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New to Sunday: Aiko Koyama and Takenori Ichihara's "Kimi wa Akeboshi"
New serializations hit the book of the sun(day) like the seasons themselves turn. Today, we're blessed to talk about a pair of veterans, though one of them isn't…
Student Days
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that r...
Oh! My Goddess, Igano Kabamaru, My Neighbor Totoro, Sangokushi, Bio Armor Ryger
The Anime Dispatch: Fans, Creators and Industry Heavyweights are Desperate for Validation
Fandoms love mainstream validation, but it comes at a huge cost and a big risk of enshittification.
Season of the Sun
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Angelique, Bubblegum Crisis, Fullmetal Alchemist, Future GPX Cyber Formula, Gakkou no Yuurei
Trapped At Sea
Under the seaDarling, it's betterDown where it's wetter Take it from me"Under the Sea" (Samuel E. Wright) Hmm, I only reviewed two mystery games last year! I definitely hope to…
Vanitas no Karte Part 2: A Darker Descent into Gothic Horror
Vanitas no Karte Part 2 amps up the tension and depth, moving from stylish thrills to heavy consequences. The characters evolve dramatically, making it a captivating, darker ride…
A Ghost Story (Hoichi the Earless)
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
Galaxy Express 999, Kariage-kun, Queen Millennia, Sangokushi, Gatchaman
Mecha from Montreal, A History of Heavy Gear Ch. I: Protoculture Addicts & Mecha Press
Wearing its VOTOMS influence on its sleeve, the tabletop game Heavy Gear rose to prominence in the late '90s. It had come, albeit indirectly, out of foundations laid…
Tailenders: Catching Up
I have to pity Tailenders. It’s one of those perfectly entertaining, subtly fascinating creations that was abruptly buried and forgotten due to superior competition. Here that competition was…
Monster Sanctuary
Monster Sanctuary is a great monster-catching metroidvania. That’s two distinct genres, so let’s break down how to intersect.The monster-catching is phenomenal. The developers clearly get it. I almost…
Why FANS had to FIX Dragon Ball Z
Go to https://expressvpn.com/notmark and find out how you can get 4 extra months thanks to our sponsor, ExpressVPN! For years, Dragon Ball’s home releases have suffered from wrong colours,…
Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT
Nessa no Wakusei
Okizari presents the first English-subtitled release of the original version of Nessa no Wakusei (Desert Planet or Hot Sandy Planet), a mid-1990s borderline hentai OVA. It's better known in North America…
Bakuen Campus Guardress, Gakkou no Yuurei, Gon, Nightsong of Splendor, Kitty-Cat Fantasia
New To Sunday: Shiishihi and Yuki Tsukikoshi's "Aga kimi chiruramu"
Happy New Year! 2026 is shaping up to be a fascinating year for Sunday (for more details, check out our 2025 write-up), with the serializations coming fast and…
Dragon Ball MAGIC (feat. @TeamFourStar ) Pt. 2
NEW POSTER! https://totallynotmark.com/ Dragon Ball Daima was an incredible series that, for one reason or another, didn’t fully connect with a wider audience. Despite that, it was filled with…
Why The Villainess Lives Again Hooked Me From Page One
I did not plan to fall into another reincarnation manhwa, but curiosity won. I opened The Villainess Lives Again expecting a quick distraction and instead found myself staring…
Magical Girls and Tactical Military Anime and Manga Development
I never thought all that deeply about the history of "girls with guns," "magical girls," "mecha-musume," and "magical girl tactical" developments. One of the first shows I watched…
Sailor Moon, Strike Witches, Girls und Panzer, Gunslinger Girl, KanColle
2025 in Review
2025 turned out to be even more calamitous than I had feared. I couldn't bear to watch the news, as one horror followed another.Orphan FansubsDespite the adverse conditions…
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, The Apothecary Diaries, Princess Knight, Zetsuai 1989, Apocalypse Hotel
The Dancing Girl
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
High Speed Jessie, Lady Georgie, Mahou Tsukai Sally 2, Rain Boy, Bavi Stock
A Look At – Heavy Spoilers RPG: The True Identity of The Final Enemy is THE HERO’S FATHER
(Heavy Spoilers RPG is a freeware RPGMaker game, available on Steam) Heavy Spoilers Extremely Long Name is, I suppose, a short (3 hour completion time) freeware “meme” RPG…
Hi no Ame ga Furu (It Rained Fire)
Orphan has already released an anime movie about the firebombing of Japanese cities, 2005's Ashita Genki ni Naare! Although that film began with the firebombing of Tokyo, it was…
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Hello WeGo!, Next War Chronicle Ehrgeiz, Nodame Cantabile, Bunny Drop
More Like Kowloon Washed City Amirite
12 Days of Anime 2025, Day 8Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, and Kowloon Generic Romance runs with this idea on the visual, thematic, and literal level.…
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, LOOK BACK, Real Girl, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy
I can't believe it's not Shoggy!: Sanda Vol 1&2 by Paru Itagaki
Translation: Motoko Tamamuro and Jonathan ClementsLettering: Bensidi AyoubEditor: Louis YamaniDesigner: David ColderleyThe concept of Santa Claus has been around for years—overdone, some may say. It has been 100 years, give or take,…
How Long Must My Journey Go
12 Days of Anime 2025, Day 6It’s cool to have a new favorite band. Until this year, my answer all this time had been… Nightwish? They were the…
The Arima Kinen is Decadent and Depraved
12 Days of Anime 2025, Day 5Warnings for drug use, blending fact and fiction, and the invocation of gonzo.I got off the metro around nine, avoiding eye contact…
Wake Up Dead Man
The best description I can give of Wake Up Dead Man is that it’s Knives Out with a better mystery and worse cast. That doesn’t mean it’s likely to…
#140 Is this the (construction) drill that will pierce the heavens? | Jumbor Barutronica
We discuss Shonen Jump manga Jumbor Barutronica. MAL Description: It was 3002, and the human civilization had crumbled and rebuilt itself again and again over the thousand…
#139.5 They really didn't need to show all that | Jumbor Barutronica first impressions
MAL Description: It was 3002, and the human civilization had crumbled and rebuilt itself again and again over the thousand years, despite the destruction and challenge…
The Broken Anchor
Night of fire この気持ちに勝るものなんてないけど「Night of Fire」(Dream) Night of fire!There is nothing that can overwhelm my feelings"Night of Fire" (Dream) Disclosure: I have translated novels by both Ayatsuji Yukito and Arisugawa Alice."Mystery…
Ashita Genki ni Naare!
