Wishing you a happy and healthy end of the year, including a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and any other holidays you happen to celebrate. Be well, be merry, be kind to yourself and to others, and [...]
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The Yae mini arc should conclude with this episode and it was an eventful arc. It of course did a great job explaining Yae’s heritage while obviously setting up future drama. It’s easy to see where [...]
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By Riko Saiki and Baracan. Released in Japan as “Ie wo Oidasaremashita ga, Genki ni Kurashiteimasu: Cheat na Mahou to Zensei Chishiki de Kaiteki Benri na Second Life!” by Kadokawa Books. Released in [...]
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It’s been a while, reader! I had ambitious plans for The Manga Critic this year, but work got in the way of blogging. This isn’t the first time that my site has gathered dust; looking back over the [...]
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Some Christmas Anime Favorites Hey gang. Yours truly is currently decompressing from the insanity of work for the past few months. Whew. Regardless, Here are some Christmas anime episodes that I [...]
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A few games on the Nintendo Switch have dominated the console throughout 2024, with Balatro and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom stealing the show this year. Still, the Switch’s library extends [...]
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Back To Page 1 Deep Beyond $9.99 on the eShop Who Is It For? Players who are cool with short, linear experiences that deliver a great narrative will enjoy Deep Beyond. There aren’t a lot of choices [...]
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“The hero transcends logic. The hero overturns what we thought we knew and drives away the darkness. He’s so uncomplicated… And he shines, bright and joyous.” So says Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto, the [...]
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If only there were some other way to induce drowsiness in bed.
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Welcome to Anime Secret Santa, a gift exchange — founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the Taiiku Podcast — where the gifts are anime review recommendations. This is the [...]
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As we mark our 19th year of anime podcasting, it's time for our annual holiday roundup of Christmas episodes! But first, we take a moment to pay our respects to the recently departed Jan [...]
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By MOJIKAKIYA and syow. Released in Japan as “Shiro Majo-san to no Henkyō Gurashi ~Saikyō na Majo wa Nonbiri Kurashitai~” by Kadokawa Books. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by [...]
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With tha changing of the leaves out and snow and chill in you'd think we'd be gearing up for a lazy season, but anime has other intentions. New year intentions. And if you're not a [...]
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SEAN: Easiest pick I’ve made in ages. It’s Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow. A truly iconic manga, essential for any shonen sports fan… or manga fan in general. MICHELLE: And as a shonen sports [...]
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Are Zeke Yeager’s unique titan shifter abilities related to the biblical Prophet Ezekiel and the Valley of Dry Bones?
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If you thought we’d post only one Frieren fanart piece for the 12 Days of Christmas Anime this year…then you don’t know us very well. Hehe. How could we resist, after all, when this lovely piece [...]
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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 24 フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Gray and Hakune battle to a stalemate. However, Hakune puts Gray to sleep. In his dreamworld, he’s married to Juvia, has a [...]
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It’s that time of the year 😉 Yes, friends, it’s that time again—time for me and Al to dive into another round of Japanese music albums. But not just any albums, mind you. The ones we take a closer [...]
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Now that Liella has managed to pull off a second successive win at Love Live, it’s time for graduation and the 3rd years to wrap up their loose ends before they graduate. As expected, there is nothing [...]
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