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Home Is the Battlefield for the Young 86

No longer the person that place once knew, Paul's true and actual home is now very different: on the battlefield, with his comrades. And one-by-one, they all die…

Anime News Network - Views

Dec 22, 2021 • Subscribe

86 Eighty-Six: Is Shin’s only Home the Battlefield?

They say home is where the heart is.  Eighty-Six has always been very heavy in its subject matter. From war, racism, and genocide there are few positives to…

Fortress William

Dec 5, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Enemy Within in the War of 86”

Non-management: Japan is fairly experienced with making anti-war stories, given the sheer devastation it suffered in the Pacific War and the pacifism it adopted afterwards. It is not so…

therefore it is

Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

The 35 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

These past two weeks, I've been writing the vast majority of Anime News Network's Interest articles while Kim Morrissy relocates from Japan to Australia. Here they all are…

Biggest In Japan

Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

The 9 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

This past week, I've been writing some of Anime News Network's Interest articles. Here they all are for your perusal!

Biggest In Japan

Feb 12, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Similar is Beastars to Zootopia, Really?”

As more and more people watch, come to like, and recommend 

therefore it is

Jul 4, 2020 • Subscribe

86 – Eighty-Six Season Two Review: Back to the Battlefield

Studio: A-1 Pictures Director: Toshimasa Ishi Streaming on: Crunchyroll 2021 has been a bizarre year for anime, and not just because we’re expecting JoJo before long. Winter came…

The Otaku Exhibition

Nov 8, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Anime Helped Save Superman”

Non-management: I’ve been getting very busy with my new full-time job. It been demanding more of my time and focus than my previous one, which has unfortunately led me…

therefore it is

Feb 16, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The History Behind Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo”

Non-management: I wrote before in a previous article that I thought Land of the Lustrous had the makings of a modern Buddhist classic. Well, I got a second story…

therefore it is

Apr 1, 2019 • Subscribe

Blue Mondays Episode 26: Come Home Young Man, the War is Over

We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings…

The Glorio Blog

23 days ago • Subscribe

Eureka Seven, Jinsei - Life Consulting

[Anime News Network] “The Horror and Romance of Rural Higurashi”

Non-management: Before coronavirus really took off in Japan and everyone started taking it seriously here, I was able to manage a trip with a friend to rural Shirakawa-go in…

therefore it is

Mar 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – Yuri Network News April 30, 2022

Yuri Literature Mark Your Calendars! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga pre-orders officially open up on May 2! I’ll launch a page…

Okazu

Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Welcome Back, Spice and Wolf”

Non-management: Spice and Wolf is such a blast from the past. It’s not the first anime I watched, but it is one of the first I enjoyed back when…

therefore it is

May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Spice and Wolf

No Yuri Network News Today

Beautiful summer day, I’m taking off. Be back in the office later tomorrow. ^_^  

Okazu

Jul 24, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Ultimate Madoka Recap and Homura’s Lost Paradise”

Non-management: I know it’s been so long since the film came out (and just thinking about it gets me thinking “God damn, that was literally over a decade ago-OW…

therefore it is

Feb 18, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A Song of Refugees and Fire”

Non-management: I work at a school in Japan, at the moment of this writing. I assist in teaching English, and one of my English teaching colleagues here loves…

therefore it is

Jan 26, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Everything Changes in Folktales and Frieren”

Management: Hi, it’s been another while since I’ve written something. After 5 years, I’m back from Japan and back in America. I felt melancholic about leaving, feel melancholic…

therefore it is

Nov 29, 2023 • Subscribe

Anime News Network Tokyo Game Show 2022 Coverage Roundup

Head on over to Anime News Network to read up on all the games I got to try out at TGS 2022!

Biggest In Japan

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A History of Takarazuka Revue Influences in Anime”

Non-management: I’ve always been fascinated by the intersectional synthesis of cultures, which partly explains why I find the Taisho period such an aesthetic delight. Western culture meets Ja…

therefore it is

Sep 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Life is hard for Otaku: Working From Home

I’m sure most of you out there are familiar with the outbreak on our hands as a world. Thanks to this many of us have found ourselves being…

We be bloggin'

Mar 19, 2020 • Subscribe

No, Anime News Network, Rising of the Shield Hero’s Premise Isn’t Misogynistic

After casually running an advert for a dangerous far-right Japanese cult, Anime News Network has returned to the realm of controversy with their preview guide for Rising of…

Unnecessary exclamation mark!

Jan 7, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Urobuchi, History, and the Wuxia Hero of Thunderbolt Fantasy”

Non-management: “Urobutcher” is a name that’s stuck onto Gen Urobuchi, for better or worse. One of his earliest camps of detractors accuse Urobuchi of torturing idealistic hero ch…

therefore it is

May 31, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Roleplaying in Re: Zero, the Dark Souls of Isekai”

Non-management: Re: Zero partially inspired that Dark Souls fanfic I wrote a while ago, an influence that lives on in all the Dark Souls comparisons I made in…

therefore it is

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Kadokawa World Entertainment agrees deal to purchase Anime News Network

Kadokawa Corporation, Japanese media conglomerate, announces the purchase of Anime News Network's media business, via their US holding compa...

