Views - August 2015
- Review: Tokyo Ravens BD+DVD part 2 (10:53)
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of August 19-25 (10:51)
- Answerman - Are UK and Australian Anime DVDs & BDs Any Different? (14:00)
- Review: Kaze Hikaru GN 23 (11:12)
- The List - 7 Plucky Kid Detectives (11:01)
- Review: Core Scramble GN 1 (10:57)
- ANNCast - What It Feels Like For A Monster Girl (14:05)
- Why I Can't Stop Watching Prison School (10:51)
- Answerman - Will Anime Ever Come To My Country (Legally)? (11:00)
- Review: Senki Zesshō Symphogear (10:17)
- Review: A Silent Voice GN 1 (11:42)
- Interview: International Otaku Expo Association (11:47)
- Answerman - At What Point Are You No Longer A Fan? (12:31)
- Review: Terra Formars GN 7 (10:51)
- The X Button - Cyber City (10:49)
- Review: Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (11:05)
- Interview: Seiji Kishi (13:29)
- Shelf Life - Group Therapy (16:57)
- Answerman - What Happens to a License When a Publisher Goes Under? (14:00)
- Review: Gugure! Kokkuri-san Episodes 1-12 Streaming (10:50)
- The Mike Toole Show - Ai Am Legend (10:59)
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of August 12-18 (22:26)
- Review: Spell of Desire GN 5 (10:51)
- The List - 7 Anime for Grown-Up Romantics (10:27)
- Review: Kagerou Daze Novel 1 (10:19)
- Ranpo Kitan: A Twisted Metamorphosis from Page to Screen (11:38)
- Answerman - Why Does Anime Have "The Motion Picture" In The Title? (14:00)
- Review: Blood Blockade Battlefront GN 1-4 (11:08)
- Review: Ultimate Otaku Teacher - episodes 1-12 (11:37)
- ANNCast - Old Toys Club (20:02)
- The Grim, Disgusting Magic of Tokyo Ghoul (10:36)
- Review: What Did You Eat Yesterday? GN 9 (09:54)
- The X Button - Lost in Blues (10:03)
- Answerman - How Popular Are Japanese Voice Actors? (19:50)
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of August 5-11 (13:21)
- Interview: Shinji Takamatsu (12:44)
- Review: Yuki Yuna is a Hero [Collector's Edition + CD] BD+DVD 3 (11:01)
- Shelf Life - Love Me Like You Do (17:02)
- Answerman - Why Aren't More Races Represented In Anime And Manga? (12:55)
- Review: Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! Sub.Blu-Ray 1+DVD (10:48)
- Review: Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto GN 1 (10:43)
- The List - 7 Righteously Confident Protagonists (11:38)
- Daily Streaming Reviews: SHIMONETA: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (19:07)
- Review: Demon Prince of Momochi House GN 1 (16:17)
- Why Persona Is Still A Big Deal (10:18)
- Answerman - Do Japanese Businessmen Really Drink As Much As I've Heard? (14:00)
- Review: .hack//Roots DVD (10:00)
- The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Week of July 29-August 4 (11:12)
- Interview: Zero Escape series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi (10:59)
- The X Button - Dragon Forces (10:37)
- Answerman - What Do I Do With All These Bootleg DVDs? (14:00)
- Review: Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend (10:27)
- How To Satisfy Your Curiosity About Gintama (11:42)
- Interview: GARO Producer Toru Kubo and Director Yuichiro Hayashi (10:36)
- Review: Plastic Memories Episodes 1-13 Streaming (09:31)
- Shelf Life - Cutie Honeys (16:39)
- Answerman - Why Did Otakon's Attendance Shrink? (13:47)
- Review: Atelier, Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky Sub.Blu-Ray (09:59)
- The Mike Toole Show - The Cat's Meow-nga (16:03)
- The List - 6 Misplaced Ninja (10:00)
- Review: Fragments of Horror GN 1 (10:00)
- Monogatari is a Disaster (10:00)
- Review: Maid-sama! [Omnibus] GN 1 (10:00)
- Answerman - Why Isn't More Anime Made For Americans? (14:00)
- Review: First Love Monster GN 1 (10:00)
- The X Button - Crime Scene, Part Fun (07:55)
- Interview: Studio Trigger (10:00)
- Answerman - How Is This Bubble Different From The Last One? (14:00)
- In Defense of Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (10:08)
- Review: Umineko When They Cry Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch Volume 1 GN 10 (09:55)
- Review: A Bride's Story GN 4 (10:06)
- Interview: The Cast and Crew of live-action Attack on Titan (11:22)
- Shelf Life - Video Game Girl Ai (14:54)
- Review: Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (10:29)
- Interview: Street Fighter V's Peter Rosas and Matt Dahlgren (11:13)
- Answerman - Has Convention Culture Affected The Anime Business? (14:00)
- Review: Gyo [2-in-1 Deluxe Edition] GN (10:45)
- The List - 7 Eras of Japanese History via Anime (11:14)
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The Spring 2016 Anime Preview Guide has begun! Check back daily for fresh takes on all of this season's hottest new shows.
