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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
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
Botchan (1986)
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…
Rose of Versailles, Space Runaway Ideon, Techno Police, Tokimeki Tonight, Dance Till Tomorrow
Hiroshima ni Chiban Densha ga Hashitta
A new year, a new Orphan release about the atomic bombings in World War II. This time, it's the 1993 NHK TV special Hiroshima ni Chiban Densha ga…
Akai Hayate, Anne of Green Gables, Getter Robo, Judo Story, Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shinasai: Tsuyoshi no Time Machine de Shikkari Shinasai
This Man CHANGED The Way Anime Is Made FOREVER
Anime has come a long way since it's humble beginnings over 100 years ago. Simple drawings, basic movements and stationary camera views has been replaced with more detailed…
One Thing (Musical) Anime Can Learn From KPop Demon Hunters
KPop Demon Hunters is a recent example of a great animated musical that includes both diegetic AND non-diegetic musical numbers, which is something you almost never see in…
Andre's Shelf - Anime & Movies
Healer Girl, Macross, One Piece, Revue Starlight, Rose of Versailles
Versailles no Bara 2025
Plot: Hoping to unite their countries with an alliance, The Empress of Austria arranges her daughter, the delightful yet spoiled Marie Antoinette, to marry the crown prince of…
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 143: The Rose of Versailles (2025) Discussion with Tricia
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!Treat yourself or a loved one! TokyoTreat makes the…
Review: The Rose of Versailles (2025 movie)
No list of the most important and influential of all manga titles would be complete without including The Rose of Versailles. Its 1972-73 publication transformed the shojo genre…
This Month on the Podcast
This month on the podcast: There's a brand new anime film of the iconic shoujo classic The Rose of Versailles ...so let's check it out! Retu...
Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu
As I promised/threatened in my blog post about Naki no Ryuu '91 , here is the predecessor three volume OVA, Mahjong Hishouden: Naki no Ryuu...
Dallos, Doukyuusei -Classmates-, Fullmetal Alchemist, Treasure Island, Secret of the Seal
The Rose of Versailles Anime Movie to Stream on Netflix
Netflix have just revealed some details of The Rose of Versailles anime movie. It's going to be released on Wednesday 30th April 2025. It's ...
Weekly Round-Up, 29 January – 4 February 2025: Rose of Versailles Movie, Ten Years of #28DaysofBlackCosplay, and Translator Wages
AniFem Round-Up Long Live the Queen: How gender defines the antagonist of Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail The main antagonist is a fascinating contrast to the male antagonists of…
Blazing Fists, Suicide Notes Laid on the Table, The Rose of Versailles (2025 movie), Kaiju Guy!, Make a Girl, Japanese Film Trailers
Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. There will be another one coming tomorrow. There were only nine Japanese films released this week compared to the…
Cat-Eyed Boy Returns! (Episodes 4-6)
Orphan brings you more 1970s thrills and chills: episodes four to six of Umezz Kazuo's 1976 horror series Youkaiden Nekome Kozou ( Spirit L...
Why Is Shoujo So Gay?! (even when it's not)
"I'm not openly anything and gay doesn't even begin to cover it." SOURCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qzlNoBy4_D4OF-eF49ZxKB_VE-1vjjvsG_N0X8wvWR0/edit?usp=sharing SOCIAL MEDIA: https://beacons.ai/colleensmangarecs SUPPORT ME ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/colleensmangarecs 0:00 Intro 1:31 Being Queer Wasn't Invented in the "West" 2:19 3 Medias that Shaped…
Bride of Deimos
Deimos no Hanayome: Ran no Kumikyoku ( Bride of Deimos: The Orchid Suite ) is a 1988 one-shot OVA. It's based on an incomplete 17-volume ma...
