Scenes from Nagahama, Part 1

Wicked City, Yawara, Record of Lodoss War, and Battle Angel

By Ink

Friday, Sep 13, 2019

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• anime
• Battle Angel Alita
• Hiroshi Nagahama
• Madhouse
• Masao Maruyama
• Nobuteru Yuki
• Otakon 2019
• Record of Lodoss War
• Wicked City
• Yawara Fashionable Judo Girl
• Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2018

By Evan Minto Ink

Wednesday, Jan 30, 2019

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• anime
• Devilman Crybaby
• Garo Vanishing Line
• Megalobox
• Pop Team Epic
• The Night is Short Walk on Girl

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2018

By Evan Minto

Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019

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• video games
• 2018 Staff Picks
• Celeste
• Donut County
• spider-man

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2018

By Evan Minto Ink

Monday, Jan 28, 2019

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• manga
• 2018 Staff Picks
• CITY
• Happiness
• Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?
• PEZ
• Wakako Zake

Impressions: SSSS.Gridman Episode 1

A surprisingly tame Trigger reboot of the ’90s tokusatsu series

By Evan Minto

Wednesday, Jul 25, 2018

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• anime
• conventions
• Akira Amemiya
• Anime Expo 2018
• Gridman
• Studio Trigger

Impressions: Sirius the Jaeger Episodes 1–2

Killer vampire-vs-werewolf action from Sword of the Stranger’s director

By Evan Minto

Monday, Jul 16, 2018

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• anime
• conventions
• Anime Expo 2018
• Masahiro Ando
• P.A. Works
• Sirius the Jaeger

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2017

By David Estrella Ink Evan Minto Alex Osborn

Sunday, Jan 14, 2018

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• anime
• 2017 Staff Picks
• A Silent Voice
• Fate
• Fate/Stay Night
• Girls’ Last Tour
• In This Corner of the World
• Kemono Friends
• Kizumonogatari
• Land of the Lustrous
• Little Witch Academia
• The Eccentric Family
• Your Name

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Video Games of 2017

By David Estrella Evan Minto

Thursday, Jan 11, 2018

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• video games
• 2017 Staff Picks
• Doki Doki Literature Club
• Mario
• Nier
• Night in the Woods
• Zelda

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2017

By Evan Minto

Friday, Jan 05, 2018

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• manga
• 2017 Staff Picks
• Delicious in Dungeon
• Golden Kamuy
• Land of the Lustrous

The 12 Principles of Anime

Disney’s famous Basic Principles of Animation are indispensable tools for understanding the craft behind Japanese animation.

By Evan Minto

Wednesday, Oct 18, 2017

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• animation
• anime
• animation production

Impressions: Violet Evergarden Episode 1

Kyoto Animation's visually stunning new series falls back on old anime archetypes.

By Evan Minto

Wednesday, Jul 05, 2017

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• anime
• conventions
• Anime Expo 2017
• Kyoto Animation
• Taichi Ishidate
• Violet Evergarden

I Played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for 30 Hours Without Starting a Single Dungeon

By Evan Minto

Wednesday, Mar 15, 2017

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• video games
• Nintendo
• Nintendo Switch
• Wii U
• Zelda

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Anime of 2016

By David Estrella Ink Evan Minto Jared Nelson

Wednesday, Jan 25, 2017

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• Erased
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
• Keijo!!!!!!!!
• Kizumonogatari
• Mob Psycho 100
• Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
• Space Patrol Luluco
• Yuri!!! on ICE

Bright Colors in Dark Times

A reviewer's duty and distance.

By Ink

Saturday, Jan 21, 2017

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• anime

Staff Picks: Our Favorite Manga of 2016

By Ink Evan Minto

Wednesday, Jan 18, 2017

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• manga
• A Girl on the Shore
• And Yet the Town Moves
• Inio Asano
• Kaori Ozaki
• Masakazu Ishiguro
• Maybe (manga creator)
• Mysterious Girlfriend X
• One (manga creator)
• One-Punch Man
• Riichi Ueshiba
• The Gods Lie.
• To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
• Yusuke Murata