とある科学の超電磁砲（レールガン）/Toaru Kagaku no Railgun A Certain Scientific Railgun Vol. 17 (manga review) –> Purchase A Certain Scientific Railgun Volume 17 from Amazon.com NOTICE!!! In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I am the adapter for the official English translation of the True Tenchi Muyo! novels, which are also published by Seven Seas.
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 120 Manga Review (History Lesson #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 120 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Elefseria tells everyone the story of the founding of the first wizard guild, Magia Dragon. He also states how he organized the guild to help society despite society persecuting them. Thus the quest system got its start. However, a dragon attack wiped
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 10 (Do or Die! #LupinIII)
Lupin the 3rd: Part II 10 Lupin III Part 2 10 ルパン三世 – 新シリーズ Ep. 10 Lupin Sansei Shin Series Lupin III New Series SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Lupin gets invited to a high class party in Paris and takes Fujiko as his date. Fujiko takes a shine to the party’s host, Marcel Dulan, who’s a fan
El Hazard: The Wanderers Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
El Hazard: The Wanderers Review Shinpi no Sekai El Hazard 神秘の世界エルハザード Since the Community Anime Reviews site has been down for a week (looks back up now as I write), 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
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 119 Manga Review (Exposition #FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Chapter 119 Manga Review フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Lucy, Wendy, and Charel (Carla) decide to use Dibabolo’s onsen. Kiria and Misaki are there. A happy Erza joins, her hair restored thanks to Cancer. As a token of friendship, Misaki uses her powers to wash and scrub Erza. Kirin decides to
Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Cour 01 Review (#FairyTail #FairyTail100YearsQuest)
October 7th, 2024 
AstroNerdBoy Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Cour 01 フェアリーテイル 100年クエスト Since Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest just did a recap episode, marking the end of the first cour (in this case, the summer season of 2024), I figured I’d give a review of what we’ve seen thus far. The Story, Thus Far Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Happy,
Ranma 1/2 01 (And so it begins. #ranma #らんまアニメ)
October 6th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Ranma 1/2 01 らんま1/2 YEARS ago when I lived in Japan, I was formally introduced to Japanese animation due to a nutty title called Ranma 1/2. I received a culture shock due to the casual, animated nudity shown in the late afternoon on broadcast TV. That, combines with the wacky premise with a panda, it
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Tags: MAPPA, Netflix, Ranma 1/2, Ranma 1/2 2024, What I'm Watching 
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Mahoromatic Review (Community Anime Reviews Rescue)
October 5th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Mahoromatic Review Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden まほろまてぃっく Since the Community Anime Reviews site has periodic down periods, 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 of the “Back to the Vaults”
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Lupin the 3rd: Part III 46 (Runaway Bride! #LupinIII)
October 4th, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Lupin the 3rd: Part III 46 Lupin III Part 3 46 ルパン三世 – Part III Ep. 46 SPOILER Summary/Synopsis Zenigata discovers the bound and gagged pilots of a charter jet, carrying a priceless Hina-matsuri Doll set. Lupin and Jigen fly the jet away. When Lupin opens the chest, Zenigata is there with the dolls. Lupin
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Keroro Gunsou Episode 131 (Space Battles #SgtFrog)
October 3rd, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Keroro Gunsou Episode 131 ケロロ軍曹/Sgt. Frog Anime Review SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: Giroro stuns his platoon by requesting leave. He refuses to tell Natsumi where he’s going. As such, Natsumi hides in a storage container Giroro attaches to his hover craft. In their HQ, Keroro’s platoon monitors Giroro’s flight and discover he lands in Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan.
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“Takeshi’s Castle” and “MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge”
October 2nd, 2024 AstroNerdBoy “Takeshi’s Castle” and “MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” When I lived in Japan, I was introduced to an insane series called Takeshi’s Castle. I loved it so much, I wrote a piece about it for the early days of this blog in late 2006. Fast forward to early August, Discotek Media announced that they license-rescued
Sweetness and Lightning Volume 05 Manga Review
October 1st, 2024 AstroNerdBoy Sweetness and Lightning Volume 05 Manga Review Amaama to Inazuma Manga Volume 05 –> Buy Sweetness and Lightning Volume 05 from Amazon.com! * * * S P O I L E R S * * * The Story, in Brief Tsumugi invites male classmate Suguru-kun over to her house after he has difficulty dealing with