Vampire Hunter D, The Golden Bird, Junk Boy, Nightsong of Splendor, Katte ni Shirokuma
Jack Jeanne OST
Rating : 70/100 Shoujo stuff tends to get the short end of the stick when it comes to getting ported to the US, but in some circles that…
Berserk, Dear Brother, Smart-san, Lady Georgie, Rose of Versailles
10 Oujo Romance Anime About Dating a Wealthy Refined Woman
The main character is more a shoujo protagonist in the body of an oujo. She comes from wealth and influence, but acts as nicely as any female main…
Rose of Versailles, Sankarea, Bibliophile Princess, Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte, High Score
Nayuta
Nayuta is a 1986 sci-fi OVA,based on a three volume manga by Sasaki Junko. (The manga is not available in English.) It's another show that a...
Mobile Police Patlabor, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Akuma Tou no Prince: Mitsume ga Tooru, Botchan, Fist of the North Star
Firechick's Anime Reviews: Tearmoon Empire
Rating : 66/100 These days, reincarnation stories are a dime a dozen. Theyve become especially prevalent in the light novel scene, and seriously, so many of them are…
Holiday Review #21 INNOCENT
Y'all know I love historical manga a lot, and I've always had a fascination with the French Revolution and the time period around it, so th...
Holiday Review #21 INNOCENT
Y'all know I love historical manga a lot, and I've always had a fascination with the French Revolution and the time period around it, so th...
Transmasculinity and queer sexuality in the works of Ikeda Riyoko
Unlike many other gender-bending stories of the time, which often fall back on a “born in the wrong body” story, or a Mulan-style passing narrative, Ikeda acknowledges a…
Jack Jeanne OST
Yeah, I dont know why I didnt make one of these sooner. Heres a long overdue index for my reviews, for this one being specifically for everything I…
Shonen Onmyoji, Natsuiro Kiseki, Rurouni Kenshin, Haibane Renmei, Land of the Lustrous
The Emergency Heteronormative Character
There is an archetype in anime and manga that I’ve begun calling the “Emergency Heteronormative Character.” In the beginning, many manga creators do not know where their comics…
Weekly Round-Up, 20-26 September 2023: Anarcho-Feminist Ito Noe, Video Game Actor Strike, and the End of RightStuf
AniFem Round-Up Every Rose Has Its Thorns: Vilifying female ambition in The Rose of Versailles In honor of the shoujo classic becoming available for free on RetroCrush, here’s…
Weekly Round-Up, 30 August – 5 September 2023: Gundam Doujinshi, Police Body Cameras, and Gender Pay Gap
AniFem Round-Up Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and Transgender Cyborgs’ Experience of the Apocalypse The 90s manga’s tale of rebuilding and self-discovery after the end has only become more relatable…
“An Inner Revolution Of The Japanese Women”: The Rose of Versailles As Feminist Historical Fiction
The Rose of Versailles makes the argument that women’s lives and the romance genre can be radical and revolutionary—and, in fact, they were always central to revolutionary movements.
17 Historical Romance Anime About Love Through The Ages
Historical romance anime is often not steeped in much historical accuracy. In fact, for many of these historical romances, you will find flourishes of magic
Gosick, Juliet, Kids on the Slope, Maria the Virgin Witch, Raven of the Inner Palace
New Yuricon 2023 Video on Yuri Studio
I am super excited to announce that Yuricon 2023 has resumed! We have a new video up on Yuri Studio. Today we have a really fascinating discussion about…
Sanada 10 - The Battle of Sekigahara (Ep 1-3)
Sanada 10 - more formally, Shinshaku Sengoku Eiyuu Densetsu Sanada Juu Yuushi ( New Legend of the Warring States Heroes: The Ten Warriors ...
BABYLON, Cowboy Bebop, Blue Flames, Blue Exorcist, Blue Sonnet
What I Watched This Week – 5/7-5/13
The Rose of Versailles – I initially planned to watch the first 20 episodes this week, then watch the second half next week, but the story got its…
Merry Month of Shojo Review: JOSEPHINE THE FRENCH ROSE
It's hard to believe that the only Yumiko Igarashi manga available in English is this curious little digital artifact, a shojo manga that fe...
