Muddying the Definition of “Manga” I recently saw an announcement on Twitter/X about a new “manga”. The problem is, the person creating this isn’t Japanese. As such, while I’m waiting for midnight to hit for my project, I thought I’d make a video. As I write, most people on Twitter/X agree with me.
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 103 Manga Review (Nakama Power! #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 103 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: “Lucy” is killed, but to Kiria’s annoyance, it turns out to be Gemini. Further, a naked Lucy is secured within the Celestial Spirit (clock), Horologium. After they return to the spirit realm, Lucy dons Stardress Aries. As such, Kiria resumes giving Lucy
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 102 Manga Review (Death Match #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 102 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Lucy taunts the nude and embarrassed Kiria. As such, Kiria decides that since they are both women, she’s fine and attacks. However, Laxus shows up, causing Kiria to drop and hide her naughty bits. Laxus gives her his coat, so she’s ready
Why Watch Both Vandread and Vandread: The Second Stage
Why Watch Both Vandread and Vandread: The Second Stage In my early anime fandom days (2004-ish), I was introduced to Vandread and its sequel, Vandread: The Second Stage. It quickly became a favorite anime series of mine, so much so that even in my poor days, I purchased all eight DVDs. In 2008, I wrote
New Railgun Series Confirmed!
New Railgun Series Confirmed! The A Certain Official Project (とあるプロジェクト公式) Twitter/X account announced on the 16th that the 4th season of A Certain Scientific Railgun is confirmed. Here’s the tweet. 【特報】 『#とある科学の超電磁砲』TVアニメ第4期制作決定⚡️#超電磁砲 #超電磁砲4期 #とある pic.twitter.com/igJtGJXQyI — とあるプロジェクト公式 (@toaru_project) February 16, 2025 Here’s the link to the post. The A Certain Scientific Railgun T series got
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 101 Manga Review (The Heat is On #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 101 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: The sight of the fire dragon god Ignia causes Selene to worry. She leaves the crow Shade and enters the labyrinth to deal with the threat. In the dungeon, Ignia informs Natsu and Suzaku that he’s there to burn something. However, he
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 16 (Nakama Power! #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
October 27th, 2024 
AstroNerdBoy Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 16 フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: With the god Seed Wolfen facing Natsu turning into Zeref, it discovers that its desires to protect Aldoron are causing the Wood Dragon god damage. As such, Wolfen removes itself from combat, including all of its clones. As a result, Natsu pulled into Aldoron’s body.
Ranma 1/2 04 (Lost Boy #ranma #らんまアニメ)
October 26th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Ranma 1/2 04 らんま1/2 Spoiler Summary/Synopsis A boy named HIBIKI Ryouga stops a charging, giant boar in a remote, rural village, impressing the villagers. He’s looking for Furinkan High School, so the villagers point him toward Tokyo. A week later, Ryouga finally arrives to challenge Ranma. Ranma and Akane just arrive at school when Ryouga
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Back to the Vaults: Record of Lodoss War OVA Review
October 25th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Back to the Vaults: Record of Lodoss War OVA Review ロードス島戦記 Lodoss-tō Senki When I first watched Record of Lodoss War OVA and reviewed it at the end of 2005, the series was compelling enough, but wasn’t quite there. Now, I think I know why. –> Buy Record of Lodoss War (OVA and TV series)
Top Five Favorite Current Manga (October 2024)
October 24th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Top Five Favorite Current Manga (October 2024) I’m insanely busy, so it is time for some cheap content. Plus it is also a way to track the ebbs and flows of manga series I’m following. This will be for current manga. And yeah, I am repurposing old text where possible. 😜 5. Frieren – Beyond
Deedlit is Best Elf
October 23rd, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Deedlit is Best Elf Hey gang. Work is busier than it has ever been of late. And to make matters more fun, I no longer get overtime pay. 😭 Still, it pays the bills. But, it is delaying me from working on blog posts. And I’ve been pretty good of late. Anyway, I am working
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Mahoromatic: Summer Special Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
October 22nd, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Mahoromatic: Summer Special Review まほろまてぃっく 夏のTVスペシャル Mahoromatic Natsu no TV Special Since the Community Anime Reviews site has had numerous outages recently, I’m republishing some of my OG reviews from there. I have corrected obvious spelling errors though. I will add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB note.” 😅 I won’t count these as part
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 15 (Villain Betrayed! #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
October 20th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest 15 フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: With the final orb broken, the Wood Dragon god Aldoron comes to life. The humans that lived in the five cities on his body happily give up their lives and are absorbed by Aldoron. Meanwhile, the White Mage realizes that the person who gave her
