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The Taisho Café Orchestra
Back in early 2015 during the second half of my first exchange year in Tokyo, I was walking with a friend around Aoyama and Omotesando in Shibuya. It’s…
Taisho Secrets
By Tom Wilmot. The unprecedented success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba continues to perplex spectators, with the franchise’s film entry, Mugen Train, shattering records to become Japan’s highest-grossing film of…
The Taisho Report of the Week
Pokémon Sun & Moon (Manga), Douman Seiman, Ergo Proxy, The Big-O, Twinkle Park
Taisho Baseball Girls
We’re back and with new guest! I’m joined by returning champion Ink (@AnimatedInk) from Ani-Gamers, the Fandom...
Taisho Baseball Girls
We’re back and with new guest! I’m joined by returning champion Ink (@AnimatedInk) from Ani-Gamers, the Fandom Post, and Otaku USA and Kate (@narutakiRT) of the Reverse Thieves…
Café Stella to Shinigami no Chou (Café Stella and the Reapers’ Butterflies)
As is the case with all of Yuzusoft’s recent visual novel, Cafe Stella is a moege that has somewhat of a plot tacked on. I use the words…
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses is a harem comedy that focuses on the theme of a found family. Spoilers ahead for both the anime and manga, by…
NTR Radio
I just had the pleasure to be on Episode 23 of the NTR Radio Podcast! I talked about the glorious 1980’s, specifically anime from that decade (but also…
PTSD Radio
A collection of short creepy stories. Continue reading →
Radio Suspect
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato (The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons)
This VN has a pretty unique premise in that it’s set in a world where Artificial Pigeons have shut down the world’s telecommunications. There is an explanation for…
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 5: Radio Reset
After a great set of episodes it’s time to find out what’s next for our heroines after the end of a hectic week.
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 2: Radio Idols
After getting a better idea of what kind of rivals our radio heroines actually were it’s time to see how their relationship would continue to develop.
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 4: Radio Escandaloso
After an excellent “Episode 3” and a super effective cliffhanger it is not an exaggeration to say my hype for this one was through the roof. Let’s get…
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 9: Holiday Radio
I do hope before the end of the season I get to title an episode “Summer Radio”.
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 1: Radio Rivals
Time for the premiere of one of the Big 2 of the Spring season. Let’s see what this anticipated title had in store. I’m tired of saying the…
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 7: Radio Gauntlet
Last time our heroines once again found themselves in quite the pickle courtesy of Chika’s sexy lawyer mom being overprotective and not thinking rationally.
The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio Episode 10: Live Radio
How much one enjoys this episode depends on how one feels about a certain character.
Guest Review: Taisho Alice: Epilogue
Okay, that was a looooooooooot faster than I thought. It’s only one route, but seeing how much of a slog it took me to get through the previous…
Gushing About Taisho x Alice
Taisho x Alice is the favorite otome game of both writers of this blog, Danda and Djinny, as of yet. This post will serve as an introduction to…
Anime Taisho: My favorite Time!
Taisho anime is a treat! While everyone else might be singing about their favorite time of the year, I’m too busy being enamored by my favorite time in…
Café Enchanté Review (Spoiler‑Free)
Kaley's review of Café Enchanté on the Nintendo Switch.
An Open Taisho Secret: Demon Slayer and Fashion History in Taisho Era Japan
Management: This essay is meant to be less of a review and more of analysis of the show being examined. It contains plot spoilers for the Demon Slayer…
Be Forever Yamato: the radio drama
Decades after their original broadcasts, the Yamato radio dramas still linger in relative obscurity despite their enormous popularity at the time. The allure of hearing next Yamato story…
Anime Like The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
After his grandmother passed away, Hayato returned to the seaside cafe she had ran since he was a child, intent to sell it. However, after leaving for
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First Impression: The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses
Hayato, who studies at Tokyo University, comes to visit his grandmother’s café during the break. His grandmother has passed so he was notified that he now owns the…
The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World
Initial Thoughts I’m an older weeb, blerd, Otaku, whatever you want to call it. I enjoy shōjo And shonen manga, but I also crave stories aimed towards an…
The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses – Episode 1
This show is bad in an interesting way, in that it reveals the interfaces between sexism and capitalism. Just go with it.
