Archive
March 2010
Ongoing Investigations: Case #078 Detective Conan: The Fourteenth Target, Mega Man 10, Otaku in Review – Sleeping with Hisui, Pluto vols. 2-7, Spice and Wolf.
NYICFF 2010: Mai Mai Miracle, I am the great pretender! Narutaki flies solo on this film about a small town and big imaginations.
NYICFF 2010: Summer Wars w/ Mamoru Hosoda, Guest starring Rabbit Terry Bogard. We were lucky enough to see Summer Wars on the big screen and with Mamoru Hosoda no less!
Otaku Cook Up!: Narutaki’s Ziti Gundam The recipe for easy and yummy ziti!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #077 Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ eps. 31-50, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Parallel Works, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen, Toradora eps. 2-7.
March’s Final Denouement: Heaven’s Fury and the Defense of Sakura Matou Hisui is miffed that some fans call Sakura a slut and isn’t going to stand for it anymore!
Otaku Diaries Part 9: Anime in the year 21XX. As our last full article about the Otaku Diaries, we look at fandom’s future.
February 2010
Ongoing Investigations: Case #076 Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, Foiled, My Darling! Miss Bancho vol. 1, One Piece ch. 574, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Viral’s Sweet Dream.
REPOST: Con Survival for a new year! Just a friendly reminder to check out all our tips and tricks for the con season.
The Rough Guide to Anime, Hoofing it in the Anime Outback. We discuss this little introductory guide to anime’s variety and history.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #075 Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ eps. 16-30, Rampage vol. 1, Seitokaichou ni Chuukoku ep. 1.
Visual Novel Logos Part 3: Oh the drama. The last in our series of looks at visual novel logos takes on fantasy games.
The Speakeasy: A Reverse Thieves Podcast – Drink #002 Heart of Fire, Go Nagai VS. Gurren Lagann.
Sexy Voice and Robo, The Girl and the Otaku from U.N.C.L.E. Our review contribution to the Manga Moveable Feast.
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Nickname Guide Just thing you need to remember all those characters!
Legend of the Galactic Heroes Part 1: Ambition The first (of many) post that delves into the space opera of space operas!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #074 Detective Conan: The Last Wizard of the Century, Genshiken 2, Katanagatari ep. 1, Swallowing the Earth.
Otaku Diaries Part 8: Friends don’t let friends watch Akikan! This time we take a look at friendship and solidarity!
February’s Final Denouement: The mysterious use of screentone in OEL. Narutaki looks at the differences in approach to screentone from manga to OEL.
January 2010
Ongoing Investigations: Case #073 Baka to Test to Shokanju eps. 1-2, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ eps. 1-15, Swan vols. 10-14, Tatsunoko VS. Capcom Nintendo World event, Umineko no Naku Koro ni: End of the Golden Witch, Yumeiro Patissiere eps. 8-15.
Unprecedented Game (aka Dazzle), It’s the pleasure of all men to be inconvenienced by beautiful women. Our review of the short TV series about a girl that reminded us both of Lina Inverse!
It’s Otaku Mech Up Time! We did a guest post called Rocket Punching Straight to Your Heart An Absolute Beginners Guide to Mecha for Tim Maugahn’s blog.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #072 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel, The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder Part 2, Stolen Hearts vol. 1, The World I Create, Yotsuba&! vols. 1-5, Tachikoma die-cast figure.
Still Not Frozen Out: Winter 2010 Anime Guide We take a peek at some first episodes of the new season, with some large omissions.
The Speakeasy: A Reverse Thieves Podcast – Drink #001 Bloody Mary, A discussion of strong female characters.
Visual Novel Logos Part 2: Bloggers just wanna have fun! Our second look at visual novel logos tackles those light-hearted bishojo games!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #071 Bleach: The Third Phantom, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Gundam SEED Complete Best CD/DVD, Natsu e no Tobira movie, New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
Interview with Ed Chavez of Vertical Inc. Our lengthy interview with Ed about what everyone is talking about, Vertical’s new manga line.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #070 5 Deadly Venoms, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni visual novel, The Princess and the Frog, Town of Evening Calm Country of Cherry Blossoms, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s eps. 1-20.
