A girl’s parents die and she moves in with her aunt. This show made me cry. Like… every single episode. Such a beautiful, human show. It tackles topics anime typically run in terror from with compassion and nuance. Can’t recommend this enough. Storytelling – A – Moving. Voice – A – Nothing else like it. Characters …
Unboxing April 2026 Suruga-ya Orders
I recorded a little video of myself opening my latest two shipments of anime & manga odds & ends from Japan.
Witch Hat Atelier #02 — Pre-Test Testing
You’re losing me very rapidly. Impressions: More questions need to be asked about the weird dude kidnapping prepubescient girls to his compound in the remote wilderness. I feel that the answer to those are far more important than the banal minutiae of how magic works and the sociopolitical history of the region. Seriously, here. …
Liar Game #01 — Open Wide
How not to draw emotion. Or faces. Impressions: We start with her turning in 100 yen to the police, the equivalent of finding a quarter and reporting it. Which they explain is ridiculously honest. So she explains that she’s ridiculous, but that’s okay, because that’s literally her first name. Which she then also starts explaining. It’s …
New UK Anime Releases: 6th April 2026
It may be considered a bank holiday in the UK, but that doesn’t stop us from seeing a brand new anime Blu-Ray release today. Prepare for a carnival of crazy, as the Standard Edition Blu-Ray of Fate/Grand Carnival is now available in the UK courtesy of MVM Entertainment. Out This Week: 6th April 2026: Fate/Grand …
Nerd and Gal #01 — Say It With Impact Lines
More impact lines. More yelling. Actually watched this before Witch Hat, but I’m tired of waiting for a version without Chinese hardsubs. I’ll get to Liar Game and the second episode of WHA after I run some errands. Impressions: This began with shouting, continued with shouting, and ended with shouting. And overreactions. To the …





