Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2021
Walruses, guinea pigs, and a farewell to a classic
By Ink Inaki Evan Minto
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- anime
- Evangelion
- Megalobox
- Mr. Osomatsu
- Oddtaxi
- Pui Pui Molcar
- Sk8 the Infinity
- Sonny Boy
- The Heike Story
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2021
Strategy games, RPGs, and ... marriage counseling?
By Evan Minto Inaki
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- video games
- Age of Empires
- Haunted PS1 Demo Disc
- It Takes Two
- Loop Hero
- Metroid
- Shin Megami Tensei
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2021
A great year for romance comics
By Patrick Sutton Inaki Ink
- Post
- manga
- 2021 Staff Picks
- Boy Meets Maria
- Kino's Journey
- Look Back
- My Alcoholic Escape from Reality
- Pink Heart Jam
- Sweat and Soap
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Review: Pink Heart Jam
At the intersection of sex work, music, identity and love, like being overwhelmed by the lights of Shinjuku
By Inaki
- Review
- manga
- Pink Heart Jam
- Shikke
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Choosing Her: Houshou Marine and the Healing Power of Art
The popular vtuber balances her personal story and her fiction
By Inaki
- Feature
- Houshou Marine
- vtubers
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Review: Rebuild of Welcome to the NHK
Welcome Back
By Inaki
- Review
- books
- Takimoto Tatsuhiko
- Welcome to the NHK
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A New Age: Age of Empire IV
Memories, moneys, and bubbles
By Inaki
- Feature
- video games
- Age of Empires
- Ensemble Studios
- Real Time Strategy
- video games
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Mystery Box of Misery Volume 3: Ground Defense Force Mao-Chan, Mermaid Forest, Ultra Maniac
By Inaki
- Mystery Box of Misery
- anime
- Ground Defense Force Mao-Chan
- Ken Akamatsu
- Mermaid Forest
- Rumiko Takahashi
- Ultra Maniac
- Wataru Yoshizumi
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2020
The cartoons that got us through this hell year
By Inaki Ink Evan Minto Patrick Sutton
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- anime
- Akudama Drive
- Baki
- Dorohedoro
- Extra Olympia Kyklos
- InuYasha
- Kakushigoto
- Lupin III
- On-Gaku: Our Sound
- Princess Connect
- Ride Your Wave
- Wave Listen to Me!
- Yashahime
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2020
A good year to stay inside
By Inaki Evan Minto Patrick Sutton
- Post
- video games
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing
- Final Fantasy
- Gundam
- Hard Lads
- Picross
- Stinkoman
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Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2020
It’s the end of the world as we know it ... and I’m reading manga
By Inaki Evan Minto Patrick Sutton
- Post
- manga
- 2020 Staff Picks
- Chainsaw Man
- Glaeolia
- Heavenly Delusion
- JK Haru Is a Sex Worker in Another World
- Kase-san
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(Analog) Preservation in the Age of (Digital) Decay
Save Chargeman Ken
By Inaki
- Feature
- anime
- Chargeman Ken
- Eiji Tanaka
- Knack (aka ICHI)
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JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World Author Ko Hiratori Discusses World-Building and Realism
We delve into isekai fiction, sex work, and sex work in isekai fiction with the light novel author.
By Inaki
- Interview
- books
- JK Haru Is a Sex Worker in Another World
- Kou Hiratori