Otaku Diaries Part 7: Finding that special person to watch Whisper of the Heart with. The seventh part of our series takes a look at relationships and views on dating!
January’s Final Denouement: The secrets of incest and childhood friends. Hisui discusses why these two tropes show up so much in the romance genre.
New Year’s Resolution Match Game Match the New Year’s resolution to the correct anime character. Far better than that money making game the old guy in the cave wants you to play.
December 2009
Narutaki & Hisui VS. 2009 We end 2009 with our 3rd annual awards post where we look back on the highlights and low points of the year.
Shin Christmas Carol Z! Episode 2 of an anime retelling of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.
Secret Santa Project Reveal Find out who gave what shows to who and read all the reviews by the awesome bloggers who participated in the project.
Secret Santa Project Review: Texhnolyze, What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. Our review of the muddled world of Texhnolyze for our own Secret Santa project. Sufficed to say we were not the biggest fans of the show.
IN THE YEAR 2000(…through 2009)! Yes, yes, everyone and their mother is doing a 2000’s post, but ours features not the cream of the crop necessarily, but good shows not to overlook.
Visual Novel Logos Part 1: . . . sad bloggers in snow . . . We take a look at visual novel games based purely on the design choices, in this section we examine “crying girl games.”
Ongoing Investigations: Case #069 Animal Detectives Kiruminzoo eps. 1-3, Anime 3000 Panel – S02E10 – The Reverse Thieves Podcast, Cross Game eps. 29-36, Exo-Squad, Perfect Grade RX-78-2 Gundam kit, Kannagi OVA.
Otaku Diaries Part 6: The Otaku post for people who hate Otaku. This latest post goes into the tension in the anime fan community over fan behavior and shame (or lack there of) that comes along with it.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #068 Ani-Gamers Podcast #023 – A Melodramatic Podcast Revolt, Boom Boom Satellites show, Detective Conan VS. Lupin III, Donkey Kong Country, Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Higurashi no Naku Koro ni: Rei OAVs.
Manga of the Month: December RG Veda and Maison Ikkoku.
November 2009
Daughter of Twenty Faces, Watch, listen, and think for yourself. Finally we review this series that pretty much screams, “Our type of show!”
Ongoing Investigations: Case #067 Angel Notes, Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser, Kaidan Restaurant ep. 1, Liar Game: The Roots of A, The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yumeiro Patissiere eps. 1-7.
What do the characters we hate say about us? This week we flip things around and ask an equally compelling question!
What do the characters we like say about us? This week we ask a question that has been on our minds for a while. And we hope you can help us answer it.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #066 A Certain Scientific Railgun eps. 1-6, Dirty Pair TV, Dragon Eye vol. 8, Hitohira, Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas eps. 1-6, The Lizard Prince vol. 1.
Time of Eve, All About Eve Our review of the well executed ONA that leaves us hoping for more!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #065 Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Fate/Tiger Colosseum, Fate/Unlimited Codes, Hausu, Kimi ni Todoke eps. 2-5, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box.
Otaku Diaries Part 5: Recipe for an Otaku. So what are all the little things that our participants have in common?
Manga of the Month: November Honey and Clover and Palette of 12 Secret Colors.
October 2009
Ongoing Investigations: Case #064 Blue Literature ep. 1, Deka Kyoshi vol. 1, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, Winter Sonata eps. 0-1.
Mechademia #2, Return of the Anime Literati! Every now and again you have to take a walk on the intellectual side, even if you don’t know what they are talking about.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #063 Bakemonogatari eps. 1-12, Color of Heaven, GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class eps. 6-12, Giant Robo OVA eps. 5-7, Otomen live action ep. 1.
Ballads of the Earth and the Moon: After War Gundam X, Newtype Dolphin . . . ’nuff said. Hisui goes solo on this review of a Gundam series that takes a serious beating from fans.
Fall of the House of Anime Another new season to take stock of, too bad it only has a few gems.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #062 Black Rock Shooter ep. 1, Cross Game eps. 22-28, D.Gray Man vol. 14, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Palette of 12 Secret Colors vols. 2-5, Saki.
Nagi Sanzenin: In Praise of the Ota-Queen Hisui waxes poetic about a character who gets too much guff.