First Look: Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
Alternative title(s): Taishou Otome Otogibanashi Manga Adaptation by SynergySP Streaming on Funimation Premise Exiled to a rural villa when he’s ‘crippled’ in an accident that also kills his…
First Impression: Taisho Otome Fairy Tale
In this story taking place in the Taisho period (the 1910s-1920s), Tamahiko is the second son of the well-off Shima family, but when a car accident makes him…
Guest Review: 2 Taisho 2 Alice
Soooooooooo, it’s summertime, and you know what that means: Steam sales! The rest of the Taisho Alice games all got released in pretty rapid fashion so I picked…
Taisho Baseball Girls – Simple and Clean
I wish more series took place in the Taisho era of Japan. You know, that one era between the Meiji era where Japan left its samurai roots for…
15th Manga Taisho Award Nominations (2022)
As expected, I am —yet again— late to checking out this year’s Manga Taisho nominees. Hahahah dammit, forgot all about it until a month after announcements as usual…
Guest Review: Taisho Alice: Tokyo Drift
As I mentioned before, I grabbed all the rest of the Taisho Alice games when they got released before the Steam Summer sale. Buuuuuuuuuuuuut then we got sidetracked…
Taisho Otome Fairy Tale – Episode 1
Inside Taisho Otome Fairy Tale there are two rom-com wolves.
14th Manga Taisho Award Nominations (2021)
I’m still trying very hard to keep up the ‘at least one blog post’ a month habit but I FORGOT TO POST LAST MONTH. Dammit. It’s such a…
Polar Bear Café: Slicé of Lifé
I love slice of life. I really need to watch more of it. I find slice of life to be incredibly special, but of course it must be…
First Impressions: EDDA Café Indie Game
EDDA Café is a cute and heartwarming fantasy visual novel developed by digital artist, Pepapen for the Valentines VN Jam 2021. What if a coffee shop could help…
Radiko – Japanese Online Radio
We live in a world where the son of Jewish Ukrainian immigrants can grow up in California, get inspired by mariachi music, go on to an incredibly successful…
Seiyuu Radio No Uraomote
They may look like playing love interests on screen. But in real life, the actors and actresses actually hate each other! Yeah, there are a few of such…
From the Console of Oldtaku no Radio
Dear listeners, Thank you for your ears and comments and questions and patience with our amateur podcast, Oldtaku no Radio. It has been an absolute joy crafting episodes that…
Guest Review: Taisho x Alice Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
That’s right, it’s time once again for me to sell some more Steam cards to Russian money launderers and play some more PC otome games! I had bought…
Anime Series Like Taisho Maiden Fairy Tale
After losing his mother and the loss of his dominant hand in a car crash, Tamahiko Shima was exiled by his strict father to an estate in the…
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Taisho Otome Fairy Tale Episodes 1-12
It lacks the character depth needed to sell its main couple, but there's still some shine here for those parched for shojo anime.
Autumn 2021 First Impressions – Taisho Otome Fairytale
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Tamahiko is the second son of a wealthy family, but when a car accident kills his mother and injures his…
4 Reasons To Watch: Taisho Baseball Girls
They’re in a league of their own.
The Savior's Book Café Story in Another World GN 1
Fellow adults who would rather read than go out and save the world from monsters with magic, our isekai story has arrived.
Exploring the Delicious in Dungeon Pop-Up Café In Shibuya
How would the monstorous dishes look and taste in real life? Thankfully, we can find that answer at the four-day-long Shibuya Delicious in Dungeon Store.
5 Reasons To Watch: Polar Bear Café
Few anime are as relaxing to watch as Polar Bear Café. Grab a hot coffee, cozy up, and enjoy one of the finest comfort food anime out there.
Special 18, “The OPP on Fandom Post Radio”
Last month, Zach & Ed had the good fortune of joining the folks over at Fandom Post Radio for a sit down about One Piece and…