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Looking Back at Weekly Shonen Jump's Era of Mangaka Covers Part 2: 1989-1997

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The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Sep 27, 2020 • Subscribe

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Looking Back at Weekly Shonen Jump's Era of Mangaka Covers Part 1: 1979-1988

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The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Sep 19, 2020 • Subscribe

2010–2019 Part 2: Looking Back

Another decade of anime and manga has passed, which means it’s time to reflect on all the things that have happened in and around our favorite Japanese art…

OGIUE MANIAX

Dec 18, 2019 • Subscribe

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Looking Back at Look Back

No matter how good you are, even if you have the style and sense of humor of a grade schooler, you possess the capacity in some form to…

ANIWIRE

Oct 7, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Looking Back at 2020

It’s time again for my personally indulgent look back on the past year. This is a part of a double post to mark JP’s 10th birthday. Many people…

Japan Powered

Jan 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Showing No Mercy for 35 Years! Monthly Shonen Gangan's Original [United] Era Part 2 (1997-2001)

Upon the very creation & launch of Monthly Shonen Gangan the direction & image of the magazine itself wasn't exactly what people seemed to a...

The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

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Covers, Color, & "The Dreaded ToC": Shonen Jump's 40-Year History of Celebrating Final Chapters

*Due to this subject being very focused on how manga are shown to readers for their final chapters, I have also produced a video essay versi...

The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Mar 31, 2021 • Subscribe

LOOKING BACK AT SECRET COMICS JAPAN

Last week I spent a lovely couple of hours re-reading back issues of PULP off my shelves (for research for my Usamaru Furuya post ). While m...

SAME HAT!

Jun 21, 2011 • Subscribe

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Shonen Jump's LEGENDARY Dog Anime

A very unknown series from Jump. I think it shows up somewhere in a cell phone game but that's it. There's no mention of it in any of…

kenny lauderdale

Oct 22, 2022 • Subscribe

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Looking back at Ghost in the Shell

Memories from an internship at the company that brought it to America

Matt Alt's Pure Invention

May 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Ghost in the Shell

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This Week in Anime - What's Weekly Shonen Jump's Next Big Manga?

Some of Shonen Jump's biggest manga hits are approaching their end. Does the magazine have new heavy-hitters lined up to take up the mantle?

Anime News Network - Views

Apr 25, 2024 • Subscribe

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Shibatarian | Shonen Jump's Quirky Horror Manga

Shibatarian is fine. Doesn't really scare or shock me. It's just an enjoyable read that suffers because of its release schedule. 6/10, it's worth picking up, if not for…

Kero Riripaddo

Dec 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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I’m back with Part 2 of- Star’s experience in Shonen: Demon Slayer Season 2

I’m back y’all. So for those of you that missed it I’ve, Star, been in this experience for quite sometime. So much like many viewers and unlike Luna…

Nerdy Bloggers | Y0uC4n7kn0w | Star & Luna

Feb 21, 2023 • Subscribe

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Looking back at yourself | Only Yesterday #retroanime #animeshorts

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Anime Top Scholar

Mar 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Only Yesterday

A Decade in Anime: Looking Back at 2010

I realise that many people have already spoken about the last decade. Bloggers, AniTubers, even companies have shared their favourite anime of the last decade. I may be…

A Girl & Her Anime

Jan 22, 2020 • Subscribe

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Marriagetoxin is Shonen Jump's Next Big HIT!

Marriagetoxin is a cutesy action-comedy in Shonen Jump+. Consider it a "more mature, slower-paced" Sakamoto Days. The characters are endearing, the plot never takes itself too seriously, and…

Kero Riripaddo

Feb 24, 2023 • Subscribe

The Tangerine Terminator: A Look at Shonen Jump's History of Early Cancellations, By the Numbers

In the 55 years since the original launch of Shonen Jump as a biweekly magazine in July of 1968, the magazine has become the iconic origin f...

The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Jul 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

https://nyaa.si/view/1827012 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. A project that took way longer than it should have... Neverthele...

LonelyChaser Fansubs

May 31, 2024 • Subscribe

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

https://nyaa.si/view/1827012 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. A project that took way longer than it should have... Neverthele...

LonelyChaser Fansubs

May 31, 2024 • Subscribe

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

https://nyaa.si/view/1827012 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. A project that took way longer than it should have... Neverthele...

LonelyChaser Fansubs

May 31, 2024 • Subscribe

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Looking back at my Plans for October 2016 #TBT

One thing I like doing is making plans, especially making plans for what anime to watch next. These were going to be my plans for what anime I…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Jan 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Basket Case: Looking Back at “Daffy Duck’s Easter Show”

A flashback to a time when there was a lot to choose from when it came to Looney Tunes offerings on network TV.

cartoonresearch.com

Apr 18, 2025 • Subscribe

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Looking back at Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! (Part One)

The passage of time has a funny way of synching things up. It’s the year 2023, meaning that I’ve been a fan of Dragon Ball for a little…

cartoon milk

Sep 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball

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Looking back at Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return! (Part Two)

Last time on Cartoon Milk, I wrote about the 2008 Dragon Ball short film Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!, as a way of celebrating its 15th…

cartoon milk

Sep 30, 2023 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball

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Shonen Jump's Most Pretentious Manga l Wild Strawberry

There's a lot of good here, but also a shitload of questionable choices. While only a few chapters in, I'm feeling a little uneasy towards Wild Strawberry. 4/10. If…

Kero Riripaddo

Sep 6, 2023 • Subscribe

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Looking back, looking forward: Kanada’s late period

is generally held that Yoshinori Kanada went through two major shifts in the 1990’s, shifts that determined what the two last decades of his life and work would…

Animétudes

Jun 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Fullmetal Alchemist, Musashi, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy

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Looking Back and Moving Forward, Part Two (Update Post)

Inspired by this comment. (If you’re new around these parts, part 1 is here, but that’s not related to this post except for them both being update posts…

The Animanga Spellbook

Jan 1, 2023 • Subscribe

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Looking Back on 2021

I spend most of 2021 revisiting older anime. I have articles in the queue where I reexamine them. There wasn’t too many new titles that caught my attention.…

Japan Powered

Jan 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Horimiya

Looking back – Summer 2015

Once again it’s time to look back at past seasons, pondering on what I thought then – and what I think now.  How many shows have aged like…

Apprentice Mages Lounge.