Eureka Seven: Surfing, Robots, Surfing Robots, and Young Love Lothos takes a crack at Eureka Seven plus a look at its similarities with Evangelion.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #061 Akagi eps. 14-26, Fruits Basket vols. 22-23, Inu-Yasha: The Final Act, Otaku no Musume-san, Taisho Baseball Girls eps. 2-12, Letter Bee Special: Light and Blue Night Fantasy.
Otaku Diaries Part 4: Mirror, mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all? The latest results with a focus on looks versus brains, plus what one word people would use to describe our participants!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #060 Canaan eps. 2-13, Oh! My Brother vol. 1, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Rocket Girls eps. 9-12, Shin Mazinger Shogeki! Z-Hen eps. 2-26, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 eps. 2-11.
Manga of the Month: October Swan and Hyakko.
September 2009
New York Anime Festival 2009 Our full, in-depth con report in record speed! Maybe it was the Tomino love.
Ballads of the Earth and the Moon: Turn A Gundam, UNIVERSE! Hisui busts out a review of Tomino’s 20th anniversary project just in time for his appearance at NYAF 2009.
Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket, A pocket full of tears. A short and unique OVA in the Gundam library.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #059 Flower, Sun, and Rain, Giant Robo OVA eps. 1-4, Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Burned, Gundam Sousei vol. 1-2, Swan vols. 6-8, One Piece pins.
Char’s Counterattack, An ending three times as fast! The ending of the story and the rivalry that started it all!
Aishiteruze Baby, Just the two of us. A melodramtic manga that has plenty of heart and cuteness to go around.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #058 Akagi eps. 8-13, One Piece, Swan vols. 3-5, Tales of Monkey Island, Two Flowers for the Dragon vol. 4, Reni’s Maid Show.
Zeta Gundam, Punching people in the face = Saying hello. The be all end all of sequels or so it has been said.
Otaku Diaries Part 3: Sticks, stones, AND words can hurt you! A look into bullying within the otaku community. Who was bullied? Who was a bully?
Ongoing Investigations: Case #057 +C Sword and Cornett vol. 1, A*NI*ME: Japanese Animation Production class, Go! Tenba Cheerleaders vol. 1, Kidou Senshi Gundam-san vol. 1, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, The Walking Man.
Manga of the Month: September Team Medical Dragon and Kagen no Tsuki.
August 2009
Ongoing Investigations: Case #056 Detroit Metal City movie, Dogs: Bullets and Carnage OVA, Reverse Thieves fan art, Patlabor: The New Files OVA, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
Guin Saga (#2-5): The Marches Episode, Hungry like the leopard. Our follow-up review to the first novel and it stands strong!
The thin line between moe and masturbation. Are moe and eroticism intrinsically linked?
Ongoing Investigations: Case #055 Children of the Sea vol. 1, Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, Kekkaishi vol. 18, My Japanese Coach, The Garden of Sinners: Oblivion Recorder, A Tale of an Unknown Country vol. 1.
Gundam 08th MS Team, Can love bloom on the battlefield? The answer is a resounding, “Yes!” Find out how 08th MS Team stole our hearts.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #054 Akagi eps. 1-7, Ani-Gamers Podcast #018 – The Mega-Podcast, Blade of the Immortal vol. 21, MPD Psycho vols. 4-9, Onani Master Kurosawa, Tanpenshu vols. 1-2.
Animal Treasure Island, Shiver me timbers! We take a look at this unique children’s film from the 70’s.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #053 Eureka Seven eps. 27-50, Gundam 00F, Gundam Evolve, Lupin the Third: Monkey Majik, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
Otaku Diaries Part 2: Otaku! Threat or Menace? The project continues with a look at the varying opinions on the word “otaku.”
Manga of the Month: August Maid Sama and Hitohira.
July 2009
Ongoing Investigations: Case #052 Bamboo Blade vol.1, Char Action Base, GS-9900 G-Falcon, GX-9901-DX Gundam Double X, Sugar Sugar Rune vols. 5-6, The Battle of Genryu: Origin vol. 1, The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair.
Otakon 2009 A mega-long con report for a mega-awesome con!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #051 Dragon Eye vol. 7, Eureka Seven eps. 1-26, Guardian of the Darkness, The Astro Boy Essays, Umineko no Naku Koro ni eps. 2-4.
