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Interview: "Queer Japan" Filmmakers Graham and Anne Kolbeins
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The folks behind MASSIVE, the first gay manga anthology in the US, return with a documentary exploring LGBT mangaka and the community in Japan (Mild NSFW images).
― Blushing school boys kiss in BL manga, magical anime girls coyly hint at their “more than friends” relationship. Male kabuki performers dress up as elegant women, and androgynous female actresses in Takarazuka theater troupes have legions...
Shelf Life - When They Cry Season 1
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One of the most acclaimed horror anime series of all time finally gets a much-needed rerelease in America, this time on bluray. PLUS: the rest of this week's new anime releases!
― There are some weeks when one or two genres seem to dominate the new release list. I'll find myself thinking, "Wow, there's a lot of mecha stuff this week," or, "Son of a beach episode, where did this avalanche of harem co...
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers Collector's Edition Blu-Ray Vol. 2
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Rokka switches genres and settles into a very entertaining mystery rhythm in its middle set of episodes.
― Things have changed in Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers. The show's first collection set up a compelling fantasy world, but didn't do much more than that; ultimately, those four episodes ended up feeling like a prologue to the actual story, with the show's slow pacing and poor character writing ...
The Mike Toole Show - Dark Side of the Moomin
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If you've been an anime fan for a long time, odds are you've seen these weird creatures called Moomin at some point. If you've ever been curious what they are and where they came from, Mike's got the full report.
― I'm jetting off to Japan in a couple of weeks, the better to cover Anime Japan for this here website. This isn't purely a work trip, though—my wife is joining me, and we're building a vaca...
The Rising of the Shield Hero Novel 3
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The third volume of this fantasy series really picks up the slack as it gives us more information about the world and political system Naofumi has landed in. Suddenly, things are making a lot more sense.
― Sometimes a series needs a few volumes to hit its stride. Aneko Yusagi's The Rising of the Shield Hero is clearly one of them. While volume one did a reasonable job of introducing the premise – fou...
The List - 7 Highly Questionable Videogame Adaptations
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There are plenty of decent anime based on videogames, but the genre has kind of a crummy reputation for a reason: there are plenty of not-so-great game anime out there. Here are seven of 'em!
― Anime productions pull from a lot of places; in addition to manga and light novels, anime also routinely adapts storylines from popular videogames. While there are plenty of decent anime based on videogames, ...
Umineko When They Cry Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch Volume 3 GN 12
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The series gets back on track with this volume, although it still relies a bit heavily on a discussion of mystery as a genre rather than the mystery itself.
― Ryukishi07 has established an authorial habit in this fifth arc of his Umineko: When They Cry mystery series that has the unfortunate side effect of taking away from his own story's efficacy and enjoyability: trolling the reader. This really ca...
ANNCast - Criticproof
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Zac and Jacob discuss the Psycho-Pass movie before gabbin' about anime criticism - what makes a good review, mistakes they've made, and much more.
― ANNCast Episode 253: Criticproof Zac and Jacob discuss the Psycho-Pass movie before gabbin' about anime criticism - what makes a good review, the mistakes they've made, and much more. You can listen to the show on our player here, direct-download the MP...
Psycho-Pass The Movie
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Production I.G.'s hit franchise finally hits the big screen this March, with Gen Urobuchi back in the writer's seat. Jacob Hope Chapman delves into the Psycho-Pass movie to see what it has to offer returning fans.
― If you were hoping to see the Sibyl system shaken by the events of this theatrical Psycho-Pass adventure, you may want to curb your enthusiasm. Production I.G. clearly knows when they hav...
Gundam Front Tokyo: The Ultimate Tour
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Step inside the ultimate Gundam fan experience at Gundam Front! Explore enormous replicas of famous mobile suits and locations from the show, learn how Gunpla gets made and more in this exhaustive photo tour.
― In 1979 the All-Nippon News Network affiliate in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, aired an anime series that changed the face of the anime industry. That series was Mobil...
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus 1
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Inio Asano's story is part slice-of-life and part coming-of-age as it follows a little boy named Punpun while he tries to navigate a life that isn't quite what he was expecting.
― It's almost too easy to call Goodnight Punpun a slice-of-life story or a coming of age manga. Although it is both of those things, it's also a bit of a fantasy, albeit a fairly mundane one. Inio Asano's story follows fifth-...