Historical drama in anime is few and far between, as there is always some kind of twist to it. You want real history? Go to the History Channel, OK? “Samurai Champloo” certainly is the king of AUHD (Alternative Universe Historical Drama) in that it takes modern sensibilities and imposes it on, in their case, the …
Platforms: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch [Review code provided by WayForward] The girls are back in town for another round of brawling beat-’em-up action in River City – and this time they’ve brought some new friends. Following up on the 2019 original, River City Girls 2 sets out to do things bigger and better than …
Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch [Review code provided] There are some that say that turn-based RPGs peaked in the 90s, when the SNES brought us classics like Chrono Trigger, Earthbound and Super Mario RPG. Whether you agree or not, it’s hard to deny that those years were, at the same time, very …
The zombie genre has been dead awhile, and by looking at Highschool of the Dead, maybe we can find out just what put the last nail in the coffin. SHIRTS AND POSTERS FOR SALE HERE
Something I’ve been considering almost since the start of Bocchi the Rock! is the central source of the show’s comedy and how that intersects with a compassionate understanding of mental health. Whenever you have a story that wants to mine a character’s struggles (in whatever form) for laughs, inevitably it raises the question of whether …
The Summer of Saiunkoku continues, this time in article form! Once upon a time, a poor little girl named Hong Shurei did not dream of marrying a prince. Instead, Shurei saw the struggles of the people around her and dreamed of becoming a civil servant—an impossible dream, for women were banned from public office. Yet when the …
