Genji Is in the Ramune Bottle
I watched episode one of Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle yesterday, and was struck by the remarkable similarity between Chitose and Genji. No, not that Genji—I mean the main Continue Reading
Mikane and the Sea Woman (Update)
A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the new series I was reading, Mikane and the Sea Woman, and how it went from typical love/coming-of-age shenanigans to horror in almost Continue Reading
Mikane and the Sea Woman (Manga Review)
Mikane, a boy on the cusp of manhood, returns to the small-town island community where he was born to live with his father. Walking along the beach, he finds a Continue Reading
Do Androids Dream of Electric Lesbians? (Gene of AI ep. 8)
Gene of AI continues to be one of my favorite shows, a glimpse into a possible near future. Episode 8 took a little bit of flak from viewers, however. Not Continue Reading
Anime Review: Lost Universe
Spoilers for the first episode of Lost Universe! I have a sneaking suspicion that Lost Universe, an anime that ran in 1998 and is based on a series of light Continue Reading
Manga Review: A Sign of Affection
Yesterday, I signed my kids up for lessons in American Sign Language. (They’ve just expressed an interest in it, so I figured why not.) Today, entirely by chance, I discovered Continue Reading
Manga Review: Hinamatsuri
The Anzu houseless arc stands out to me as one of the best in anime, period; that alone is worth the price of admission for the series.
New Series Review: Shojo Null
Ever since the manga of The Promised Neverland ended, I’ve been looking for something to replace it. The twists and turns, the reveals and worldbuilding, the horror and the visuals: Continue Reading
On the Borders of the Other World: The Isekai-Adjacent
“And if that means spending two seconds to say Dr. Isekai Jones was hit by a drunk reindeer on Christmas Eve in Tokyo and wound up in Middle-Earth, and then never bringing it up again, that’s a small price to pay.”
Mid-Season Check-In: The Gene of AI
During what seems like the dim and distant past, at the beginning of the current anime season, I wrote the following over at Beneath the Tangles about episode one of Continue Reading