Inside Mari begins by locking the reader inside the psyche of Isao as he recounts his depressive descent from bright-eyed college student to disheveled shut-in, and in a deeply unsettling sequence, shows us the twisted knot of emotional projection that leads to him stalking his “angel” as a nightly ritual.― Shuzo Oshimi is a name synonymous with taboo. His most well-known work, The Flowers of Evil, ...
In August, the This Week in Anime team was enthralled by Wit Studio's heist-comedy series The Great Pretender. Now the series is back with its finale arc, but does it continue its swindler shenanigans or fall flat?― In August, the This Week in Anime team was enthralled by Wit Studio's heist-comedy series The Great Pretender. The original series stars Makoto "Edamame" Edamura, a small-time crook tha...
The final season of the explosive action series is upon us. Here's everything you need to know about Eren's journey before the premiere on December 7!― The highly anticipated final season of Attack on Titan is set to return, even if its not this fall like originally planned. The trailer left fans excited and curious about new characters joining this amazing story. One face (and body) that had every...
Heidi weighs in on the mine-riddled ethical conundrum of SNK's latest shareholder, the latest updates to King of Fighters, and the SaGa Frontier remaster!― Hello again! How was your holiday weekend? Good, I hope! We've got some news to dissect this week, and there's some very serious stuff we need to talk about. But before that... HEY!! YOU!! Yeah, YOU!!! Are you a SEGA NERD??? Because you'll have t...
Ayako Kawasumi, Mafia Kajita, Kana Ueda, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Noriaki Sugiyama to appear in special― Aniplex announced on Wednesday that Fate Project Ōmisoka TV Special 2020 (Fate Project New Year's Eve TV Special 2020), this year's New Year's television special for the Fate franchise, will air a brand-new Fate/Grand Order anime short. Aniplex previewed the anime with a visual of what appears to be a...
Overall, the main problem with Val x Love is that it lets Takuma wallow in his pathetic state for much too long and allows him little room for incremental improvement.― NOTE: The spelling “Einheijer” used in this review for Einherjar was chosen to be consistent with Sentai's subtitles. This Fall 2019 manga adaptation is what I call a “forced harem” series, as it forces the harem situation through ob...
The team behind the intriguing Tokyo Chronos VR visual novel game is back with Altdeus: Beyond Chronos, a sci-fi VN set in future Shibuya.― Last year, MyDearest released the intriguing Tokyo Chronos VR visual novel game, which implemented traditional visual novel gameplay mechanics in a VR setting. The game was a success in Japan, but the team at MyDearest is interested in reaching an even wider aud...
With the new generation of consoles fast approaching and more emphasis than ever on bigger, grander, weightier worlds and stakes, Atelier Ryza 2 is content with swaddling you with a good time, even if it's a bit rustic at it.― Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy is, in a word, cozy. With the new generation of consoles fast approaching and more emphasis than ever on bigger, grander, we...
The breakout work of the late Izumi Matsumoto, KOR laid the foundation that romantic comedy anime continue to build on to this day. Let's take a walk in the footsteps of one of the originals!― A veritable classic in the anime romcom scene, Kimagure Orange Road brought us the first Madoka and anime fans couldn't get enough of her. The breakout work of the late Izumi Matsumoto, KOR laid the foundatio...
This is the point where it becomes apparent that Sei is not like many other giddy isekai heroines. She has no idea what's going on, is royally pissed that she's been ignored, and she wants out now.― If you've been following recent light novel releases with a female target audience, one of the first things you'll likely notice about Yuka Tachibana's The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent is that it fa...
Back in print with a new novel, the goddess that took the internet by storm 15 years ago is ready to rule again.― Well before the days of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan, there was an anime that took over the internet generation: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, a quirky science-fiction series from 2006 about a high school club seeking out paranormal activity. Little does the cl...
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