Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 11 半妖の夜叉姫 11 Hanyou no Yashahime episode 11 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Moroha shows off the pancake mix and propane hotplate she brought from the present. She witnesses a nearby pond swallow a bird, but Setsuna and Towa didn’t see it or have any interest in it. At the Youkai Hunter village, the sisters
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Back to the Vaults: Azumanga Daioh (The Animation…Again!)


Back to the Vaults: Azumanga Daioh (The Animation…Again!) あずまんが大王 One of the early “Back to the Vaults” pieces I did back in 2007 was for the Azumanga Daioh anime. Since I had just read the source Azumanga Daioh manga, it occurred to me that I had never watched the anime adaptation immediately afterward to get

Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 2: Connections/Lore)


Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 2) Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 異世界の聖機師物語 After rewatching Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, I discovered I had so much to say, I needed to split up my thoughts into two articles. Those wanting the review simply based off the story, characters, and FUNimation’s release, please

Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 1: BD/Story Review)


Back to the Vaults! Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Part 1) Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari 異世界の聖機師物語 Having recently watched Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA 5, which serves as a prequel to Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar, I felt the strong desire to finally break open my old Blu-ray set from FUNimation and rewatch the series for

Back to the Vaults: Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Special (OVA)


Back to the Vaults: Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Special デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語 Dyuaru! Parare Runrun Monogatari With the success of the Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure TV series, AIC gave Kajishima-sensei one more episode for release as an OVA. But with everything having been wrapped up in the original series, what could Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure Special possible

What’s an Anime Everyone Should Watch?


What’s an Anime Everyone Should Watch? I’m often asked questions about anime and manga. One such question was, “What’s an anime everyone should watch?” One title immediately sprang to mind — Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro. What’s It All About? Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro is a movie directed by the legendary MIYAZAKI Hayao-sensei. In

Back to the Vaults: Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure


Back to the Vaults: Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure デュアル!ぱられルンルン物語 Dyuaru! Parare Runrun Monogatari Having recently watched Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki OVA 5, it put me into a mindset where I wanted to rewatch Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure. That’s because characters from Dual! show up in OVA 5 (something explained in depth with the Tenchi Muyo! GXP

“Karaage” is NOT “KFC”


“Karaage” is NOT “KFC” As long time readers of my blog will know, I’ve LONG been an advocate of “accurate but readable” subtitles in anime, and adaptations in manga. I don’t like “localization” because adaptations made with this mindset make rewrites that change the tone or are just plain wrong. That said, I was made