Rei Nagasawa and Nanae Shinoda have known each other since high school. When she gets a call from Nanae asking for help, Rei walks away from her life and a happy relationship to commit murder for a woman she hasn't seen in ten years.― Content Warning: Domestic abuse, graphic violence, graphic sex Every live-action adaptation is, to some extent, an example of Theseus' ship: How much of the original c...
Like Undertale, Log Horizon is a great example of a game-based story whose creator also pondered how game mechanics can be used to tell certain stories that couldn't be properly conveyed otherwise.― I don't have a lot of time to play games nowadays, but I do think a lot about them, and some streamers I keep tabs on have been playing Undertale recently. Without spoiling anything too deep, there's a s...
Sequel first announced after season 2 finale in March― The official Twitter account for The Quintessential Quintuplets (Gotōbun no Hanayome) television anime announced on Sunday that the Eiga Gotōbun no Hanayome (The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie) sequel will open next year. The film news came during the evening session of "The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬ Special Event 2021 in Nakano Sun Pla...
Director, animator, scriptwriter battled kidney cancer for 2 years― The Twitter account for animator and director Osamu Kobayashi (pictured right in image at right) posted on Sunday that Kobayashi passed away on Saturday evening. He was 57. The Twitter post explained that for the last two years Kobayashi was battling kidney cancer. The post added, "it is regretful that there were more things he want...
We close out Preview Guide with a look at the short-form series currently available for streaming, whether it's a bloody pink bear or girls exploring the artistry of pottery.― This season's streaming shorts include Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly, Let's Make a Mug Too!, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid S. All three short series are streaming on Crunchyroll Rebecca Silverman First up for me is Gloomy the ...
Now that Rose and Harij are officially a couple, she's agreed to move into his house as his fiancée. Or sort-of fiancée. Rose still isn't used to the ways of humans, and she's not quite sure what to do in her interactions with them.― If the first novel in the duology about Rose the witch and Harij Azm the knight fit the title a little too closely, the second introduces a tiny bit of subtlety into th...
The newest Resident Evil Showcase means Lady Dimitrescu's trending on Twitter again! Plus: E3 update and Nintendo's Indie Showcase!― Hey folks! So, where did we leave off last week? Ah, right, NEO: The World Ends with You got a new trailer! Let's check that out again to refresh our memory. We've got a release date of July 27th, 2021. That's not too far off! The date has some significance, as July 27...