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Pick of the Week: Do Manga Count As Snacks?

SEAN: Without an exciting debut, my eye always goes towards the series I'm most excited to see more of. And since I last read Ascendance of a Bookworm…

Manga Bookshelf

Fruit Brains

This one is literally hot off the presses - well, hot off the airways. Fruit Brains ( Kudamonou ) appeared on a Japanese variety show a few...

Collectr's Blog

Uchuu Neko: Mardock no Bouken

So here's Orphan's holiday release, the 2016 short series Uchuu Neko: Mardock no Bouken ( Space Cat: Mardock's Adventures , or more grandil...

Collectr's Blog

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Ranking the 16 Manga I Read in 2023

I set a goal for myself to read 16 new titles in 2023 and it is now time to rank those titles. Thank you Walt's Comic Shop for sponsoring…

Colleen's Manga Recs

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Visual Kei&Anime – GLAY Part II

Welcome back to Visual Kei&Anime! We’re back in business with the follow up from last month’s feature, GLAY. Before you dive in this part, please check out the…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

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Manga Review – Ace of the Diamond

Ace of the Diamond ダイヤのA (Daiya no Ace) TERAJIMA Yuji Shounen – Sports 7 Volumes of 47 Volumes (complete) Kodansha Comics Summary: At the bottom of the ninth…

Daiyamanga

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Diamond no Ace: Makes Slowpoke look speedy

Diamond no Ace is an anime from 2013-2015 based on a Terajima Yuki manga. The anime was handled by Production IG and Madhouse. I’m not expecting much since…

Anime Reviews

Pick of the Week: One Cool Cat

SEAN: Gee, what could it be? Moto Hagio? Cute smug-looking cats standing on their back paws? Sign me up for L’il Leo! KATE: I’ve developed a reputation for…

Manga Bookshelf

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5 Reasons Why Diamond no Ace Stands Out from Other Sports Anime

This is partly a personal post, and partly a reflection of a synthesis of the core values of Diamond no Ace that I hold dear. Extremely mild spoilers…

the limitless imagination

Pick of the Week: Two Strong Titles

MICHELLE: I’m pleased about quite a few things this week. I need to get caught up on Ace of the Diamond and Those Snow White Notes, The Springtime…

Manga Bookshelf

Pick of the Week: Sports Manga on a Light Week

MICHELLE: There isn’t a whole lot that appeals to me from this week’s releases, but what always does appeal to me is the chance to have a mini-marathon…

Manga Bookshelf

Pick of the Week: Lucky Manga

MICHELLE: I’m happy to get more of Ace of the Diamond and Giant Killing, two long-running sports favorites of mine, but last week my love for Spy x…

Manga Bookshelf

Bookshelf Briefs 6/8/20

Ace of the Diamond, Vol. 26 | By Yuji Terajima | Kodansha Comics (digital only) – The fall season has begun! Furuya is wearing the ace number and…

Manga Bookshelf

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Sakurazawa: An Inspiration (A Daiya No Ace Post)

Personal post. Mild spoiler for Daiya no Ace. Feel free to skip. Recently, I showed my mother, a complete newbie to anime, the Sakurazawa vs Inashiro match in…

the limitless imagination

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15 Anime OPs/EDs that make me cry

Note: This post is actually meant to be of therapeutic effect for me, because I am currently rewatching Diamond no Ace and suffering through angst, frustration, sadness and…

the limitless imagination

OtakuGeneration (Show #514) Spring Impressions

  Shownotes :: (show 514) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Spring Impressions, recorded live April 12th, 2015. This week continued the…

otakugeneration's Podcast

Top 20 Anime of 2013

After a barrage of really good series last year, 2013 stepped things back a little to take a breather, slowly working its way up from an empty winter…

SatchiiKoma

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Cely_belly's Second Take on Fantasy Anime League [FAL]

I decided to hop on the bandwagon once again. Unfortunately, I don't appear to have the same luck I did the last time I participated, in ...

Cely_belly nonsense | Anime blog

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2013 Fall season First Impressions! Part 2

Now onto the second round of First impression, there are a lot of shows this season alone, we have new shows, more second and third seasons, some shows…

Kawaiiosity