As bold, colorful lights stream down from the heavens, Aishia, Rio’s contracted spirit, feels a spiritual jolt to her soul; there’s no doubt that something monumental is happening. Rio, who is together with her and his former professor Celia, rushes toward three of the lights and finds two youngsters from Japan held captive with many… Read More First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Season 2
Grab your Pumpkin Spice Latte, breathe in the cooler air, and hit the thrift stores for your Halloween costume, but don’t book that trip to see the autumnal colors in New Hampshire quite yet—instead, have a seat and tune in to the fall anime premieres! They start hitting this Sunday with the arrival (finally!) of… Read More Fall 2024 Anime First Impressions
Welcome back to Text x Context, where we’re not in Kansas anymore! There’s a running joke among the staff of Beneath the Tangles that C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia is an isekai story. Of course, it isn’t what otaku typically mean when referring to a tale as isekai, but what makes the joke funny… Read More Text x Context: Not in Kansas Anymore
Malnourished and maltreated, the orphan Rio awakens with a clear story in his head of a him in another time, but instead of living in the slums of a fantasy world of magic and knights, this other version of himself, named Haruto, in living in the modern world until he dies in a bus accident,… Read More First Impression: Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles
Believe it or not, the summer anime season is here! After a winter and spring packed full of returning series and other highly-anticipated shows, summer is a bit more laid-back. Less pomp and circumstances, but perhaps a bunch of hidden gems. We’re excited! Check out our season preview post to see exactly which shows have… Read More Summer 2021 Anime First Impressions
The spring 2021 anime season, soon coming to a close, was an enjoyable one through and through. It featured a diverse and expansive group of series, with there seeming to be an anime (or two or three or ten) for everyone, with several standouts among them. At first glance, this season’s line-up looks a little… Read More Summer 2021 Anime Preview
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