Tag: Anime
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The New Konosuba Anime Project is Officially Announced
A new Konosuba project based on the comedy light novel series has officially been approved, with more details to come. When KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! got a Studio Deen adaptation in 2016, the show pulled a fast one over the viewers. Fans expected yet another typical isekai anime, but instead, found comedy…
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Kyoto Animation: 2 Years After The Fire
On July 18th 2019, Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1 building burned after an arson attack with 70 animators still working inside. To this day, the Kyoto Animation arson attack remains one of the deadliest massacres in post-WWII Japan, claiming 36 lives and injuring another 34. Much of the victims’ work also perished along with their bodies.…
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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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Interview With Olivia Dunlap (To The Rescue)
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, the boys catch up with Olivia Dunlap, an indie developer working on the hit dog rescue game, To The Rescue. Olivia has previously worked on plenty of game jams, before starting her own video game studio, Little Rock Games. To The Rescue is a dog shelter simulation game…
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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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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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Square Enix Presents…Very Little? – Crater Corner
This week the lads dive into the Square Enix Presents event, Among Us and it’s new map, The Playstation Indies event and discuss the Playstation Play at Home initiative! All this and more on this week’s podcast! Timestamps 0:00 – Intro and Headlines 2:22 – What we have been playing 11:31 – Lara Croft Cookbook?…
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Bethesda & Xbox get Exclusive – Crater Corner
This week on the Crater Corner podcast, the boys are back and talking about the week’s gaming shenanigans, including a protest against an anime series in Tokyo, a Square Enix event announced, the launch of Beach Buggy 2, and Xbox and Bethesda finalising their merge. Plus, Rate this Game and Joseph’s return! Timestamps Intro &…
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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…