Police searched shop in September after complaints that it was near store for teenaged girls― Tokyo Metropolitan Police formally charged the 60-year-old male executive of legal affairs for the secondhand otaku retail chain Mandarake on Friday with violating the Businesses Affecting Public Morals Regulation Law. The charge alleges that the retail chain operated a store that displayed a large amount o...
Series ends on October 28― This year's 47th issue of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine announced on Thursday that Baku Yumemakura's Yūenchi: Baki Gaiden (Amusement Park: Baki Side Story) light novel series will end in the magazine's next issue on October 28. The light novel series will get a manga adaptation by Yuria Fujita, who provides the art for the novels. Yumemakura launched the Y...
Hiroshi Yanaka, Yasuji Kimura, Pierre Taki, Junichi Suwabe, 6 more co-star in November 25 anime― Netflix unveiled a new trailer for the Super Crooks anime based on the comic by Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu on Thursday. Netflix also revealed more cast members for the anime. The cast (including the previously announced Kenjiro Tsuda and Maaya Sakamoto include): (Top row, left to right in image ab...
Heidi revisits the industry contributions of the late Hiroshi Ono, known to his colleagues and fans as Mr. Dotman. ALSO: A Sega staffing shake-up and the return of Froggy Chair.― Howdy! I'm back from my travels and ready to talk games again! Of course, since I'm a week behind, I've got a fair bit of major news to catch up on. I was in the Denver area and surroundings for a wedding, and while the foc...
Instead of just weeping prettily, Nozomi Mino shows she's willing to draw Yuri as messy, even ugly in her anger.― I suppose it was inevitable that sooner or later, Yakuza Lover would have an arc that put more emphasis on the “yakuza” part of the title than the “lover,” shifting the focus from sex to mob politics at least for a brief time. For many series, this would be a neutral, even positive shift...
This returns us to one of the themes of the series – that magic is something that should never be viewed as mundane.― It isn't hard to realize that, having been deprived of her attempt at the Second Trial, Agott is going to be even more upset than usual. Her drive to succeed, which is almost pathological at this point, means that she's very likely to be resentful of not only the Brimmed Caps who int...
Science SARU and Naoko Yamada's retelling of a 12th century story with a supernatural twist. The story is well-known within Japan, but can newbies still follow along?― Science SARU and Naoko Yamada's retelling of a 12th century story with a supernatural twist. It follows the large Taira clan, the factions within, and the conflicts as they vie to maintain political relevancy. The story is well-known...
Zettai LIVE!!!!!! perfectly understands that when it's time to go big, you ought to go ham.― This movie is a lot. It throws a bunch of different plot elements at the viewer in the hopes that at least a couple of them will stick, and to its credit, this approach does actually work. With its high stakes and deliberate callbacks to Macross history, Zettai LIVE!!!!!! feels like a fitting climax to the M...
Lynzee and Jacki surf through anime limbo in search of this season's big hit. Also, what the hell is going on in Platinum End? Is takt.op Destiny awesome or boring? Is Ranking of Kings the fantasy epic we've been waiting for?― The ANN Aftershow - The Fall 2021 Anime Season: What're You Watching Right Now? Lynzee and Jacki surf through anime limbo in search of this season's big hit. Also, what the h...
Rebecca Silverman looks at the original classic story that inspired Science Saru and Naoko Yamada's beautiful, historical anime series.― Once upon a time, most likely before 1330 C.E., a story was written. It told of the clash of the Genji and Taira clans, and while we don't know who first wrote it down, we can certainly trace at least some versions' provenance. The story was written and rewritten, ...
The conclusion of Violet's story is here; love, loss, and picking up the pieces of war. Nick and Steve look to see if the gorgeously rendered finale sticks the landing.― The conclusion of Violet's story is here; love, loss, and picking up the pieces of war. Nick and Steve look to see if the gorgeously rendered finale sticks the landing. This movie is streaming on Netflix Disclaimer: The views and o...
Although Her Royal Highness Seems to Be Angry does borrow from a lot of other stories, or at least to share distinct similarities with them, it manages to bring everything together in a way that's good enough to stand on its own.― We all know better than to judge a book by its cover (in theory, at any rate), but what about by its title? If you've been reading manga and light novels for a while, you'...
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