After a vision of a girl that dissolves in virtual bytes, our protagonist, the ill-fated Asahi Kashiwagi, wakes up in what looks like the near future, with Alexa-like AIs and cleaning robots. The weather forecast includes a futurology segment. Wait, was this always there? He is told that he’ll have lucky encounters associated with six… Read More First Impression: Love Flops
Michio Kaga finds himself in a videogame-like world where he gets some powerful equipment, kills some bandits, and gathers the spoils. When a villager tries to steal some of said spoils for himself, he is caught and turned into a slave, and Michio watches as the village leader personally sells off said slave to a… Read More First Impression: Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World
Alto Goldfield is a brilliant student in all ways except for the one that is fundamentally important to his studies: the field of magic, and in particular his ability to summon a familiar. Down to his last opportunity, a desperate Alto happens upon a tome containing a spell that does what he requires, but the… Read More First Impression: Vermeil in Gold
What is it that makes an anime con an 18+ convention? Going into this past weekend, I didn’t really know. Would it be because the convention featured more panels with frank and sexual language? Alcohol? General debauchery? I admit that the “18+” prefix attached to Ecchi Expo, which took place here in my home base… Read More So, A Christian Walks into an 18+ Anime Convention…
I feel rather conflicted about Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Vol. 1. But first, I should explain what the story is about. Failed Knight is set in a parallel universe where Jedi knights Mage-Knights exist. These warrior-wizards are, as one might expect, a cornerstone of military power and heavily influential (a magic samurai led Japan… Read More Review: Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Vol. 1)
Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls begins by introducing Kasahara Konomi, who is trying to figure out what club to join in high school after spending years obsessed with puzzle video games to the point where it was detrimental to her studies. That’s when she runs into the Hanamiya Girls’ climbing wall. Konomi tries climbing and… Read More First Impression: Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls
This week on the TangleCast, Matthew of Team Anchester brings on a familiar guest and podcast contributor, Alex. Together, they try grappling with the controversial topics of sexual content in anime, what Scripture says about it, and what that means for Christians. Where is the line when it comes to sexual humor? Is there even… Read More TangleCast Episode 52: Are We Glorying in our Shame?
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