Every living person invariably lives by moving forward in time while looking back at the past. Every person faces uncertainty and regrets, plagued by the constant question, “What if I had done this or that differently?” Moreover, every person has a youthful first love, often an unrequited crush that never develops into a reciprocal romance. …
2024 is done and dusted, but let’s as ever, take one last look back with the LiA “Oscars”. And the winners are: Best Song: “Burning” by Hitsujibungaku – (Oshi no Ko 2nd Season ED) There were a lot of beautiful EDs in the traditional Japanese range this year (overall EDs trounced OPs). But this …
We’re back in mystery territory again (and a callback one at that). But we’ve very much eased into it. If I chose one word to describe this series’ narrative style it would be “languid”. The plot rarely crashes like a wave; it flows like a river. It gets there when it gets there. That’s a …
The following is an emergency announcement from the D&A Anime Blog concerning an important member of the Dragon Ball community. Less than a year ago, the world of anime wept at the loss of Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball. Now, another prominent member of the anime community is in need of our help: …
Sakamoto Days Short Synopsis: A legendary hitman falls in love, retires, has a kid and grows fat. But what will he do when his old life comes looking for him once again? Lenlo: I remember reading Sakamoto Days back when it was a newly released manga. It was a clever enough comedy series in the …
Who am I to understand basic physics. Impressions: This I’m not going to call good either, so much as it was kind of funny for being so badly written. Granted, this was the closest it’s gotten to being an actual mystery. Middle aside, most of the episode was spent interacting with the new dude, so theoretically, …
