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This Week in Anime - Are This Season's Isekai Anime Any Good?
Lucas gets his first taste of the TWIA's seasonal isekai sampler. Is there any spice this season, or is it all the same comfort food?
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What were the biggest snubs of the Anime Awards, and did what earned their rightful place as one of the best? Or is the whole thing a cover…
This Week in Anime - Horse Girls Are Easy
If you wrote off Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 2 based on its galaxy-brain premise, you may have missed out on one of the most emotionally compelling sports…
This Week in Anime - Are We Experiencing a Retro Anime Gold Rush?
With shows like the original Urusei Yatsura and GTO coming to Netflix, Chris and Lucas take a deep dive into the retro anime world to answer the question:…
This is The Worst Kind of Anime
I'm starting to think the 1980's may not have been the decade it was hyped up to be. Twinkle nora rock me might have been badly animated, but…
This Week in Anime - Are There Any Heroes in BLUELOCK?
This sports anime changes up the usual shōnen formula by casting a bunch of self-centered players to see who can rise to the top as the ultimate striker.…
【PR】Amuse Yourself at Japan’s Immersive, One-of-a-Kind Theme Parks
Have a magical, historic, breakneck-fast time at Japan’s amusement parks delivering one-of-a-kind experiences not found anywhere else.
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Have a magical, historic, breakneck-fast time at Japan’s amusement parks delivering one-of-a-kind experiences not found anywhere else.
This Week in Anime - A New Age of Anime Delinquents
Bucchigiri is reintroducing the anime world to delinquent culture, but is this homage to old-school bad boys refreshing or lost on modern audiences?
This Week in Anime - Are Any of the New Isekai Worth Watching?
Viewers have limited time and a whole heap of isekai series dropped this season. Looking to spend some time in another world but don't know which one to…
This Week in Anime - Are Anime Production Delays the New Normal?
With the recent delays to Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead and the Nier anime's final episodes dropped unceremoniously late, Steve and Nicky look at production delays…
This Week in Anime - Is Cygames a Mark of Anime Quality?
Known primarily for their involvement in mobile games, Cygames has quietly been producing some of the best, most farcical anime of the last decade.
The Worst Kind of Comedy in Anime
I talk about the type of comedy in anime that I really can't stand. What do you guys think of it? Is it a hot take? Tell me…
This Week in Anime - Which Recent Anime Announcements Are Most Hype-Worthy?
What's the most exciting new anime announcement? And what's the guarantee that your favorite series will get a good adaptation—or any adaptation at all?
This Week in Anime - A Study in Scarlet Nexus
"It's about the closest I've ever seen an anime come to just feeling like a YouTube compilation of all the cutscenes in Bloodborne, but with none of the…
This Week in Games - Wetsuits Are Hot, Actually
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This Week in Anime - A Toast to Bartender
The cult-classic series is now streaming on Crunchyroll! Pull up a stool and let Ryu Sasakura make you the exact cocktail you need.
This Week in Anime - Is Bubble a Flop?
Bubble boasts big names like Tetsuro Araki, Gen Urobuchi, Takeshi Obata, and Hiroyuki Sawano, but does the appeal of this blockbuster sci-fi romance deflate upon further inspection?
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This Week in Anime - Cramer
The prequel film raises the production a bit for Farewell, My Dear Cramer while expanding Nozomi's backstory. Come for the training montage, stay for the pre-game kidnapping.
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Chris and Steve dive into Naoki Urasawa and Studio M2's Pluto anime and discuss why "aging up" a property intended for children can be a perfect sandbox for…
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Star Wars: Visions takes audiences across vast space and time to showcase nine different stories. Jedi, Sith, found family, a pair of twins, and even a garage band…
A Different Kind of Hope
It’s really hard to imagine sitting in a movie theater again. The last movie I saw in a theater was Takashi Shimizu’s Inunaki mura (Howling Village). Not the…
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Holy Week 2021 [Arise]: A Pancreas-Eating Kind of Love
With Easter approaching this Sunday, Beneath the Tangles is posting thematically connected articles each day in commemoration of Christ’s death and resurrection. For 2021, our theme is “…
This Week in Anime - Halloween Anime Spooktacular
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This Week in Anime - Navigating Anime Conventions
Anime conventions like Anime Expo and FanimeCon are the perfect place for anime enthusiasts from all walks of life to mingle and gather. Join Chris and Nicky this…
This Week in Anime - The Anatomy of an Anime Waifu
What's the perfect recipe for waifu supremacy? Lucas and Nick look at fan-favorites from Yu Yu Hakusho to Spice & Wolf.
This Week in Games - A Tale of Two Showcases
Jean-Karlo gets us up to speed on all the big announcements from Sony and Marvelous. Which game are you most excited to play?
This Week in Anime - Shigeru Mizuki
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Digimon superfan Jean-Karlo gushes about the newest Digimon series, Ghost Game and how it revitalizes the franchise with its unique designs and spooky vibes.
This Week in Anime - The Legacy of Akira Toriyama
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This Week in Anime - The Trashy Treasures of BASTARD!!
Jean-Karlo and Steve check in on the first half of this anime throwback. Buckle up for the might, magic, and mammaries of Bastard!! They really don't make them…
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Mononoke remains a unique entry in anime horror, keeping its cards close to its chest and starring an otherworldly, stoic protagonist.
This Week in Anime - The Adolescence of Revue Starlight
Chris and Steve attempt to decipher the theatrical teenage emotions of Revue Starlight the Movie. Also: the giraffe is scarier in this one.
This Week in Anime - The Legacy of Buichi Terasawa
Join Chris and Steve as they dive into Space Adventure Cobra, Goku Midnight Eye, and other Terasawa's works that made him one of the legends in the industry.
This Week in Anime - Aggretsuko Remains a Perfect Workplace Comedy
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Trigger has done it again, this time with its anime based on the tabletop-RPG-turned-multi-platform-video-game, Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Strap in for the capital-A Adult anime full of gore, boobs, and…
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