Otaku News - World Edition

Nov 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Where Home Is

Why hello there! We are tuning again into our blogger flow returning to a regular schedule. 

litakinoanimecorner.wordpress.com

Aug 31, 2023 • Subscribe

86 – 12 (S2 E01) – New Home, New Hope

86 is back…and there are some changes. San Magnolia’s awful system hasn’t changed, and Lena is still stuck in it (for now), but she’s adjusted the way she…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

Oct 4, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Starting Over: Regrets and Redemption in Reincarnation Isekai Anime”

Management: The idea for this article has been drifting in and out of my head for a while since last year, and it’s only now that I’ve had…

therefore it is

Dec 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Semelparous (Volume 1) – Yuri Love is a Battlefield

The world is under attack by creatures from a parallel world. The only thing standing in their way is the Bulwarks who patrol the Innerspace between worlds and…

The Otaku Author

Jan 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Parallel Paradise (Volume 19) – Love is a Battlefield!

Yota and Rumi have been imprisoned in Kalnaha, however, Highlander is determined to make Leigh-Mary mate with Yota and extend her life and will do just about everything…

The Otaku Author

Feb 13, 2025 • Subscribe

‘Zom100’ Came Home for the Holidays!

Zom100: Bucket List of the Dead Eps. 10-12 Review It’s been three months since the last episode of Zom100 came out, thanks to delays with production from behind the scenes. Man…

D&A Anime Blog

Dec 30, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Log Horizon, Undertale, and the Tales Game Mechanics Can Tell

Non-management: I really don’t have that much time for the older hobbies I enjoyed back in college, what with  newer priorities like Japanese and a full-time job. I…

therefore it is

Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Log Horizon

[Anime News Network] “Through One Piece, the Golden Age of Piracy Lives On”

Non-management: So I really did, at first, wonder why pirates were such a beloved icon in American culture. Small kids have traditionally dressed up as pirates for Halloween…

therefore it is

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

One Piece

The Anime Ministry Network Launches!

Do you use anime to reach people for Christ? Do you have a community of other believers who do the same? Would you like to join one? A…

Beneath the Tangles

Feb 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Battlefield Waltz Otome Review – Love is a Battlefield, So Make Sure You Have a BIG Sword!

Step into the action packed fantasy world of Battlefield Waltz, the latest Switch otome localization from Idea Factory International. Take on the role of the Lan, a young…

Blerdy Otome

Apr 7, 2025 • Subscribe

Idea

[Anime News Network] “Vivy: a Robot Ode to Life Vividly Lived”

Non-management: I love me a good story about existentialism, and Vivy is one of the better written ones in anime. Most people don’t usually think about why they…

therefore it is

Jul 27, 2021 • Subscribe

This Is It! The Home Stretch! | Winter 2020 Anime TKO

And with this, the Top 3 of the Winter 2020 Anime Season are Decided!

GALVANIC

Mar 11, 2020 • Subscribe

Overtime Is Bringing Sports and Young Anime Fans Together

Founded in 2016, Overtime looks to marry social media, youth sports, and anime fandom. Their latest project? The Overtime Elite webcomic created by Brandon Chen and Inuupen.

Anime News Network - Views

Jan 17, 2025 • Subscribe

Funimation content moves to Crunchyroll! This is huge news for anime fans!

With so much stress going on in terms of personal events and world events, the new month has been fantastic so far for anime fans with this miracle…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Mar 1, 2022 • Subscribe

86 Anime Review

Animation: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ Story/Plot: ★★★★★★★★★☆ Theme song/s and animation: ★★★★★★★★★☆

Yuan Notes

Apr 15, 2022 • Subscribe

The cast of Slayers is too damn young

Kids shouldn’t be playing with the dragon slave.

Reasons to anime

Jan 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Slayers Gorgeous, The Slayers Next, The Slayers Try

[Anime News Network] “History and Momotaro in One Piece’s Wano Country Arc”

Non-management: I think it was one of my Japanese language college courses when I first got acquainted with the actual story of Momotaro. It was told in kami shibai style,…

therefore it is

Aug 27, 2020 • Subscribe

One Piece

AnimeNYC coverage on Anime News Network! (Gundam’s 40th anniversary & Dr. Stone interview)

Coverage of Gundam’s 40th anniversary panel and an interview with the creators of the Dr. Stone manga.

Thoughts That Move

Dec 5, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network Article] “‘Gekokujo’ and Revolution in Ascendance of a Bookworm”

It’s a recurring trope in history and fiction: outsiders are salad tossed into a pre-established society. Due to a whole world of difference, these immigrants arrive with fresh…

therefore it is

Jul 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm

86 #01 — War is Bad

  Stay tuned for other hard hitting social remarks. Three out of nine shows for the day down, but this is where I start falling behind as multiple…

Tenka Seiha

Apr 10, 2021 • Subscribe

86 – Eighty-Six Will Change How Anime is Made

86 was the best anime to come out last spring, and considering the caliber of its competition, that’s no easy feat. In a world that’s leaving mecha behind,…

The Otaku Exhibition

Sep 27, 2021 • Subscribe

DARLING in the FRANXX

86 Part 2 | the doomed Anime

86 Part 2, an animed doomed through no fault of it's own.

Otaku Central

Feb 24, 2022 • Subscribe

86 Part 2 | the doomed Anime

Before I begin, I would like to mention that I do not know why there have been so many delays with 86 Part 2. But without a doubt,…

Otaku Central

Feb 24, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Hunter x Hunter and Dragon Ball Z: the Fall of the Shounen Hero”

Non-management: Hi. It’s been a while since I’ve written anything anime-related, but I’ve been busy with my day job and Japanese studies, and now that Japanese test day is…

therefore it is

Aug 21, 2022 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Hunter x Hunter

IFI Announces Plus & Deluxe Edition for Otome Game Battlefield Waltz

We have an update from Idea Factory about the upcoming otome, Battlefield Waltz! We are getting special editions: Plus Edition (Physical) and the Digital Deluxe Edition. Each comes…

Blerdy Otome

Feb 13, 2025 • Subscribe

Idea