Digimon recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with a new music video (see below) and new content, including a manga. But for all the new, nothing is quite like the original! Check out these awesome illustration of the littlest of the original Digi-destined—Hikari (Kari) and Takeru (T.K)—and their respective Digimon, Angemon and Angewoman. ★ 【조철홍】 「… Read More Fanart Friday, Too: Digi-Destined, The Chosen Two
I hate to admit my age, but here it is: I’m…thirty-something. Okay, that’s not exactly specific, but I will say I’m much nearer 40 than 30. And although time has built in me a lack of regret, I do occasionally view the past with disappointment. It used to be my high school to college years… Read More Anime Agrees: Your Twenties Suck
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, for the Nintendo Switch, is an incredibly faithful remake of a decades-old game, with all the charm of the original, plus gorgeous art and sound, and a variety of quality of life improvements. I confess I came to this game highly biased. Link’s Awakening, the old black and white… Read More Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Switch) Review
One thing that I didn’t realize would happen when I first became a blogger was that I’d develop relationships with lots of other anibloggers. In fact, as I soon discovered, they would be my initial audience, and even today, anibloggers (and former ones) remain some of this blog’s greatest cheerleaders and most helpful friends. Something… Read More Something More: Depressed Seiyuu, Eromanga Masochist, and Seeing Ourselves in Death Note
I have a lot of anime DVDs sitting on my bookshelf (you can see some of them here, and at the same time enter our contest if you’d like, too!). Over the years I’ve culled it, selling dozens of series I once owned. One reason why is that I don’t want to be a collector… Read More Painting Pictures of Great Anime (and Pop Culture) That Weren’t
Wait… Death Note has a Christmas episode? Well, sort of. There’s presents, lights, a tree, snow, and warm winter coats involved—Oh, and the criminal investigation of the century. With that level of seriousness, you’d think that neither our detective heroes nor our sly villains would take the time to participate in the holiday festivities, but… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 4: Death Note
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann literally means, “Pierce the heavens, Gurren Lagann.” This strange title is used as a common phrase to inspire and build up the main protagonist of the series, Simon. If you haven’t realised by now, I love it when an anime series breaks off the norm and the stereotypical and does something… Read More Throwback Thursdays: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
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