Azure Flame Reloaded

Reviewed this week: Cazador 15-16, Darker than Black 15-16, Doujin Work 3, Higurashi Kai 3, Mushi-Uta 1-2, RxJ 15, SaiMono II 15, Seirei no Moribito 15, Tetsuko no Tabi 1 …and in manga: Homunculus volume 8, Spiral 41, Tsubasa 161, Yotsuba&! 48 Zombie-Loan has been unceremoniously dropped, much like Liu Bei’s son was after Zhao [...]

This week, the new season continues to show little in the way of promise, whilst more and more swear themselves to the rising cult of Dennou Coil worship. Meanwhile, the world’s finest minds puzzle over how to get their cat to walk through a cat grooming ring. Reviewed this week: Cazador 14, Darker than Black [...]

This week in anime, old series are finishing whilst new ones begin, and licensing forces me to resort to raws once again. The question is- will I ever get around to seeing the rest of Love GetChu and Shounen Onmyouji (surely not the hardest series to understand with or without subs)? Reviewed this week: Darker [...]

It’s a week of improvement in the anime world, as the good series remain good, and the poor ones struggle all the way up to mediocre. Can this upward trend continue, or will it all go downhill again soon? Either way, some new series should be joining us soon when the summer season gets underway. [...]

If your sensibilities are not easily offended, you may find Sexy English amusing. A video intended to help Japanese speakers learn slang terms for intercourse and genitalia, it doesn’t show anything explicit, but it should still be considered NSFW. Oh, and apparently a Tsubasa OVA has been announced. The only hope for it being any [...]

Phantom Brave is nearly at an end, but does this mean that the ‘third’ gaming era is about to close? Far from it, for this is just the beginning of the renewed SRPG era. In other news, I’ll probably be starting ‘SaiMono Alternative’ soon, so I can parody even in this sub-less situation. Reviewed this [...]

As a servant of my cruel yet furry masters, the fat cats, I can do no less than begin this week’s Tuesday Rumble with a link to the Dog and Cat Diaries. The Future of Seirei no Moribito As is beginning to become apparent, for all that it has been largely enjoyable, Seirei no Moribito [...]

Is it me, or is it the ‘first wave’ of most anticipated series that you plan to watch in any given season usually the ones that disappoint most, whilst the overlooked ones that hardly anyone blogs about end up being the hidden gems? In general, anyway, everyone knows these rules are made up to have [...]

‘ To everyone who has commented on Mai-Otome Zwei episode 2 to say how complex it is, I give you this- episode three’s topless scene. Reviewed this week: Cazador 7, Claymore 7-8, Darker than Black 6, KouSang 6, Moonlight Mile 1, Nodame 17, RxJ 6-7, Emma II 4 …and in manga: Elfen Lied 76, Spiral [...]

That damned patch worker should die for everything he”s done to us…wait, who is he anyway? So there I was, with plenty to do on Thursday evening, when I managed to add even more tasks to the list by deciding to move to ikimashou.net. At the same time, I’m also dealing with a new Phantom [...]