Category: Animanga
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Part 2 – Anime Preview
There are a lot of isekai anime airing during the Summer 2021 season. Unfortunately, not all of them are good. The first successful isekai anime exposed to a Western audience was Digimon Adventure, which was extremely well regarded and paved the way for future titles such as the ever-popular Sword Art Online. However, after SAO,…
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Everything that Happened at WitcherCon 2021
On July 9th and 10th, CD PROJEKT RED and Netflix presented WitcherCon, a global online celebration of The Witcher franchise. WitcherCon aired in two separate streams on Twitch and YouTube, containing numerous updates on different aspects of The Witcher franchise. The event revealed some key aspects of some exciting upcoming projects. CD PROJEKT RED put…
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How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom – Anime Preview
Typically in isekai hero stories, a bland male character is reincarnated or summoned into another world. This hero then usually has to deal with some kind of world-ending threat involving demons. He often finds himself going on an adventure with buffs granted to him by the divine powers that be. Regardless of whether it is…
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The Honor Student at Magic High School – Anime Preview
Even the most incredible magic trick has a logical explanation behind it. That’s why we call them tricks. At least that is increasingly true today thanks to scientific advancements. But there was a time that almost everyone believed in the occult nature of magic; many still do. After all, our perception of the present clouds…
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Kanojo mo Kanojo (Girlfriend, Girlfriend) Preview
Relationships are complicated, especially in high school. Aside from outright rejection, the worst-case scenario is probably a love triangle. They are full of secrets, misunderstandings, unfaithfulness and broken hearts. All in all, depending on those involved in it, they often range anywhere from wholesome to toxic, rarely ending well. But what would happen if those…
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My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Season 2 Preview
Every hardcore weeb has inevitably played a visual novel at least once. After all, the aesthetic appeal and story-driven narrative closely mimic anime. Between Nekopara, Yosuga no Sora and Doki Doki Literature Club, there is truly something for everyone in this genre. Yet, it is undeniable that the most successful category of visual novels is…
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Hololive Vtuber, Kiryu Coco, Is Graduating This July
Cover Corp, the owner of Vtuber agency Hololive, have announced that the popular Vtuber Kiryu Coco will graduate next month. Kiryu Coco is a popular Vtuber for the Vtuber talent agency Hololive. For those not in the know, a Vtuber is a virtual Youtuber. More specifically, they are someone “who uses a virtually generated avatar…
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Netflix Set To Produce Live-Action And Anime Adaptations Of BRZRKR
Netflix has secured the rights to Keanu Reeves’ comic book series BRZRKR and is developing a live-action film alongside an anime adaptation. The BRZRKR Comic Book BRZRKR is the latest comic book by publisher Boom! Studios and is written by Keanu Reeves and Harvey Award-winning and New York Times Best-Selling comic-book writer Matt Kindt. Boom!…
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Bizarre Women’s Rights Group Protest at an Anime Convention
Over the weekend, a women’s rights group in Koganei City, Tokyo, staged a protest at a convention expressing their disapproval for the anime Dropout Idol Fruit Tart. The Culture War Context The first surprise is that this occurred in Japan. Indeed, while here in the Occident, the culture war has permeated every facet of our…
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Why I Think Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back – Evolution Sucks
Pokémon And The Understanding Of French DVDs When I was young, my mother bought my siblings and me a triple pack of Pokémon DVDs. We were incredibly obsessed with the franchise. So much so, it quickly became an integral part of our childhood, as it was for many others. My brother, being the eldest, would…
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Is The Ghost in the Shell Remake Better Than The Original?
Ghosting Ghost in the Shell Ghost In The Shell is a landmark film for anime. It was one of the many great anime films that began introducing anime into the Western mainstream media and revolutionised the image anime had garnered for itself outside of Japan. Based on the 1989 manga of the same name by…
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The Top 5 Weapons in RWBY
There’s no debating that weapons play an important role in RWBY – after all, they’re apparently conduits for the soul, and they can be seen directly interacting with characters’ semblances. The real question is: which character wields the greatest weapon? I set out to answer this question for myself, and I looked at all the…