Samu and I are excited to welcome our first guest panelist to My Taste is Better Than Yours – Jake Jung, one of the most accomplished translators in anime and manga. I interviewed Jake for LiA once before, of course, and it’s always great to hear his insights on the workings of the industry. This …
Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid (The Duke of Death and His Maid) Season 3 – 12 (End) and Series Review
To the Victor go the spoils. Good things come to those who wait (which was going to be my tagline until the above popped into my head, and I couldn’t resist). It applies to the audience of Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid, and to the cast too. It can’t be overstated what a crucial decision …
Good Heavens, Roxy Has Got it Bad!
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation S2 Ep 21 Review By decree of High Priest Rudeus, all Roxy stans are asked to report to their local Temple of Roxy to pay homage to her Roxyness. Their blue-haired goddess of wisdom/waifu has returned to bless the world with her teachings. That’s just my way of saying that after more …
Midnight Punch #02 — Vampires Vs Egg Emulsifications
Okay, I guess that’s how vampires work. Impressions: *ahem* Continuing right along, the premise being that Miss Brat makes a deal for a zillion subscribers and the vampire can eat her. So they do vampire streaming, and instantly go viral, but then the no fun police show up, say that they’re not allowed to …
Midnight Punch #01 — Toxic Streaming Culture
This is how streaming works, right? This premiered the first two episodes on Youtube a couple weeks back, but I wasn’t paying attention. It actually begins airing on July 7th, so the third episode won’t be until the 21st. Impressions: It’s weird to have shows about being an idol streamer but being kicked out …
Tonari no Youkai-san – 12
Tonari no Youkai-san has already sported a pretty yawning tonal gap over its first eleven episodes. Just between the two main wings of the story (Mu-chan/Jirou and Buchio/Takumi et al) the difference is quite stark. So as dark and violent as this episode got, it doesn’t really come as a surprise. Especially given that it …