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What’s it about? Eia has always felt unfulfilled and unchallenged by life. Then, a chance meeting with a man named Yuuga brings her into the underground of the SCM, a device that allows people to duel one another and make the loser their slave. … [Read more...] about [Review] Doreiku the Animation – Episode 1
[Review] Butlers x Battlers – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Jinguji Koma (“J”) lives a charmed life as a brilliant student and student council president. But secretly he’s marked by birth to be a “Butler” and unable to accept the disappearance of his younger sister. … [Read more...] about [Review] Butlers x Battlers – Episode 1
[Review] Last Period: the journey to the end of despair – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Monster-fighters (“Periods”) Haru, Liza, and Gajeru return home to find that their Branch Office has been unexpectedly shut down. With empty coffers and no help, the last three recruits will have to work three times as hard to buy back what they’ve lost. … [Read more...] about [Review] Last Period: the journey to the end of despair – Episode 1
[Review] Golden Kamuy – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Saichi Sugimoto is a veteran of the Russo-Japanese war, desperate for money in order to keep his last promise to his childhood friend. He hears the seemingly tall tale of a man who murdered a group of Ainu men, stole 20 kan of gold (about 165 lbs), hid it in Hokkaido before his arrest, and then tattooed a treasure map on the bodies of his fellow death-row … [Read more...] about [Review] Golden Kamuy – Episode 1
[Review] Cutie Honey Universe – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Honey Kisaragi is a high schooler who transforms into the superhero Cutie Honey in order to fight Panther Claw, the evil organization that killed her father. … [Read more...] about [Review] Cutie Honey Universe – Episode 1
[Review] Devils’ Line – Episode 1
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What’s it about? College student Tsukasa lives an ordinary life, save for the strange feeling that she’s being followed; when her dear friend Akimura reveals himself to be a vampire trying to hold back from eating her, a near-miss rescue draws her into a dark world of monsters. … [Read more...] about [Review] Devils’ Line – Episode 1
[Review] Magical Girl Site – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Aya Asagiri’s life is a living hell: she’s bullied endlessly at school, ignored by her parents, and abused by her older brother. One day she receives a gun with a heart-shaped barrel from an eerie website promising her magical powers. … [Read more...] about [Review] Magical Girl Site – Episode 1
[Review] MEGALOBOX – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Junk Dog (J.D.), known only by the name he uses in the ring, is wasting his life throwing matches at an underground boxing ring. But a chance encounter with the champion of megaloboxing reminds him what a real opponent feels like, and what he might be missing. … [Read more...] about [Review] MEGALOBOX – Episode 1
[Review] Dances with the Dragons – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Gayus and Gigina are Offensive Jushikiists, fighters able to use a reality-warping technique (magic, it’s basically magic) to slay dragons. Politicians and the church are at war over the Holy Land of Alsok, and the church has its eye on the duo for unknown purposes. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is murdering Jushikiists for unknown reasons. … [Read more...] about [Review] Dances with the Dragons – Episode 1
[Review] LUPIN THE 3rd PART 5 – Episode 1
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What’s it about? International thief Lupin III is now in France, looting the physical and digital world of treasures. His efforts are complicated by Ami, a tech genius with poor self-preservation suddenly in his care, and the new “Lupin Game,” a social media campaign that makes it easy for the cops to track his every move. … [Read more...] about [Review] LUPIN THE 3rd PART 5 – Episode 1
[Review] Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Episode 1
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What’s it about? In the year SE 796, three forces are locked in conflict across the universe: the Goldenbaum Dynasty of the Galactic Empire, the Free Planets Alliance, and the Dominion of Fezzan. The Empire is gifted with the young tactical expert Reinhard von Lohengramm, whose victory in battle seems assured until the mysterious Yang Wen-Li steps up to command the Alliance. … [Read more...] about [Review] Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These – Episode 1
[Review] Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis – Episode 1
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What’s it about? In 1930s Shanghai, the Green Gang is at war with the Red Flower Gang and being targeted by the Chinese government. Their protector is Kasumi Kenshiro, inheritor of the deadly martial art technique the Divine Fist of the North Star. The appearance of a mysterious martial artist and a young girl, as well as the assassination of Green Gang mediator Guise, brings … [Read more...] about [Review] Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenesis – Episode 1
[Review] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Episodes 1-2
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What’s it about? Special Week is a horse girl, a special kind of person gifted with incredible running ability. She’s come to the prestigious Tracen Academy in order to be the best in Japan and fulfill her promise to her mother. … [Read more...] about [Review] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Episodes 1-2
[Review] Magical Girl Ore – Episodes 1-2
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What’s it about? Saki is a (failing) teen idol who wants to get closer to her crush, the airhead Mohiro. She gets the chance when a yakuza claiming to be a magical girl mascot shows up at her house to scout her. Her transformation not only gives her magical powers—it also transforms her into a totally ripped AMAB dude. … [Read more...] about [Review] Magical Girl Ore – Episodes 1-2
[Feature] Kino is the non-binary protagonist we deserve
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Kino’s Journey (2003) is one of the great classics of anime: directed by the late Ryutaro Nakamura (Serial Experiments Lain) with his characteristic eye for negative space and eerie, melancholy sound design, the series is a quiet but purposeful sequence of short stories ranging from the fantastical to the mundane. All of them are about human nature, and as Kino meets various … [Read more...] about [Feature] Kino is the non-binary protagonist we deserve
[Feature] DEVILMAN crybaby, legacies of queerness, and diversifying remakes
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DEVILMAN crybaby has been tearing up the internet since it dropped a few weeks ago, sparking conversation about its use of sex, violence, horror, and taboo to tell a story about love and the end of the world. Not an inconsiderable amount of that discussion was centered around the series’ queer representation. What do you do with a series that features sympathetic representation … [Read more...] about [Feature] DEVILMAN crybaby, legacies of queerness, and diversifying remakes
[Interview] Makoto Kageyama discusses mental health issues in Japan and anime
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The recent controversy around Logan Paul’s decision to film the bodies of the dead in Aokigahara forest has opened up discussion about Japan’s mental health crisis and the ways in which a lot of western culture has diminished, fetishized, or othered that issue. Makoto Kageyama, a former volunteer at Aokigahara, responded to the video with an in-depth thread about their … [Read more...] about [Interview] Makoto Kageyama discusses mental health issues in Japan and anime
[Review] Killing Bites – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Several zaibatsus (Japanese business conglomerates) run an underground betting ring based around genetically enhanced animal fighters called Therianthropes. Yuya Nomoto is drawn into the world of these fights when he becomes the sole investor of Hitomi, a ratel hybrid. Unable to fight without a backer, Hitomi is forced to become Yuya’s bodyguard. CONTENT … [Read more...] about [Review] Killing Bites – Episode 1
[Review] Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Hakata is a city where 3% of the population is made up of hitmen. When a police detective is killed, the mystery of who did it is set in motion, and everyone has a part to play: the corrupt mayor, a newcomer hitman, the detective investigating the case, and the disgruntled assassin who sells out his former boss to protect that detective. CONTENT WARNING: … [Read more...] about [Review] Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens – Episode 1
[Review] After the Rain – Episode 1
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What’s it about? Akira Tachibana has felt adrift since an injury forced her to quit her high school track team. Looking for a way to fill her days, she took a job at a diner—and has fallen in love with her middle-aged manager. CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of adults preying on minors. … [Read more...] about [Review] After the Rain – Episode 1