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Heart Cocktail Again
Twenty years after the original Heart Cocktai l manga, Watase Seizou released another anime collection, Heart Cocktail Again . Unlike the or...
Banner of the Stars, Galaxy Angel, Hashire!, Love Hina, Ozma
Review: HANAUKYO MAID TEAM
The peak of maid manga came at the beginning of the millennium, when literally any doofus could make a ecchi manga, throw some maids in it,...
Review: HANAUKYO MAID TEAM
The peak of maid manga came at the beginning of the millennium, when literally any doofus could make a ecchi manga, throw some maids in it,...
Review: MABURAHO
Well, for once I'm reviewing a harem manga where I understand precisely what the girls see in the lead. It's a terrible reason, but I can co...
Review: MABURAHO
Well, for once I'm reviewing a harem manga where I understand precisely what the girls see in the lead. It's a terrible reason, but I can co...
Itsudatte My Santa! - A Charming Holiday Anime
Merry christmas to all, and happy holidays from recca.. over here at animebackwhen. Now getting right into it, I know all you guys know of negima and love…
Holiday Review #16: THE SHIUNJI FAMILY CHILDREN
As if that last review wasn't enough to make you question if The Straights Are Alright, here comes Rent-A-Girlfriend creator Reiji Miyajima...
Holiday Review #16: THE SHIUNJI FAMILY CHILDREN
As if that last review wasn't enough to make you question if The Straights Are Alright, here comes Rent-A-Girlfriend creator Reiji Miyajima...
15 Tsundere Romance Anime Where Communicating Feelings is Painful
While tsunderes are a little less popular than the used to be, tsundere and romance will always go together like wine and cheese. In fact, you could say…
Chivalry of a Failed Knight, Love of Kill, The Familiar of Zero, The Dreaming Boy is a Realist, Bakemonogatari
I’m Gonna Be Honest About Liar, Liar
Liar, Liar is a pretty darn half-baked anime. Like a lot of trend-chasing works of fiction that don’t really understand the appeal of the things they’re copying, you…
Review: PSYCHIC ACADEMY
I thought I was just getting another magic school variant with title. Instead I ended up with one of the ripest, most ridiculous pieces of...
Escaflowne, Lost Universe, Love Hina, Naruto, Psychic Academy
Review: PSYCHIC ACADEMY
I thought I was just getting another magic school variant with title. Instead I ended up with one of the ripest, most ridiculous pieces of...
Naruto, Psychic Academy, Escaflowne, Lost Universe, Love Hina
Anime Like Nisekoi
Ten years ago, Raku Ichijou made a promise with a childhood friend to meet again and use the key she holds to open the locket he wears around…
Oreshura, A Couple of Cuckoos, Bakemonogatari, Boarding School Juliet, Juliet
16 Harem Anime Where They All Live Together
Do you know more harem anime where they all live together in ecchi bliss? Let fans know in the comments section below.
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, The Fruit of Grisaia, Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World, Love Hina, Sekirei
Anime Like The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
After his grandmother passed away, Hayato returned to the seaside cafe she had ran since he was a child, intent to sell it. However, after leaving for
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, And Yet The Town Moves, BLEND-S, Is the Order a Rabbit?, Love Hina
Bookshelf Briefs 5/30/23
Blue Box, Vol. 4 | By Kouji Miura | Viz Media - We finally tip the balance of this sports romance series back to romance in this volume,…
15 College Romance Anime About Love As A Young Adult
College romance anime often enjoys the best of both worlds. Characters are old enough to enjoy drinking and all the shenanigans that come with adulthood. Yet,
Nodame Cantabile, Love Hina, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Honey and Clover, Maison Ikkoku
Goddess Cafe Terrace #01 — Horny Naked Girls
Who let the Love Hina clone from 2004 in? Six down, two to go. Plus perhaps the leak of a second episode early. God damn it. Impressions: Given…
Ai Yori Aoshi at 20: The harem anime that almost broke the mold
Ai Yori Aoshi in many ways feels distinct from the tropes established in titles like Love Hina, despite being a contemporary of it. When revisiting it twenty years…
AniMarch Madness 2023: Play-in Matches
Welcome, March! And hello, AniMarch Madness! The craziness begins today with our six play-in matches (plus one exclusive to Patreon) to determine the final entrants into the field…
Speed Racer, Aggretsuko, Eureka Seven, Fist of the North Star, One-Punch Man
Review: PURI PURI
Valentine's Day may be past, but that's not going to stop me from trashing on some poorly conceived harem manga. PURI PURI, by Chiako Taro....
Review: PURI PURI
Valentine's Day may be past, but that's not going to stop me from trashing on some poorly conceived harem manga. PURI PURI, by Chiako Taro....
Anime Like Love Flops
One normal day, high school student Asahi Kashiwagi wakes up and watches a fortune teller's predictions on TV. On his way to school, as according to the
Love Hina Christmas 🔥ROAST🔥
MB YouTooz Preorders start Dec. 30! Enter the Giveaway today: https://mothersbasement.youtooz.com/ HO, HO, HO! Merry Christmas! It's the roast of Love Hina Christmas Movie: Silent Eve! Oh, no, I…
Anime Series Like Urusei Yatsura
For skirt-chasing Ataru Moroboshi, the only notable thing about him is his extraordinary bad luck. That luck kicks in when aliens suddenly invade Earth
High School DxD, Love Hina, Mr. Osomatsu, Urusei Yatsura, VLAD LOVE
The most important anime of the 2010’s might have been Saekano
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata might very well be the most important anime of the decade. The fact that such a funny idea blossomed within my mind throughout the…
Arisa Good Luck
Here's a true bluebird: the 1999 one-shot OVA Arisa Good Luck . Last month, Tennouji, translator and proprietor of SakuraCircle, contacted m...
