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Growing Up
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…
Oh! My Goddess, Captain Tsubasa, Captain Tsubasa, Bite me!, Gon
Review: GATE KEEPERS
Of course, for every successful sci-fi manga there are far more that fail to find an audience outside of Japan and this is just one of them.GATE KEEPERS…
Nobunagun, Rosario + Vampire, Sakura Wars, To Heart, Gate Keepers
Review: GATE KEEPERS
Of course, for every successful sci-fi manga there are far more that fail to find an audience outside of Japan and this is just one of them.GATE KEEPERS…
Gate Keepers, Gurren Lagann, Martian Successor Nadesico, mono, Nobunagun
The Wonder of Kimi Ni Todoke
This week on The Wonder of Anime, we're welcoming back Lucy! Lucy Camacho a.k.a Opal Lines is a Dominican American illustrator, award winning filmmaker, and comics artist best…
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…
New To Sunday: Mizuki Kuriyama's "Dragemis"
The irony of a writeup for a Japanese manga being late because I was in Japan is not lost on me. In any case, Kuriyama-sensei is one of…
Holiday Review #22: A VAMPIRE IN THE BATHHOUSE
Of course, it's also fun to take figures of horror and put them into wacky situations for the sake of comedy. For example, you could have...A VAMPIRE IN…
Holiday Review #22: A VAMPIRE IN THE BATHHOUSE
Of course, it's also fun to take figures of horror and put them into wacky situations for the sake of comedy. For example, you could have...A VAMPIRE IN…
The End of the Trail
Feel, don't think. Use your instincts."The Phantom Menace" And just as I finish writing this review, I remember I never wrote one for Staffer Case even though I finished it months…
Nissin AFURI Yuzu Shio Bowl Noodle Review
I picked up this bowl of instant noodles last time I was in Japan. I've never eaten at AFURI in Tokyo, but I've had some citrusy yuzu ramen…
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 169 – Summer 2025 Season Review
You can find Kaiseki Anime Podcast on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts. Subscribe to us now! Please also take a moment to rate and review us on Apple…
SAKAMOTO DAYS, The Summer Hikaru Died, Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, WITCH WATCH, A Couple of Cuckoos
#135 I summon my background artist in attack mode! | The Comiq ft Official Series' Letterer Sabrina Heep
We and our guest Official Series' Letterer Sabrina Heep discuss Shonen Jump manga The Comiq from the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! MAL Description: Starring…
#134.5 A murder mystery by the creator of Yu-Gi-Oh? The ComiQ first impressions
MAL Description: Starring "an unlikely love for two," Pendulum of Love is the latest series to be serialized in the popular magazine Shoujo Jump. This serialization is also…
Episode 908: Summer 2025 Previews #2
This week on Anime Pulse we got round two of previews, nuclear radiation, and sports. Up first Joseph talks about his father's birthday, and Andrew is back on…
岩倉玲音 (Iwakura Lain)
Who is Iwakura Lain? Iwakura Lain is the protagonist of Serial Experiments Lain, a surreal and philosophical cyberpunk anime that explores identity, reality, and consciousness in the digital…
Check Out the Kickstarter for Sci-Fi BL Game, Cerulean Invasion
Fujin Fam! There is a new(ish) Kickstarter that you all should check out from indie studio, Vincere Studio. The team launched a crowdfunding campaign for their upcoming sci-fi…
Sakurai-san wa Kizuite Hoshii (Sakurai-san Wants to be Noticed)
This manga is an incredibly generic love story about a couple in high school. The girl, Sakurai, is bubbly and outgoing. The guy, Nasuno, is shy and lacking…
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? – 02 – A New Model
Yuu’s practical, no-nonsense big sis tells him that his accessory designs have seemed somewhat stagnant of late, and lacking the romantic passion needed to get more repeat customers.…
First Impression: Food for the Soul
A college freshman named Mako watches a cooking show on her phone. She loves food but is extremely shy and timid and can’t bring herself to venture into…
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? – 01 (First Impressions) – Not Above It All
On the heels of Blue Box comes a nifty little rom-com co-starring a girl with blue hair. She’s Inuzuka Himari, and back in eighth grade she helped shy, reserved,…
Rentaro’s Newest Girlfriend Has Ninja Powers!
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Season 2, Episode 10 Review Shy girls; there’s just something about them in anime that makes them endearing.…
Hyakkano – 22 – Eleventh Heaven
Rather than ponder how exactly Rentarou will acquire ninety more girlfriends before this anime ends (it’s taken 21 just to get ten), I long ago decided to simply enjoy…
Manga Review | The Metalhead Next Door by Mamita
Kento's got it rough. He makes pennies at his part-time job, he has college classes to attend, and his dorm rent is about to go up because of…
Honey Lemon Soda – 03 – Magic Seat
Taking Kai’s advice, Uka starts taking steps forward. When the class changes seats, she asks Ayumi if they can be friends, only to learn Ayumi has already been…
Time Travel is Always Horror
Time travel is an often the stuff of movie heroes who fix the past and save the future in some yet to be explained machine. But, I don't…
Reader’s Corner: Mono (Vol. 1), Destroy All Human (Vol. 2), and Firefly Wedding (Vol. 1)
On this week’s Reader’s Corner, we review two highly-anticipated premieres—the first volumes of Mono, the newest work from the mangaka behind Laid-back Camp, and bloody historical roman…
First Look: Momentary Lily
In a post apocalyptic world emptied by monstrous robotic invaders, a group of five girls battles them with goofy norse-themed weapons. When shy loner Renge shows up, they…
First Look: Momentary Lily
In a post apocalyptic world emptied by monstrous robotic invaders, a group of five girls battles them with goofy norse-themed weapons. When shy loner Renge shows up, they…
OG’s Top 10 Favorite Anime of 2024
Another year is in the books. While this year was not as bountiful as the magnificence that was “20-Gay-Three” 2024 definitely had its strong Yuri shows and moments…
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio, VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, Girls Band Cry, Gushing Over Magical Girls, Love Live! Superstar!!
