Yuna is back in her superpowered bear pajamas, continuing to help the orphanage kids run a cafe, and helping out with various monster issues that crop up. This time around, a horde of orcs have appeared by a tree full of bees, preventing people from harvesting honey. To make matters worse, the orcs are threatening… Read More First Impression: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear -Punch!
Was the winter season a little slow for you? Well then, you’ll appreciate the spring 2023 anime season, with more than 50 anime series airing (not including shorts and children’s series)! As you can imagine, the set list of series is diverse, from cutesy shows and historical dramas, idol series to those featuring wizards and… Read More Spring 2023 Anime First Impressions
Following our Instagram live with Elizabeth Maxwell last week, we’ll be doing another one this Friday with Xanthe Huynh (Twitter / Instagram), who has voiced many characters from anime and video games, including Haru Okumura (Persona 5), Menma (Anohana), Marianne von Edmund (Fire Emblem: Three Houses), and most recently, Fina (Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear). Join… Read More Instagram Live Stream with Persona 5 and FE3H VA, Xanthe Huynh
Ao Haru Ride, Vol. 13 After thirteen volumes, Ao Haru Ride has come to an end, but instead of celebratory feelings, I couldn’t shake an irksome question: Why is it that this story just never really works? The unlikeable lead characters are one reason, with Kou and Futaba hurtling forward, especially in this volume, without… Read More Otaku Reader’s Corner: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, TPN Side Story, and the Final Ao Haru Ride
Kai is in trouble: his village is being terrorized by a giant black viper, and no adventurers high-ranked enough to take it down are available. However, to the rescue comes Yuna… a girl in bear pajamas with bear hand puppets. Sure, she might not look intimidating, but with her bear summons and incredible power she… Read More First Impression: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
The fall 2020 anime season is here! After a spring season cut short by the pandemic, and a strange catch-up summer season, the autumn is full of promise with a few returning series and a number of big name shows and well-known creators with new projects. Check out our thoughts on the new series and… Read More Fall 2020 Anime First Impressions
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (Vol. 1) (light novel) When a shut-in girl gets isekai’d to the world of her favorite MMORPG, she’s given a set of bear pajamas that are both embarrassing and ridiculously overpowered. This title is definitely panda-ing to fans of fluffy slice-of-life isekai with low stakes and easily-solved conflicts, which might put… Read More Otaku Reader’s Corner: Love Me Love Me, Kuma Kuma, and Way of the Househusband