A family of three—Tetsuo Tosu, his 18-year-old daughter Reika, and his wife Kasen—are living a normal life as Reika goes off to school to practice music and start her career. She plays the piano well and even composed and recorded a song for her father, who is protective of her—as any decent father should be… Read More First Impression: My Home Hero
It’s the weekend and Youko and Airi are off on their Yamaha Serow for an adventure in Shuumatsu Touring! They are traveling the coastal route to Tokyo, hitting all the famous tourist spots along the way. Or at least trying to? If you squint, maybe you can see the resemblance between the glossy promo pics… Read More Review: Touring After the Apocalypse, Vol. 1
What do you do (as a guy) when you have five girls who want your attention, yet you don’t want to disappoint any of them? And to complicate things further, what if it’s your job to tutor them and make sure they pass high school and go on to either college or start their journey… Read More Review: The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie
The mission to restore the whole of humanity from their stone stockades continues in the Kingdom of Science led by high school whiz kid Senku Ishigami and the citizens of Ishigami Villiage. In order to proceed across the high seas, our group of spunky scientists decides to build a giant vessel capable of surviving the… Read More Review: Dr. Stone Special Episode – Ryusui
Welcome back to the journey to the ends of the world! Beneath the Great Abyss lies treasure, mystery, and truths that have been hidden for ages and which our young adventurers seek to discover. This new season starts off not with our usual team, but with a previous group who went in search of the… Read More First Impression: Made In Abyss – The Golden City Of The Scorching Sun
Han Solo, He-Man, my dad, and Jesus Christ. These were my heroes as a kid. I would weave stories about them in my head, filling in the gaps as needed (this was the 80s after all—emotionally available men and endless streaming episodes of Masters of the Universe weren’t yet accessible). The myths and narratives I… Read More Review: Piccolo Is Black: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Pop Culture
Eve doesn’t play golf; she just hits a ball with a stick to make money. The U-15 hustler needs that money to pay off the corrupt cops in her run-down Southern European town and keep her found family from being busted up and farmed out to foster care or worse. With the help of her… Read More First Impression: Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story