Roland, the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Graycastle, is awakened from a drunken stupor by his servant to attend to an execution, but this farce of a trial is no usual one—the woman about to be hanged is accused of being a witch. And indeed, the accusation is true; her powers were witnessed during… Read More First Impression: Release That Witch
Picture this: An aspiring manhua artist (or manhuajia) has defied family and fate alike to finally meet her role model at a signing event. Nervously, she gifts the experienced artist with a sketchbook of her drawings and asks her, with a quaver in her voice, for advice: should she pursue her dream? The sage professional… Read More Link Click: The Parable of the Difficult Way
Athanasia has blue jeweled eyes from her father and a bold name and dying blessing from her mother. She also has only one person in the whole world who loves and cares for her, her mom’s best friend, Lily; that is, until Lily manages to replace all the horrible maids with nice ones during one… Read More First Impression: The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess
Chinese animation has exploded onto the Western screen in recent years. Along with The Girl Who Stole Time from this summer, we now have The Legend of Hei 2, releasing in America months before the rest of Asia! Now, don’t be afraid of that tiny little 2 at the end of the title—the film was… Read More Film Review: The Legend of Hei 2
It’s time once again to drop our picks for the top five openings of the anime season! Here are our selections for the best OPs of spring 2025: Here are the OPs we selected: What’s your favorite OP of the season? Are there any we missed? We hope you enjoy our selections! Please follow us… Read More Top Five Anime Openings (OPs) for Spring 2025
In some far-flung past, on a plane apart from our own, two brothers hold a conversation. The younger, afraid to die, is assuaged by the older who explains that he will just go into a sleep from which he’ll one day wake. But the bloody conflict that ensues doesn’t lead to the young sibling’s “sleep,”… Read More First Impression: Dragon Raja -The Blazing Dawn-
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