Marvelous Europe have today announced that Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma, which is the newest entry into the long-running RPG and life-simulation franchise, will launch globally on 30th May 2025 for the Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. A Standard Edition and Limited Edition will also be available for the Nintendo Switch at participating retailers across …
JDM: Japanese Drift Master Receives Anime Styled Opening
JDM: Japanese Drift Master, an upcoming racing game with a heavy focus on drifting, will be making its way to Windows PC later this year and developers Gaming Factory have given the game an anime styled opening. This video is said to captivate the game’s dynamic characters and adrenaline-pumping racing action while paying homage to …
Momentary Lily #03 — Title Drop-ish
Were the alien butt-shots really necessary? Impressions: The ending scene was just a bit ruined by having to understand a couple layers of Engrish translations just to understand that it was even meant to be a title drop. Well, I can’t say it was that ruined since it wasn’t all that good to begin with. Some …
Aquarion MOE #02 — Live, Die, Repeat
Frankly, there need to be more robot stabbings. Impressions: This is putting too many eggs in the basket of being mysterious about its setting when it’s not actually that interesting at all. There’s a girl who’s a ghost, but also not, and she keeps dying over and over. Also, a giant ball keeps invading, …
2024 Reader Poll Results
The results are in, and there are a couple of mild surprises for me. Three of your top four were in mine, too. But you flipped them – you had my #4, Dungeon Meshi, in the top spot and my #1 BokuYaba in fourth. And Sousou no Frieren was not a series I expected to …
Second Impressions – Honey Lemon Soda
Here’s my take on Honey Lemon Soda. This series is seriously, seriously shoujo. Like hardcore. I like a lot of shoujo, don’t get me wrong (though less often romances). But the tropes are carrying a heavy load here, and even after two eps I can feel it starting to get to me. None of this …






