It’s the day of the cultural festival, and if you’ll recall, the F/ACE boys are filming scenes at the school today. Wouldn’t this cause a riot? No, it’s okay! The boys are all concealing their faces! This way, they can walk around the school unbothered! Actually, I feel like this should have the opposite effect. […]

Yeah, yeah. I know it's based off a different Japanese urban legend. Impressions: I couldn't help but laugh, but this was one of the better episodes for leaning more effectively into the horror aspects. Granted, the very PG nature of most episodes clases a bit with the… uh… face ripping, dismemberment, and general body […]

Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- FINAL is a very unusual movie, even as far as anime goes. Acting as the conclusion to the Hypnosis Mic franchise—in which handsome men rap battle one another using weaponized microphones in order to get a chance at overthrowing an oppressive government run by women (no, I’m not kidding)—this film […]

Every now and then, a particular artist seems to capture the fancy of figure makers for no particular reason. Which is not to say that those artists are undeserving of figures – most of them are. It’s just that, even … Continue reading →

When Mantis Falls first launched, Adrian Kerrihard and Juli Bierwirth weren’t aiming to disrupt the tabletop space. “We were never intending this to be for a public audience,” said Bierwirth, artist and co-designer of Mantis Falls. “It was just for the two of us.” Five years later, the two-player hidden-role thriller is still selling steadily. [...

There are plenty of publishers in the industry that build a brand around one kind of game, audience, or identity. Allplay has bigger ambitions than that. When I sat down with Joe Wiggins, the Chief Operating Officer at TantrumCon, the conversation was not just about what games were on the table or their storefront that [...] The post Allplay at TantrumCon: Growing Bigger Without Losing the Table appeared first on Sequential Planet.

By Asato Asato and Shirabii. Released in Japan by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Roman Lempert. This ended up being a bit of a headache for me. I didn’t mind the parody. Look at that subtitle, I was expecting a lot of goofball antics. The trouble is that it’s also trying to tell a serious story in there, albeit less serious than the main 86 story.

Feeling a bit down lately due to… well, everything going on in the world right now, but the (anime) show(s) must go on. Wash It All Away Ep. 11 In the first half of the episode, Kyusho tries to go about his daily life, but he can’t help but constantly think about Wakana. When he […]

Especially when you don't know what it is. Impressions: Honestly, a whole episode about hypnosis and various pseudo sciences feels like it would've been a better approach. Things started out poorly with the rando friend from like two months ago screaming out Rikka's entire backstory on the side of the road. Show don't tell is […]

She's right, you know. You are way too old for her.

New releases in this week’s review column include the first volume of Battlefront of the Great Powers, the introduction of a new hero in Solo Leveling, and the first Frieren light novel. Check out our thoughts on these and other volumes in this week’s Reader’s Corner! Battlefront of the Great Powers (Vol. 1) • The… Read More Reader’s Corner: Battlefront of the Great Powers (Vol. 1), Solo Leveling (Vol.

By Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka. Released in Japan as “Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon” by Fujimi L Bunko. Released in North America Yen On. Translated by David Musto. It’s been over a year, but we finally have a new volume of My Happy Marriage. (And it’s likely going to be another year till the next one – Vol. 10 just came out in Japan earlier this month.

Ahh! I forgot to post this two days ago! Ikoku Nikki reaches episode 10 with another batch of little scenes around little ideas. Asa keeps considering the word “curse,” writing it down, looking it up, and one of the definitions has to to with being limited in freedom by exterior coercion, and we get some … Continue reading My five shows – 8-10 →

We get a lot of loose, seemingly disconnected scenes at the start of the episode. A guy checks in on Chiyo, the girl who was apoplectic about the medical school scandal. Apparently, she’s given up on school ever since she found out about it. Can’t blame her. It must be disheartening to know that you […]

MICHELLE: Admittedly, there isn’t a ton coming out this week that appeals to me, but the debut volume of Omori intrigues me the most, so I”ll go with that, this week. SEAN: We all know I can’t resist villainess books, and while they’re usually very talkative folks, I can get behind the alternative, so I will pick The Villainess Speaks Not this week.

Rounds one and two are complete, and the bracket has been narrowed from 64 anime to just 16 remaining. Now the tournament arc intensifies as we move into the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight of AniMarch Madness 2026, beginning today! AniMarch Madness is our month-long, single-elimination anime tournament where series go head-to-head until only one… Read More AniMarch Madness 2026, Rounds Three and Four: The Road to the Final Four!

By Harunori Biyori and Hitaki Yuu. Released in Japan as “Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyō Survival” by TO Books. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Camilla L. When I started this series, I had thought it was going to run about six volumes, and here we are at the sixth volume. That said, we’re nowhere near done, and in Japan the tenth volume just came out, and it doesn’t look like the final one either.

Tani has been thinking about the kiss ever since their trip to the museum in last week’s episode. As a result, he’s even less talkative than usual. He’s even more awkward around her than usual. Sheesh. It was likely just a peck on the cheek. Even for a teenager, that’s kinda nothing. Kinda strange to […]

Ikeda Masako, the voice of one of my all-time favorite anime characters in her long-time role as Maetel from Galaxy Express 999, passed away earlier this month. It feels like just yesterday that Matsumoto Leiji himself passed away, but it’s already been three years.  As I had mentioned back in 2023, the Galaxy Express 999 […]

By Harunohi Biyori and Geso Umiu. Released in Japan as “Akuma Koujo” by K Lanove Books. Released in North America by Airship. Translated by Julie Goniwich. Adapted by Emlyn Dornemann. One reason that this series works so well is that, no matter how dark or serious the climax of each volume gets, or how many corpses pile up, the start of each new book is mostly fun and often funny.