Merry Month of Shojo Review #6: JOSEPHINE THE FRENCH ROSE
It's hard to believe that the only Yumiko Igarashi manga available in English is this curious little digital artifact, a shojo manga that fe...
Firechick's Anime Reviews: Treasure Island
Rating : 88/100 In 2010, I watched an old anime that Anime News Network happened to start streaming called Ie Naki Ko , based on a French novel…
Fena: Pirate Princess, Nobody's Boy Remi, Rose of Versailles, Treasure Island, veil
Octopath Traveler 2 OST
Rating : 45/100 What exactly is the first medium to depict gender-bending in any form? Thats a question that doesnt really have an easy answer. Ive tried looking…
PODCAST: Ep. 87 - Rose of Versailles Vol. 1, by Riyoko Ikeda
God Save The Queen, We Mean It, Man.
Ep 87: The Rose of Versailles Vol. 1, by Riyoko Ikeda
One of the great classic shojo manga is finally available in English, Riyoko Ikeda's Rose of Versailles, and the Mangasplaining team dig in to see if it...
Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep19-21
The seventh volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament is the pivot point between the mythic and "historical" parts of the Bible....
Cowboy Bebop, Witch Girl Meg, Nozomi Witches, Yamato 2520, Initial D First Stage
12 Days of Christmas, Day 11: Illumine your hearts. (Non)Christmas at Tearmoon Empire
In the name of the Very holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost. To-day, the 25th day of December, 1792, I, Louis XVI King of France, being for…
The Anime Nostalgia Podcast - ep 113: Creative Conversations with Abby Denson
Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! This month, we’re returning to my ...
Battle Angel Alita, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma ½, Rose of Versailles
Sugata Sanshiro
When Orphan released Botchan , I mentioned that YES raws had an equally good rip of the 1981 TV special, Sugata Sanshirou , just waiting to ...
GeGeGe no Kitaro, Gude Crest: The Emblem of Gude, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Ushio and Tora, Future Boy Conan
The Manga Review, 9/9/2022
It’s been a relatively slow news week–manga-wise, at least–so I’m going to dispense with the snappy intro and get to the links. As always, if there’s a website,…
Doki Doki News: Bleach at NYCC, Kimi ni Todoke Drama, and Tearmoon Empire Anime
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of September 4th through September 10th! Check out…
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure actor Tiana Camacho discusses her favorite shoujo and systemic casting hurdles for actors of color
Vrai sat down with Camacho at Otakon 2022 to ask her about her influences, her dream role, and the expectation put on marginalized public figures to act as…
Revolution And Versailles
Talking about the anime The Rose Of Versailles. Support me: https://www.patreon.com/spirit_chaser Donate: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Contreras2992 My Anime List: https://myanimelist.net/profile/Spirit_Chaser Anilist: https://anilist.co/user/SpiritChaser/ #roseofversailles #animerecommendations #animereview #animeamv #politics #anime #theroseofversailles #animeedit #animeanalysis #ladyoscar
Shoujo Sundae Review – Shojo Manga: The Power and Influence of Girls’ Comics
https://youtu.be/1mgCCtZ3iaA The Japan Foundation has an in-depth discussion regarding the representation of gender within girls’ comics and manga culture. Since the conception of manga for…
TheOASG Podcast Episode 148: Bad Con Decisions, Unionization, and Creators Returning In Their Own Ways
Show Notes 0:00: Helen and Justin end up talking about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks. One of them has been stuck in the…
Anime Series Like Requiem of the Rose King
In the Middle Ages, the English Crown has been hotly contested in a civil war, dubbed the War of the Roses. The Duke of York seeks to unseat…
Juliet, Le Chevalier D'Eon, Moriarty the Patriot, Rose of Versailles, Blast of Tempest