The isekai genre has been in flux for decades now, ever since the 90s when we started seeing stories of people getting transported to other worlds appear in anime. Back then the landscape looked a lot different, primarily being that they featured more female main characters who suffered through a lot more hardship in order … More Monday Musings: Is the Era of action-packed Isekai over?
Oh thank god it’s Spring! I don’t know about you, but this past Winter was pretty tough, with the Pandemic and the weather, it just made for a less than pleasant couple of months. But now we’re into Spring! The weather is warmer, the flowers are sprouting, and the sun is out again! This also … More Anime First Impressions – Spring 2021
Isekai manga and anime have always been on shaky ground for me. There are admittedly a lot of very good series that I love, but also a lot of very bad ones that tend to use the same concepts over and over again. I love seeing new ideas and innovative ways to use the isekai … More Trash Reads – Manga I Hate to Love – Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest
Time and time again, Makoto Shinkai has shown that anime films don’t have to be creations of Hayao Miyazaki for them to be successful in Japan and abroad. He made a huge splash in 2016 with the release of his largest movie, your name, cementing his own name in the minds of fans as an … More Weathering with You Anime Film Review
I have a new goal this year to watch a lot more animated movies, whether in theaters or online streaming. I think we’re definitely seeing a lot of great stories and animation coming out through full length movies. The only problem being that it can be very difficult to find a theater near you to … More Flavors of Youth Anime Film Review
Much has been written about hair and the dramatic cutting of hair that appears in all forms of media, focusing on the symbolism behind the act for both men and women. We see it in a variety of films from Disney to Anime. It’s a universal concept for humans, our connection to our hair, as … More Waxing Philosophical: A New Life, A New Haircut
Kiki’s Delivery Service is the quintessential animated witch movie, brimming with magic, energy, and the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki. It’s been a while since I got the chance to sit down and watch this one, so I thought this month might be the perfect time and atmosphere to revisit one of Miyazaki’s most popular movies. … More Waxing Philosophical: Kiki’s Delivery Service and Burnout
I can’t conclude this month’s reviews of witch and magic related anime and manga without a look at Flying Witch, one of the best magic related slice-of-life’s to come out so far (in my humble opinion). The series is a calming look at the life of witches and magic users in rural Japan, an alternate … More Flying Witch Anime Review
Magic school narratives have been and. I suspect, will always be very popular. With the overflowing fandom surrounding books like Harry Potter and other similar fantasy novels, the amount of stories of this type have proliferated far and wide into varying mediums. Anime and manga, in particular, took a strong interest in this narrative type. … More Irregular at Magic High School Anime Season One Review
Every year I like to do something special for the the month of October. Last year is was a month of digging into different mythologies and urban legends that came up in anime and manga and looking at their origins. I had a ton of fun doing that last year, and I hope you all … More [Blog Update] Upcoming October Halloween Specials
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