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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 …

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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 …

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My Deer Friend #03 — Screaming at an Ungulate

  The memes did it better. I did glance at Last Crusade’s second episode, but it continued to avoid anything happening. As did both the Twins thing, and the Russian girls thing, which introduced a second Russian girl, another sister, who also immediately glomps all over the dude because he looked… melancholy, I guess? Bringing the …

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Food Wars!: Shokugeki No Soma – Season 4 (Blu-Ray) – REGION FREE

Food Wars!: Shokugeki No Soma – The Fourth Plate [Season 4] (Blu-Ray) BD Region: A & B – Boxart states Region A Only – Tested & Confirmed Region B Compatible Episodes: 1 – 12 (2 Blu-Ray Discs) Plot: The ultimate Regimental Food War continues as the culinary rebels led by Soma and the members of Kyokusei …

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Second Impressions – Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita.

Make no mistake about it, Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita. is a good series. But it’s quite hard to pin down. That seems to be very much a Fujiwara Cocoa trait. Inu X Boku SS was one of the most fiercely difficult shows to categorize that I can remember, which was one …