Hopefully the story can get itself back on track as this plotline develops, because it would be a shame to see Food Wars join the list of shounen manga that just go on too long. ― Spoiler Warning: this review contains spoilers for the currently airing season of the Food Wars anime. With Erina and Soma's triumph in the final stage of the Team Shokugeki at the end of volume thirty, Food Wars: Shokugeki...

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This Week in Anime - Is Case File nº221: Kabukicho Worth Watching?

Nov 19, 14:00

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Micchy and Nick try to solve the mystery behind this weird twist on the Sherlock formula. ― Case File nº221: Kabukicho takes a modern spin on Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective, but does this murder mystery live up to its inspiration? This week, Nick and Micchy take a look at a bizarre reimagining of Sherlock Holmes. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlo...

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The List - The Top 5 One Piece Battles

Nov 18, 18:03

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Join us for a journey through the 5 most memorable battles in the legendary Shonen Jump masterpiece - One Piece! ― The One Piece anime just celebrated its 20th anniversary—that's more than 900 episodes retelling Eiichiro Oda's best-selling manga, which chronicles the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew of pirates. Like any good shonen series, these adventures often involve beating up a lot of...

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The Mike Toole Show - O Big O, Where Art Thou?

Nov 17, 15:02

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Mike returns with an in-depth look at the history and legacy of one of the biggest mecha action shows to hit the early 21st century - The Big O! ― Twenty years ago, something remarkable happened: One Piece started airing on TV in Japan. Wait a minute, that's not what I was gonna talk about. I'm here to talk about what happened twenty years ago the week before One Piece started! On October 13th, 1999,...

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The Strange Tale of Panorama Island

Nov 16, 13:00

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"The evocative and lurid tale transposes the political with the obscene." ― Suehiro Maruo's The Strange Tale of Panorama Island has been out of print for years, but fortunately got a recent reprint by Last Gasp Publishing. The evocative and lurid tale transposes the political with the obscene, capturing the anxiety of Western influence that marked the Taisho era and commentates on Showa era's push to...