I've been reading Frieren weekly in Japanese for over a year now—and it's stunning how often I find myself on the edge of tears while reading it.― I say this without sarcasm or hyperbole as a person who has been reading manga obsessively for more than 20 years now: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End is the best manga I have ever read. I can't even think of a single other one that even comes close. I've ...
Manga pioneer Moto Hagio once said that Aya Kanno's story is more interesting than Shakespeare's own interpretation of the historical tale, but what is the truth behind the much maligned Richard the III?― These days, Shakespeare's history plays are not as well-known as his tragedies or comedies, and despite what First Folio title pages may say, any play with the name of an English monarch is firmly ...
Novels launched in 2015, inspired 2 TV anime series― Author Ryo Shirakome stated in the author comments in the 12th volume of their Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest (Arifureta Shokugyō de Sekai Saikyō) light novel series on Tuesday that the novel series will end in the next volume. Shirakome's Arifureta Zero novel prequel series ended in its sixth volume, which shipped on December 2...
Yasuhiro Nightow's manga launched in 2010, inspired 2 TV anime adaptations― The 2022 winter issue of Shueisha's Jump SQ. Rise magazine revealed on Thursday that Yasuhiro Nightow's Blood Blockade Battlefront Back 2 Back manga will end in the next issue, which will ship in late April. After he finished Trigun Maximum in 2007, Nightow published Bloodline Battlefront as a one-shot manga story in Shueish...
Rieko Hinata's post-apocalyptic story with humans deprived of fire― The premium subscription television channel WOWOW announced on Monday that Junji Nishimura (Ranma ½, You're Under Arrest: The Motion Picture, True Tears, Vladlove) is directing the television anime of Rieko Hinata and Akihiro Yamada's Hikari no Ō (The Firecatcher Lord) fantasy novel series. Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, Angel's ...
It feels more like the book is interested in gratuitous girl-on-girl groping than in exploring or creating a relationship.― If you are considering reading Semelparous strictly for the yuri content, there are a few things you should be aware of. The main one is that this is one of those yuri titles that goes in for some truly ridiculous breast physics and male gaze trappings – obviously not all lesbi...
Novels center on onmyōji who reincarnates to another world that has subpar magic― Author Kiichi Kosuzu announced on their Twitter account on Saturday that their Saikyō Onmyōji no Isekai Tenseiki (A Record of the Strongest Onmyōji's Reincarnation to Another World) light novel series has an anime adaptation in the works. The novel series centers on Haruyoshi, who is the strongest onmyōji (diviner) in ...
it was only a matter of time before some enterprising storyteller took the phrase "God, I want her to kill me" to its ultimately literal conclusion.― It's the modern mantra elicited upon seeing a pretty lady: "God, I want her to kill me." So it was only a matter of time before some enterprising storyteller took that attitude to its ultimately literal conclusion. Said storyteller in this case is Yasu...
Jacki Jing spoke with the English voice cast of Sing a Bit of Harmony about their own interpretations of the film's heartfelt ending.― In his latest film Sing a Bit of Harmony, director Yasuhiro Yoshiura (of Time of Eve fame) returns once again to explore the intimacies of human-AI relationships, this time featuring Shion, an AI whose goal is to bring happiness to chronic loner Satomi. ANN's Jacki J...
Is Edens Zero a worthy successor to Hiro Mashima's hit series Fairy Tail? MrAJCosplay takes a look at the protagonists of both series and tries to determine who would come out on top!― Love it or hate it, you can't deny that Fairy Tail easily cemented itself as one of the most popular long-running shonen anime to come out in the past few years. The franchise is still going strong with the Hundred Y...
Banished from the Hero's Party offers an appealing romance between a wife guy and a former adventurer princess... and then there's everything else.― Banished from the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside offers an appealing romance between a wife guy and a former adventurer princess... and then there's everything else. Nick and Steve break down this RPG-inspired fantasy t...
Toshihiro Nagoshi of Yakuza fame has revealed the staff of his new studio. Heidi breaks down what to expect.― Greetings, everyone! I am quite relieved today, as it was very likely TWIG might not have happened this week. I got the letter in the mail that most every adult dreads: a jury duty summons, set for the exact day I write and submit TWIG. Thankfully, I wasn't needed, which frees me up to both ...
We all knew, I think, that there was never going to be a happy ending to this story.― We all knew, I think, that there was never going to be a happy ending to this story. From its first volume, Happy Sugar Life has dealt with the sort of mental health crises that scream for interventions that never came, and in its later volumes delved into the idea that when the people with those issues grow up wit...