The firebombing of Japan's cities is less well-known than the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but they caused heavy loss of life and enormous property damage.…
Princess Tutu, Letter Bee, Cat's Eye, Comic Party, Dragon Fist
Significant Japanese High Fantasy Novels With English Translations
I started researching this topic thinking that it would be simple, but it turns out I underestimated the complexity. I wanted high fantasy novels written by Japanese authors that have…
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Overlord, Spice and Wolf, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Fairy Tail
Emerald Dragon: A Magnificent Cut
He’s a dragon. She’s a human. They’re in love. That’s not all there is to Emerald Dragon, but it’s the initial hook for this undervalued RPG from Glodia and…
Armageddon, Cosmic Fantasy, Girl from Phantasia, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy
Waga ai / わが愛 (‘My Love’, 1960)
Obscure Japanese Film #232 Ineko Arima Niizu (Shin Saburi) is a newspaper reporter who drops dead in the street after a night of heavy drinking. At the wake, his wife (Yatsuko Tan’ami) is…
Sunday Master: Long interview with Kazuhiro Fujita (Part 1)
If you've hung around this site over the years-first, thank you, and second, you'll know that when my birthday comes a knockin' it's the fans who get the…
Musha, Spriggan, Ushio and Tora, Ushio and Tora, Karakuri Circus
Heavy
Orphan has done a couple of shows about boxing already: Takahashi Rumiko's 1989 OVA One Pound Gospel and the 1992 three-part OVA Nozomi Witches. We're now releasing another,…
Karuizawa Syndrome, Nightsong of Splendor, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Vampire Princess Miyu, Dragon Half
Spiraken Manga Review - Episode 600: A Milestone Review of Chained Soldier!
Celebrate 600 episodes of the Spiraken Manga Review! For this landmark episode, Xan tackles the controversial and popular Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave) by Takahiro with art by Yohei Takemura. Does this…
TOUGEN ANKI Interview with Kamiya Hiroshi and Koutaro Nishiyama
© Yura Urushibara (AKITASHOTEN) /TOUGEN ANKI PROJECTMeet the cast!Hiroshi Kamiya is a renowned voice actor with a long-standing career in the industry. His role in TOUGEN ANKI is…
Despite Everything, It’s Still Toby
He’s in the house-like carpet. You do not need me to explain to you what Undertale is. Over the past 10 years the modern classic by the enigmatic Toby…
Chrono Trigger, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Pokémon
New to Sunday: Yuuhei Kusakabe's "Kakukamata"
I find myself in a very fortunate place. Authors that serialized works before I decided to do these write-up/reviews are returning to the magazine one after another! Even…
The Darkest Anime Hiding Behind a Smile
Takopi's Original Sin is one of the most popular and highest rated anime of this season. It tackles some really heavy themes, so just be aware of that…
Review—Dreaming Japanese
By Marty Friedman, with Jon Wiederhorn Permuted Press (Dec 3, 2024) Opus in Metal Review by Stephen Mansfield It’s a wonder I’m not seriously brain damaged,…
The Surge
The Surge is a sci-fi horror Souls-like that does everything competently but not memorably. The game takes place several decades in the future when Earth’s atmosphere has gotten…
CH-63 Helicopter
General Information Unit type: heavy lift cargo helicopter Lineart Underside view
Arthur Just Made His New Friend
The Beginning After the End Ep 4 Review Despite the heavy criticism it has received in its native West, The Beginning After the End is being well-received overseas.…
It’s Definitely Time for… HG L-Gaim! Completed Build, More or Less
It’s as if my choice to build the High Grade kits from Heavy Metal L-Gaim is perfectly timed as 2025 is apparently the 40th anniversary of the series.…
Episode 358 - Pokémon Concierge
Last week was more than a little heavy, so Shaun has elected to have Remington watch 4 episodes of the stop-motion animated Pokémon Concierge as a chaser. Meanwhile Remington…
Pivot to the Plamo: HG L-Gaim – Work in Progress #1
I teased building the HG L-Gaim with the completion of my RG Evangelion Unit-01 build, and this is something I’ve hemming and hawing for a good while. Back…
The Gay Games Releasing In 2025
Get Friendly Lab Unlock Here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/126714134 Extended & Uncensored Video: https://www.patreon.com/krispnatz Every year we look at what anime is coming out for BL fans but this time lets take…
Hot Spot Review
Endo Kiyomi is a single mother living in the countryside in Japan. He works at a business hotel located at the foot of Mount Fuji. One day on…
(#MechaMarch2025) Heavy Metal L-Gaim
Another Tomino Show I cheated a bit this year by having the beginning of a Gundam show appear in this year’s mecha march. At the same time, I…