Do you feel influenced by the culture to act like those around you? Are you being persuaded to put away your faith and engage the world on its terms? You’re not alone—it’s a day and age where the culture around us speaks as strongly as ever. But Mike’s got you covered. He looks to Shirou… Read More The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 4: Standing Firm Like Shirou Emiya
It’s a well-known fact that orange cats are…special. But temple cat Anzu-chan may just be the most special orange of all: he’s 37 years old, close to six feet tall, and rides a motorbike like a speed demon. He can talk too, but not well enough to get himself out of paying a fine when… Read More Film Review: Ghost Cat Anzu
One of the most charming series of the summer 2024 anime season is Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian. The title gives you the basic setup—tsundere speaks of her adoration for the MC in Russian, which she assumes no one understands (wrongly of course)—but the quality of the voice acting, animation, and characterization has… Read More Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian Giveaway: Win Volumes 1-4.5 of the Light Novels!
When Kazuhiko witnesses his beautiful classmate Anna getting dumped by her childhood friend, and then when she looks up to discover that not only has he seen the break-up but something even more embarrassing in the aftermath, a unique relationship begins. And one that’s not much to Kazuhiko’s benefit, as he sees it. He would… Read More First Impression: Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines!
A damsel with wings (one black, one white) is chained to a pillar in a heavenly realm with columns and stairs. She begs a young man with a black uniform for help. A flashback reveals that Kai is an unusually thorough cadet of the Humanity Aegis Agency, Vishal Branch. Aegis is the unified defense force… Read More First Impression: Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?
A monstrous sea flower is growing in the lake and it has the animal villagers all in a tizzy. At this rate, it will turn the water salty! Time to call for a Nomad (traveler) to save the day. But when the hero arrives, it’s actually his apprentice, a girl named Belle who is “featureless”,… Read More First Impression: Bye Bye, Earth
At a luxury hotel, Princess Sisbell encounters her older sister Alice and proclaims that they are rivals, both to inherit the throne and to secure the loyalty of their knight in shining armor—Iska. He and his comrades Nene and Jhin, who were supposed to be on vacation, discuss the trouble they’ve gotten into. Meanwhile, in… Read More First Impression: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, Season 2
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