The romance moves abruptly in this one, as spurned schoolgirl Saho attempts to reconcile her feelings for hot idol Kouta despite being burned by a handsome guy in the past.― Momoko Koda seems to specialize in stories that are just this side a feeling universal. Her previous work to see English translation, No Longer Heroine, also features a heroine who is caught up in how she thinks things are suppo...
The cult-classic series is now streaming on Crunchyroll! Pull up a stool and let Ryu Sasakura make you the exact cocktail you need.― The cult-classic series is now streaming on Crunchyroll! Pull up a stool and let Ryu Sasakura make you the exact cocktail you need. This series is streaming on Crunchyroll. Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the participants in this chatlog are not the vi...
Screenings have sold 810,000 tickets since opening last Friday― "World Tour Jōei: Kimetsu no Yaiba Jōgen Shūketsu, Soshite Katanakaji no Sato e" (World Tour Screenings: Demon Slayer: The Upper Ranks Gather and Onward to the Swordsmith Village), the theatrical screenings of the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Swordsmith Village Arc (Kimetsu no Yaiba: Katanakaji no Sato-Hen) television anime, ...
Takuma Nagatsuka, Yui Ogura, Rina Hon'izumi, Satomi Akesaka, more join cast― The official website for the television anime of Kazuha Kishimoto's Isekai Shōkan wa Nidome Desu (Summoned to Another World... Again?!) light novel series debuted the anime's first full promotional video and first key visual on Saturday. The video unveiled more cast members and the April 9 premiere for the anime. It also an...
Film has earned 13.4 billion yen in 87 days in Japanese box office― Makoto Shinkai's Suzume (Suzume no Tojimari) anime film has earned about 13.4 billion yen (about US$101 million) and has sold over 10 million tickets as of Sunday, its 87th day in the Japanese box office. The film is the third Shinkai film after your name. and Weathering with You to sell more than 10 million tickets in Japan. The fi...
Film sells 1.05 million tickets to earn 1.37 billion yen― The official website for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Scarlet Bond (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken: Guren no Kizuna-hen), the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime franchise's anime film, revealed on Friday that the film has sold 1,050,000 tickets and has earned about 1.37 billion yen (about US$10.67 million). The staff will hos...
Postponed due to inclement weather delays in Dallas area― Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it is postponing English-dubbed episodes for several winter 2023 season anime due to inclement weather delays in the Dallas area where the series are dubbed. The next dub episodes for the following anime will be delayed to the dates listed below: February 9 Revenger Episode 3 The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Ru...
Reading this book is a bit like watching a wound open up. At first, everything looks fine, but as the Band-Aid is slowly peeled off, we get a glimpse of a raw injury that has yet to scab over.― It's a tired old trope trotted out in plenty of yuri manga: dating other girls at your all-girls school is simply training for when you graduate into the world of men. While yuri manga often tries to refute t...
Is Honey & Clover the perfect encapsulation of college life?― The first time I watched Honey and Clover, I was in my freshman year of college. My school was on the other side of the country from the city where I'd grown up, and I was having a hard time adjusting and finding my people. I knew they were out there, that I'd just had yet to encounter them, but those first few months were a lonely time. ...
My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files is a frothy historical cozy series, and if you're a fan of the genre, it's more than worth the price of admission.― For our review of the first volume, go here. The lady detective as a character is generally dated to the early 1860s, when two novels - Revelations of a Lady Detective and The Female Detective - were published in England, but when the Stratemeyer...
From the writer of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, Even If This Love Disappears Tonight is a predictable book from start to finish. It hits all the notes of a sentimental teen love story to an almost clinical degree.― I know for sure I don't have anterograde amnesia, because I've seen this premise before. The hero encounters a beautiful girl and their relationship deepens, only for him to discover that...