Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m eager to dive back into Star Driver, and see what those schemers at Kiraboshi have been cooking while Wako enjoys her birthday. Our last episode served as a general referendum on Wako’s tenuous current position: suspended between childhood and adulthood, shrine maiden duties and …
2023 Reader Poll Results
The votes are in, and your verdict was the same as mine. Vinland Saga Season 2 claims the top spot on both the LiA and reader lists. There was a little glitch at the beginning with Pluto and there may have been a few votes not factored in if people didn’t let me know, but …
Sousou no Frieren – 18
Why do shows that stand out for being distinctive try so hard to be conventional? I’m sure the charge of a self-fulfilling prophecy could be laid, but I confess I didn’t find this episode of Sousou no Frieren to be especially compelling. It was fine, but I already get the sense that the series is …
First Impressions – Gekkan Mousou Kagaku
Sleeper day continues with Delusional Monthly Magazine, an original from the director of Gintama, Miyawaki Chizuru. This is produced at OLM, but she and much of the staff and cast are carryovers from Diomedea’s Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!, which I modestly enjoyed and which became a pretty successful franchise. I had a vibe this …
Yohane the Parhelion -NUMAZU in the MIRAGE- To Launch Worldwide Next Month on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 with Playable Demo Available on Nintendo eShop in Japan
Yohane the Parhelion -NUMAZU in the MIRAGE-, a video game based upon the Yohane the Parhelion anime series which is a spin-off of Love Live! Sunshine! franchise, will be making its worldwide debut on 22nd February 2024 for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, with a playable demo also available on the Nintendo eShop in …
Ask John: Who Will Influence the Future of Anime Development?
Question: In light of the recent losses of influential manga artists such as Kentaro Miura, Kazuki Takahashi, Buichi Terasawa, Takao Saito, Kazuhiko Kato, and Kazuo Koike, which current artists do believe will influence the anime medium in the future? This is prominent as pioneers such as Hayao Miyazaki, Rumiko Takahashi, Goh Nagai, and Yoshiyuki Okumura …