Summer 2024 First Episode Awards & Other Announcements

Another frenzied half-month of aniblogging has come to a close, with a handful of series emerging as summer frontrunners. There probably isn’t an all-time great among them (though Mario might disagree, given his love of the recently returned Monogatari Series, ranked here for your viewing pleasure). Even without an undisputed classic to spur us back …

Princess Maker 2 Regeneration – Review

Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation Review code provided by publisher. Princess Maker 2 Regeneration revitalises a beloved retro classic to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the game’s original release in 1993. The Princess Maker series, developed by Studio Gainax, has been a leading example in the “raising sim” subgenre of simulation games, where player choices …

Guest Post: Unearthed Baubles with Firechick – The Flying Phantom Ship 74/100

Show of hands, who here has ever heard of this old movie from 1969 called The Flying Phantom Ship before 2022? No? Me neither. I never even knew Flying Phantom Ship existed until Discotek Media announced on their Twitter page that they licensed it in May of 2022. Not only that, they even made an …

Summer 2024 Impressions: I Parry Everything, Bye Bye, Earth, Atri: My Dear Moments

I Parry Everything Short Synopsis: Noor has wanted to be a hero since he was a child, but he was never good enough at anything to do so. After years of training he was only able to learn a single skill, parry. With only one path before him, he takes that skill to its absolute …

Summer 2024 Impressions: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant, Too Many Losing Heroines!, Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Short Synopsis: An admitted war criminal and a part time worker face off…and fall in love. Lenlo: On the surface, this seems like a pretty standard magical girl show. Transformation sequence was alright, effects are good enough, girl is sort of cute. The issue with standard magical girl …