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Announcement Concerning Anime Rants
Greetings, readers. This is 7Mononoke (Mono for short) and I have an important announcement. Long story short, I will be moving my main blog back here to WordPress.…
Anime Rants' New Website
Welcome. I am 7Mononoke, AKA just Mono. On Wordpress.com, I had a blog called Anime Rants. Some of you may have migrated over from there. Due to monetary…
Announcement Concerning Anime Rants
Greetings, readers. This is 7Mononoke (Mono for short) and I have an important announcement. Long story short, I will be moving my main blog back here to WordPress.…
New Website: Mono’s Anime Rants
Here is the link to my new Wix blog Here is the first post Please consider subscribing to the new blog. It may not look good for a…
New Website: Mono’s Anime Rants
Here is the link to my new Wix blog Here is the first post Please consider subscribing to the new blog. It may not look good for a…
Spring 2014 Anime: Final Thoughts
It seems the spring anime season has pretty much come to an end, as all of my one-cours have finished and all but one of my two-cours have…
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Mini-Rants
I’m still caught up with a heavy workload this week, and any creative downtime I’ve had has been devoted to writing Jeweler Richard fic (it really is filling…
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Winter 2021 Picks For Anime Rants
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Spring 2023 Anime: Thoughts So Far
You probably know the drill by now: it’s (just after) the middle of the season of anime, so I’ll be sharing my thoughts on the shows I decided…
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We have now passed the halfway point of the spring 2022 season of anime, so it’s that time again: I will be sharing my thoughts on all the…
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Spring 2021 Anime: Thoughts So Far
Here we are again: roughly halfway through yet another season of anime. With that being the case, I shall be sharing my thoughts on all the shows I’ve…
Blue Reflection Ray, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, One Piece, SHADOWS HOUSE, Super Cub
2021 Spring Anime Season: Final Thoughts
It’s that time of the year again, so enjoy our Final Thoughts of the spring anime season that just came to an end~ BATTLE ATHLETESS DAIUNDOUKAI RESTART! After…
Spring 2024 Anime: Thoughts So Far
It is a little over halfway through the spring season of anime in the year 2024, and as such I shall once again be sharing my thoughts on…
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Entering The New Gate
While the modern day anime concept of a character being unwillingly transported to an alternate dimension or world, a story concept known as “isekai,” originated in the early…
300+ Followers on Anime Rants Appreciation Post!!!
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Spring 2020 Final Thoughts
As 2020 rolls on, the question isn’t “what anime will air next?” but “will us two dorks live long enough to see it all through?” That’s the plan,…
Gleipnir – 02 – Entering the Emptiness
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Finally it’s the time for us to blog about something like this: On 27 July 2021, it was announced that after seven years of serialisation, Golden Kamuy is…
Spring 2023 Anime: Tier List and Closing Thoughts
And so the Spring season is finally over! Spring already feels so far away with a bunch of Summer shows already airing. I’m already itching to write about…
Spring 2020 anime season rankings (and thoughts on anime blogging)
3,112 words later, I’m finally finished with my Spring anime season reviews, and what a promising season it’s turned out to be! I ended up reviewing 9 anime…
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After last season’s insanely packed roster, I swore that this time I’d reduce my anime burden significantly for Spring. That… didn’t…
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2022 Anime Season: Crunchyroll
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Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2021 Anime Season: Crunchyroll
Spring 2021’s anime continues to overwhelm not just in terms of sheer quantity, but also unprecedented quality. There’s such a variety of…
Episode 96, "Rants And Tabulations"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we are joined by special guest and voice actor Chris “Kirbopher” Niosi as well as our co-host Steve Yurko, and…
Episode 96, "Rants And Tabulations"
On this episode of The One Piece Podcast we are joined by special guest and voice actor Chris “Kirbopher” Niosi as well as our co-host Steve Yurko, and…
Spring 2020 Mid-Season Thoughts
As the world continues to be a mess, this season’s anime—the ones that haven’t halted production, at least—continue to be pretty damn good. Between the sticky summer weather…
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Some Tips to Entering an Older Franchise
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Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2022 Anime Season: Netflix and HIDIVE
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Spring Anime
At first glance I had low expectation for the Spring anime line-up; I’m glad I went ahead and pulled a lot of ep-ones though, because it’s turned out…
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Wow. Is it just me or has the halfway point of this season jumped up from nowhere and bit us all in the arse? No? It’s just me,…
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Due to a demand for us to cover current events, We've added a new segment to www.spiraken.com. Our current events rant podcast. In this podcast, listen as one…
My Thoughts on Reddit’s Spring 2023 Survey Results
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My Thoughts on Reddit’s Spring 2022 Survey Results
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Spring 2021 Anime...
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