Anime & Manga

Beautiful Tomboy Idol: Love Live! Rin Hoshizora Character Spotlight

Beautiful Tomboy Idol: Love Live! Rin Hoshizora...

Whether her fans come to know her through the music, the anime, or the mobile game, one look at Rin Hoshizora establishes firmly her role in Love Live! as “the...

Beautiful Tomboy Idol: Love Live! Rin Hoshizora...

Whether her fans come to know her through the music, the anime, or the mobile game, one look at Rin Hoshizora establishes firmly her role in Love Live! as “the...

Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi Fascinates Me

Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi Fascinates Me

Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi is one of my favorite new anime characters. I love her sheer intensity and deep-seated fondness towards snack foods, to the extent that she might...

Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi Fascinates Me

Shidare Hotaru from Dagashi Kashi is one of my favorite new anime characters. I love her sheer intensity and deep-seated fondness towards snack foods, to the extent that she might...

The Big/Little Sister of Love Live!: Umi Sonoda Character Spotlight

The Big/Little Sister of Love Live!: Umi Sonoda...

At first glance, Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival is not an unusual character. Serious to a fault, one can even draw parallels...

The Big/Little Sister of Love Live!: Umi Sonoda...

At first glance, Umi Sonoda from Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival is not an unusual character. Serious to a fault, one can even draw parallels...

Myriad Colors Phantom World is Like a 90s Anime

Myriad Colors Phantom World is Like a 90s Anime

Kyoto Animation’s latest anime, Myriad Colors Phantom World (also known as Musaigen no Phantom World) is deceptively different from their past works. The studio behind popular hits such as The...

Myriad Colors Phantom World is Like a 90s Anime

Kyoto Animation’s latest anime, Myriad Colors Phantom World (also known as Musaigen no Phantom World) is deceptively different from their past works. The studio behind popular hits such as The...

Showa Nostalgia in Anime: What’s the Deal?

Showa Nostalgia in Anime: What’s the Deal?

Erased (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) Recently, many anime from multiple genres have been making explicit references to the “Showa period.” For example, in the first episode* of the comedy...

Showa Nostalgia in Anime: What’s the Deal?

Erased (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) Recently, many anime from multiple genres have been making explicit references to the “Showa period.” For example, in the first episode* of the comedy...

In Defense of Nico Yazawa from Love Live!

In Defense of Nico Yazawa from Love Live!

Source: Love Live! School Idol Festival One of the most fascinating aspects of Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival fandom is the sheer divisive nature...

In Defense of Nico Yazawa from Love Live!

Source: Love Live! School Idol Festival One of the most fascinating aspects of Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! School Idol Festival fandom is the sheer divisive nature...