Aug 16, 2020 • Subscribe

Overlord, Snow White with the Red Hair, Gate

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Looking Back on 2022

This past year was JP’s 10th. Before I started writing this blog, I struggled to see anything through. I would flit from project to project, from interest to…

Japan Powered

Jan 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Band Together: Looking Back at 1975’s “Tubby the Tuba”

Some films have behind-the-scenes stories that are more compelling than the film itself. Tubby the Tuba is one of them.

cartoonresearch.com

Apr 11, 2025 • Subscribe

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Looking Back at my New Years Goals from 2017-2022

One tradition I love having on my blog is making 5 New Years’ Resolutions for myself. I felt like I wanted to go back to my previous new…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Jul 19, 2022 • Subscribe

“Clay”-ing by the Book: Looking Back at “The Adventures of Mark Twain”

The Claymation film, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, was inspired by stories from one of the world’s greatest authors.

cartoonresearch.com

Mar 21, 2025 • Subscribe

JapanPowered — Looking back on 2019

The year 2019 was an interestingly normal one for me. JP has remained steady, enjoying modest growth in traffic: 511, 697 visits, up from 508,001 in 2018. I…

Japan Powered

Jan 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Looking Back on Fall 2019

Shinchou Yuusha‘s delays mean that I had to wrap this up basically on the day the new season started happening. The new season began on a Saturday for…

The Animanga Spellbook

Jan 4, 2020 • Subscribe

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2020 in Review – Looking Back on the Year at Blerdy Otome

What better way to start this post than by saying thank you. Whether you’re new here or you’ve been here since the beginning I want to thank you…

Blerdy Otome

Dec 31, 2020 • Subscribe

Looking Back at Hearthstone: An RNG Nightmare, but Still Incredible Fun

“RNG also presents an interesting challenge for the player.”

Animated Observations

May 7, 2020 • Subscribe

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Looking Back on a Half-Year of Work

Our mid-year recap for 2022.

Animation Obsessive

Jul 1, 2022 • Subscribe

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Jungle Emperor Leo (1989) TV Series Review: Part 2

What's Good About It? A poster depicting much of the series's cast. The First Half of the…

The ANIMATORIUM

Oct 9, 2014 • Subscribe

Jungle Emperor Leo, Jungle Emperor Leo

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Looking Back at My Fifth Anime Again, Depna Onna to Seishun Otoko

In case you’re wondering where Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl) would be in my Top 10 Non-Seasonal Anime I Started Watching in February…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Feb 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Ground Control to Psychoelectric Girl

One Giant Step: Looking Back at the Anime “Jack and the Beanstalk”

This anime feature celebrates the 50th anniversary of its release in Japan - on July 20th, 1974.

cartoonresearch.com

Sep 27, 2024 • Subscribe

The Murderers' Row of 1970s Manga: Shonen Jump's Stretch of Simultaneous Long-Running Baseball Series

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The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Nov 3, 2025 • Subscribe

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This Week in Anime - Looking Back

Steve and Lucas discuss creator Tatsuki Fujimoto and director Kiyotaka Oshiyama's Look Back film in all of its heartbreaking glory.

Anime News Network - Views

Nov 12, 2024 • Subscribe

LOOK BACK

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Looking Back on 2023: Another Year of Anime Writing

Time for my usual, end-of-year indulgent reflection. So its another new year, and I’m still alive and writing, which is more than I can say about a pair…

Japan Powered

Dec 31, 2023 • Subscribe

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Looking Back on the Twisting Plot of Pandora Hearts

The series had a way of vacillating between goofy comedy and dark fantasy; it should have been jarring in any other context, but in the case of Pandora…

Anime News Network - Views

Jul 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Pandora Hearts

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Looking Back on 9 Years of Attack on Titan

Anime News Network sits down with Bryce Papenbrook (Eren), Josh Grelle (Armin), and Trina Nishimura (Mikasa) to look back at one of the biggest anime in the last…

Anime News Network - Views

Feb 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Attack on Titan

Twelve Anime Theme Remixes & Covers That Surpass the Originals Part 2

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The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Jun 20, 2020 • Subscribe

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Should One of Shonen Jump's Most Controversial Series Get a New Anime? (Toriko) *Spoilers

I can't believe that a manga where eating weird animals gives you superpowers could have such a dark past. But then again the guy who made gods out…

Great Days

Jan 18, 2023 • Subscribe

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Looking back at my Top 21 Anime I Watched in Winter 2016 #TBT

Winter 2016 was such a memorable time for watching anime. While the anime season was lacking, it provided a few standout anime, especially KONOSUBA. In this article, I’ll…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Nov 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Looking Back At The Dragon Ball Z Budokai Series (The Best Anime Games?)

The Dragon Ball Z Budokai Series of video games (Budokai 1, Budokai 2, Budokai 3, budokai tenkaichi, budokai tenkaichi 2, budokai tenkaichi 3) were super influential to not…

Internet Pitstop

Nov 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Naruto, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, My Hero Academia

It was a Blog Before Time: Looking Back at the "AoD Proto-Blog"

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The Land of Obscusion: Home of the Obscure & Forgotten

Oct 12, 2020 • Subscribe