Nagasarete Airantou, Natsume's Book of Friends, Wedding Peach, Inukami!, Minion
Mangaka AKAMATSU Ken Wins Seat in Diet’s Upper House
AstroNerdBoy notes mangaka AKAMATSU Ken-sensei's ("Love Hina", "Negima", "UQ Holder") political victory and examines Sensei's policies.
Disaster Report: TENCHI IN TOKYO
AIC produced a lot of hits over the years, but few of them could compare to the success and impact of the 1992 OVA Tenchi Muyo! . What…
Harmony, Record of Lodoss War, Sailor Moon, The Slayers Try, Tenchi Forever
Review: HINADORI GIRL
Nothing hurts like getting your hopes up only to be disappointed, even by obscurities like this. HINADORI GIRL, by Mari Matsuzawa. First p...
Chobits, Inukami!, Love Hina, Recently, My Sister Is Unusual
Review: HAPPY LESSON
Of course, I couldn't let the month pass without talking about a bad harem manga, but this one is both different from the rest and yet not a...
Brief Thoughts On: Itsudatte My Santa
Though anime that actually feature Santa are rare, Itsudatte My Santa is not worth bothering with, even for its novelty value.
“UQ Holder” Creator AKAMATSU Ken Going Into Politics
AstroNerdBoy discusses the announcement from AKAMATSU Ken-sensei (UQ Holder, Negima!, Love Hina) to run for political office in Japan.
Weekly Round-Up, 24-30 November 2021: Female Animator Roundtable, Game Localization Talk, and Relatable Komi-san Anxiety
AniFem Round-Up Love Hina and the Normalization of Male Abuse Anthony Gramuglia looks at a pivotal fanservice anime and how the decision to change its self-insert protagonist from…
Love Hina and the Normalization of Male Abuse
The abuse women can inflict on their partners is a topic taken seriously by intersectional feminist discourse, but often dismissed and even normalized in mainstream media. In anime,…
30 Best Romantic Comedy Anime Series Full of Love and Laughs
Romance and comedy – It is a simple recipe, but an effective one. The intoxicating mix of genres that is “rom-com” just go together like a warm mug…
Love Hina, My Little Monster, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Snow White with the Red Hair, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
Anime Series Like Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory
After their home burns down and he is abandoned by his father, Koushi Nagumo wanders homeless until he collapses on the street. He is found by a woman…
Love Hina, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
MM!
MM! is a 2010 Comedy anime series from the Japanese animation studio, Xebec. While the series may not be well known to some, the studio behind this show…
50 Best Harem Anime Series Loaded With Ladies
You like harem series for reasons, like the “plot” and the “development” on of the characters. You need more harem anime in your life, like, right now. Maybe…
Hundred, The World God Only Knows, The Testament of Sister New Devil, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, Demon King Daimao
Manga Review – Love Hina
Love Hina ラブひな AKAMATSU Ken Shounen – Comedy, ecchi, harem, romance 14 Volumes / 5 Omnibuses (complete) Tokyopop / Kodansha Comics Summary: After failing his entrance exams to…
Disaster Report: Angel Tales
There are many reasons behind what shows I choose to cover for Disaster Report. Sometimes it may be due to its distasteful, even controvers...
Cosplay Complex OVA, Fruits Basket, Hand Maid May, Love Hina, Kanon
Full Metal Panic! Aged Anime 2002 - Mecha Action
Full Metal Panic! was the first mecha anime I had seen in a long time back in 2003. Prior to this I had seen super robot anime like…
Why I Blog About Anime, Japan, and Tokyo
Life takes funny turns. Way back in 2003 I really wasn't terribly interested in Japan or anime or manga. This is even though I had grown up...
Golden Kamuy, Naruto, Red Baron, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Gasaraki
Sepia Nightmare
The fact that Boogiepop Phantom exists still eludes me to this day. One could chalk it up to simply being another product of the post-Evangelion boom in late…
Anime Series That Are Good For Practicing Your Japanese At Any Level
I won’t generalize the community by saying “everyone does it,” but chances are if you enjoy a lot of anime, you’ve had a thought that maybe you should…
Love Hina, Hyouka, Fruits Basket, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, MUSHI-SHI
The End of Oregairu ~Air/My Purest Yahallo for Thee~
I'm starting to think Haruno actually is into high school boys.
Love Hina, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!
Anime Series Like Rent a Girlfriend
Recently dumped by his girlfriend, college student Kazuya Kinoshita tries to fill the void with an app that lets him rent a girlfriend. While Chizuru seems like the…
Nisekoi, Oreshura, Scum's Wish, Domestic Girlfriend, His and Her Circumstances
The Quintessential Quintuplets, Vol. 14
By Negi Haruba. Released in Japan by Kodansha, serialized in the magazine Weekly Shonen Magazine. Released in North America by Kodansha Comics. Translated by Steven LeCroy. (Obviously this…
Anime Series Like Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
Sakurai Shinichi just wants a little peace and quiet, but his senpai Uzaki Hana wants to hang out. This peppy, loud, and well endowed woman just wants to…
Love Hina, Magical Sempai, Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!, Grand Blue Dreaming, Honey and Clover