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Journey with us back to a land before time, an era when sea, sky and land were dominated by the majestic, the proud, the beloved and eternal Maido.
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ANNCast - From The New World
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Zac and Jacob didn't know going in that From The New World would become one of the best anime they've ever seen, but it sure was a nice surprise. Guest Max Holl joins the discussion.
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The X Button - First Impressions: Nights of Azure
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This week: A look at the darker turns of Gust’s new action-RPG! Plus arcade comebacks, Fire Emblem fallout, and a long-lost relic of the 1990s!
― I came down with a stomach virus last week, and it made me think about the mixed blessing of staying home sick when I was a kid. I'd stretch out in bed, sip flat 7-Up, read books and magazines, and maybe get propped up in front of the TV if I was well into...
Mahō Shōjo Nante Mō Ii Desu Kara. Streaming
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This sweet and silly little magical girl parody series hits a lot of the right notes even if it never really goes anywhere. It's fun, but not much else.
― Mahō Shōjo Nante Mō Ii Desu Kara. translates to I've had Enough of Being a Magical Girl, and you can certainly see why. Yuzuka, the eponymous magical girl, found herself saddled with the designation while walking home from school one day. A strange...
Photos from AnimeJapan 2016: Finale
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Our last gigantic batch of photos from AnimeJapan 2016, including Hundreds, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Hero Academia and much more. PLUS: a visit to the Love Live shrine!
― Okay, so here's how Anime Japan was laid out – you'd enter the facility behind the cool sign above, go downstairs, and then dash across across two huge halls (hall ‘A’ and hall ‘J,’ natch) of Tokyo Big Sight to see everything. ...
Your Ultimate Guide to Anime Ending Credits: Part II
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Last time we ran through the entire process of actual animation - this time we'll cover the people who polish it up and make it shine for you. Kevin Cirugeda's incredible guide to the folks who make anime continues!
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Bokurano tells a gripping and inspiring story of human conviction in spite of its messy animation problems.
― I'd been meaning to watch Bokurano for a while before it fortuitously popped up on Crunchyroll. The show falls in what I consider a “low-key classic” area of fan reputation - shows like Dennou Coil or Haibane Renmei, that have absolutely stellar reputations, but not the most visibility. It's ...
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― It's finally here! The reason I flew across the country, over Alaska, and across the Pacific to Japan, the nation's biggest anime exposition, and it… …well, it seems kinda empty, doesn't it? Let's head inside Tokyo Big S...
Answerman - Why Haven't Light Novels And Visual Novels Caught On In America?
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Light novels and visual novels have both had plenty of niche success in the US, but neither medium has broken mainstream - why is that? Justin considers the possibilities.
― Carl asks: I was wondering why light novels and visual novels haven't caught on in the US the way Anime and Manga have. While some Light Novels and arguably less Visual Novels have been translated they seem to be huge in Japan b...
The Best and Worst of the Season So Far: Weeks of Mar 18-24
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The winter season comes to a crashing finale with a surprising pick climbing up the ladder just in time to claim the top spot! How did the rest of your favorite shows fare in the end?
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A Girl on the Shore GN
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Inio Asano's sexually explicit tale of two depressed middle schoolers seeking solace in each other is haunting in its depiction of teenage depression and what its protagonists do to try and cope with it.
― Here's your warning before we discuss the book: this is a very sexually explicit manga, so if that makes you uncomfortable, A Girl on the Shore is not going to be the book for you. Given that Inio ...