Drunks
In the shadow of the mainstream North American manga industry, there are a handful of indies who are keeping manga weird. They’re publishing the kind of offbeat stories…
Shy S2
The world’s shyest superhero is back! Yeah, I guess the series was so shy that it needs to split itself into 2 seasons! Just kidding! But yeah, Shy…
Momentary Lily – Episode 1 – A Shy Renge Meets Yuri
A shy girl is in an empty city after a post-apocalyptic event. She feels lonely, but she manages a group of girls, which causes her to become nervous.
Top Ten Anime 2024
I watched anime in 2024; thirty-five different shows if you want to be specific. Here, I will distil that list down to ten shows that I enjoyed watching…
SHY, SHY Season 2, Sword Art Online, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online II
Anime Like Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.
In recent years, mysterious creatures known as Kaii have regularly started appearing and destroying cities. To combat this mysterious threat, the only ones
Acro Trip, BULLBUSTER, Lycoris Recoil, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., The Demon Girl Next Door
Futari de Okashi na Kyuujitsu o / Confessions of a Shy Baker by Itou Masaomi
It’s kind of shocking the extent to which Confessions of a Shy Baker is a direct rip-off of What Did You Eat Yesterday. SPOILER . . . .…
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 154 – Summer 2024 Season Review
00:00 Intro Dropped/Trash 00:40 Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells 01:27 I Parry Everything 01:44 SHY Season 2 02:35 Spice and Wolf:…
Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?, MAYONAKA PUNCH, Quality Assurance in Another World, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Fable
Love Live Superstar!! 3 – Episode 3 – The Blue-Haired Shy Scientist, the Center?
Now that Margarete's unit has performed on stream, it's Chisato's time as it's Liella's turn to perform at the festival. However, Chisato wants a 2nd-year
SHY the Second Season – Anime Review
Once again, it appears that Shy now having finished it’s second season has slipped past many folks’ radar for new anime to watch. To be honest while I…
Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi - Episode 1 - Yae Oppai Smushes Uryuu
This anime will use the lucky sukebe device to produce fanservice. Death by Yae's oppai is okay. Amagami-san Chi no Enmusubi - Episode 1
Summer 2024 Anime Awards
Summer has left us, therefore it is now time to look back over the season and pick out some of my favourite things from it. The shows I…
Himitsu no AiPri, MAYONAKA PUNCH, My Hero Academia, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, SHY
SHY Review — C-
A girl is a superhero. She is shy.
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! – 09 – You’ll Never Club Alone
After receiving the full force of Winning Heroine Himemiya Karen’s ample…charisma upon catching her from falling down the stairs, Kazuhiko checks in on Chika in the club room…
High School DxD: Mages of Career Counseling
By Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero. Released in Japan by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Haydn Trowell. I’ve said before that this…
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! – 08 – Edible Readings
Anna and Lemon have had their little arcs, and now it’s Komari Chika’s turn. The school festival is coming up and Chika wants to do something special, but…
TPN Novel 4 Short Story (5): Don and Gilda
[2050]Gilda nostalgically recalled her 10-year-old self. From the day she learned the truth at the House until today, she has been desperately running through it all.She knew that…
Summer ’24 Mid-Season Report, part 2
This part of the report is for series which are hitting their seventh (or, in one case, sixth) episode during the week of 8/18. Plus, I’m adding in…
Dungeon People, Mission: Yozakura Family, Plus-Sized Elf, Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?
Summer 2024 Anime: Thoughts So Far
Better late than never, huh? Here we are more than halfway through the summer season of anime in 2024, so it is probably about time for me to…
My Deer Friend Nokotan, My Hero Academia Season 7, SHY Season 2, FAIRY TAIL 100 YEARS QUEST, MAYONAKA PUNCH
SHY Episodes 16-19: Operation Shadow Tokyo
Once again I have enough material to discuss how the show is going so far. SPOILERS, still loving it.
Elf-san wa Yaserarenai - Episode 6 - Monster Girls Exercise
The monster girls met an undead skeleton with flabby spiritual flesh. They joined Honeda slim down. Elf-san wa Yaserarenai - Episode 6
Reader’s Corner: I Want to End This Love Game (Vol. 3), Your Forma (Vol. 6), and Star Wars: The High Republic: The Edge of Balance (Vol. 3)
We’ve got the kids from Karasuno. We’ve got Star Wars. We’ve got Bocchi and the girls. What more could you ask for? Well, if that’s not enough, this…