What are heroes? Why do we need them? Let me tell you a story. It is December 12, 627 AD, and the Eastern Roman Empire is fighting the Persian army. The year before, those same Persian troops had conquered the Roman Empire’s provinces, besieged its capital city, and threatened everything it held dear. After a… Read More To Be Hero X: Of Exaltation and Sorrows
It’s time once again to drop our picks for the top five openings of the anime season! Here are our selections for the best OPs of spring 2025: Here are the OPs we selected: What’s your favorite OP of the season? Are there any we missed? We hope you enjoy our selections! Please follow us… Read More Top Five Anime Openings (OPs) for Spring 2025
Trigger warning: This episode show depicts an on-screen suicide. If such things affect you negatively, you may be better off skipping it. Lin Ling wants to be a superhero, but the best he can do right now is work on superhero PR campaigns. Specifically, he is doing the new presentation about Nice, the white-haired Superman-style… Read More First Impression: To Be Hero X
I don’t know what it looks like in your neck of the woods, but these days, I’m greeted outside by birdsong, budding flowers, butterflies, and even a nest in my tree with eggs in it. Spring has sprung, and that means: anime?! Yep, we otaku know that as March passes into April, the new spring… Read More Spring 2025 Anime First Impressions
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