel the magic once again while avoiding treading the same ground. Many try, a few succeed; most are mercifully forgotten, but some even bring the original… Read More The Promised Neverland and the Mass, I: Sequels, Pagans, and Evil Blood
This week, Kirito returns with the first volume of Unital Ring, in which we find him shopping for Asuna’s birthday? We’ve also got the first volume of the original novel adapted into the smash hit manhwa, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, and more! DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR (Vol. 7) • Destroy All Humans. They Can’t Be… Read More Reader’s Corner: Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Vol. 1), Sword Art Online: Unital Ring (Vol. 1), and The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya
Taro Sakomoto can’t catch a break. Every time he defeats another overly ambitious assassin, two more are ready to challenge him next. Right now, the main threat is a group of four escaped death row prisoners. They’ve been given a list with targets, who include Sakamoto and friends. He’s not happy about this list, especially… Read More First Impression: Sakamoto Days (Part 2)
Two samurai, a baby, and a betrayal as the younger warrior tries to stop his senpai from allowing the babe to live. Cut to present day. A teenager surrounded by military grade automatic weapons (surely they’re models? This is Japan, after all) laughs snarkily in his bedroom as he tells someone on the phone about… Read More First Impression: Tougen Anki (Legend of the Cursed Blood)
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