Before we start our tournament proper, we have to set our field. And that means play-in matches! The craziness begins today with ten play-in matches (plus one exclusive to Patreon) to determine the final entrants into the field of 64. Please vote for one anime from each match below to move on to the tourney,… Read More AniMarch Madness 2024: Play-in Matches
Happy 2024! Let us help you welcome you to the new year with a plethora of manga, manhwa, graphic novel, and light novel reviews, including those for a few key series we highly recommend! Amy’s Big Brother • Dark Moon: The Blood Altar (Vol. 1) • I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became… Read More Reader’s Corner: The Remarried Empress (Vol. 5), Tearmoon Empire (Vol. 3), and Marriage Toxin (Vol. 1)
The premiere episode of Tearmoon Empire blew me away—so much so, that I’ve already written about it! But there’s still more. Not only do we have Mia’s story, the very picture of what it is to be born again, but we also have Anne’s, and it is this servant girl’s story that shows us what… Read More Grace in Tearmoon Empire: Escaping the Zero-Sum Game
What an exciting week of reviews! We’ve got a collector’s edition of a CLAMP classic (but does it hold up); the latest volumes of two of the most popular romance manga out right now; the latest releases for fantasy anime that have received excellent adaptations; and much more! Dive into our reviews below and let… Read More Reader’s Corner: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End (Vol. 9), It Takes Two Tomorrow, Too (Vol. 1), and Laid-Back Camp (Vol. 14)
Mia is an exceptional princess—and not just because she’s reincarnated back to her 12-year-old self after being parted from her head, Marie Antoinette-style, courtesy of Guillotine-san. She’s also exceptional on a meta level, as a protagonist in the reincarnation isekai genre. This is because when Mia wakes up that fateful morning after her death, she… Read More Being Born Again in Tearmoon Empire
Revolution has come to the Empire of Tearmoon and Mia, its First Princess, is experiencing her worst nightmare. Stripped of her rank, jailed in a dark cell, and force-fed rotten food, she is then left without any distraction, except for the diary she dutifully writes. Three years on, she finally sees daylight again, only to… Read More First Impression: Tearmoon Empire
Did the lack of great series during the summer season get you down? Not to worry! The fall 2023 anime season is already upon us, with premieres already dropping tomorrow! Yes, you heard that right! You won’t have to wait until October 1st, even, for the new shows. And as a matter of fact, if… Read More Fall 2023 Anime First Impressions