Sum-Sum-Summer Time! It’s that time of year again so begins another action-packed look at the new spread of anime!
New York Asian Film Festival 2009 We attended 5 films this year, see how we felt about the films and the event itself.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #050 Ai Shite Night eps. 1-4, One Piece: Carue Portrait of Pirates figure, Galaxy Railways eps. 1-14, Loran Cehack, Ranka Lee, Sochie Heim, Turn A Gundam: Loran Cehack and Sochie Heim figures, Macross Frontier: Ranka Lee figure, Twelve Kingdoms novel 3.
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! Food for thought. Our look at the Ota-King’s memoir about life before and after a major weight loss.
Otaku Diaries Part 1: Lies, damn lies, and statistics Our most ambitious project to date kicks off with the basics.
Contest + Happy 2nd Birthday, Reverse Thieves! Two years already! BELIEVE IT!
Manga of the Month: July Key to the Kingdom and Touch.
June 2009
Keepin’ it REAL! We take on “realism” in anime and why some things are considered so more than others. No concrete answers here, just thoughts.
Ongoing Investigations: Case #049 The Colony Drop Men of Destiny Club: Hi-Speed Jecy, Gundam 00 SD model, Hatsukoi Limited, Monkey High! vol. 6, Quest for the Missing Girl.
AnimeNEXT 2009 Our first dual con report of the season! The new location does not impress us but the people we met did!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #048 Ballad of the Shinigami vol. 1, Basquash ep. 2-6, Disappearance Diary, No Girls Allowed, Saint Young Men vol. 1, Steam Detectives: White vocal album.
Mechademia #1, Attack of the Anime Literati! We go academic with this week’s review of a collection of essays with wide ranging views about anime and manga.
Kamichu!, Let’s all go to Kami-con! Our look at a cute and family friendly show with many gods!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #047 Cross Game vols. 1-7, D.Gray Man vol. 13, Eden of the East eps. 2-6, Shinjuku Shark, Shinjuku Shark: The Poison Ape.
Experiment: Building Master Grade, IKU! We tell you all about our Gunpla experience, prepare to be astounded(or not)!
Manga of the Month: June Hourou Musuko and Say Hello to Black Jack.
May 2009
Ongoing Investigations: Case #046 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, Gundam 00: Allelujah Calendar Character figure, Kekkaishi vol. 17, Lux-Pain, Suikoden Tierkreis, Zettai Shonen eps. 4-8.
Contest + First Look: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl, We are living in a Judo world and I am a Judo girl! Double the fun with a look at a gem from the early 90’s and a contest to win the first box set!
Ongoing Investigations: Case #045 Dogs Prelude 0, Fate/Stay Night: Rider figure, Hissing vols. 5-6, Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei: Nozomu Itoshiki Nenderoid, One Piece: Brook and Rob Lucci Portrait of Pirates figures, Spiral vol. 7.
One Pound Gospel, Bang, bang! Zoom, zoom! My girlfriend is a nun! Our first full-length manga review is a look at one of Rumiko Takahashi’s lesser known works.
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens: Sakura Matsuri 2009 Hisui views the falling cherry blossoms in the rain.
Japan Society: KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games Exhibit An exhibit that combines a few of my favorite things! Is the sum greater than the individual parts?
Special Screening: L Change the WorLd, A 12-year-old’s bad fan-fiction? We barely survive the movie and come back with this review as our dying message.
Guin Saga #1: The Leopard Mask, And he’s watchin’ us all in the eye of the leopard! We look at the first book in the Guin Saga fantasy novel series.
Manga of the Month: May Vinland Saga and Short Program.
April 2009
Con Survival Series: How to Navigate the Dealers’ Room The last in our series of convention going tips!
Spring Fever: 08th MS Team Hisui’s Report Hisui takes on a few extra cases with the spring season!
Spring Fever For the love and glory of reviewing the new anime of the season we present you with our first impressions.
Experiment: Crunchyroll Subscription, Sample Platter We took a three-month test run of Crunchyroll’s anime subscription to come back and tell you whether it’s worth it or not.
Gundam 0079, Whoops! Sorry I beam-sabered your girlfriend! We take a look at the very beginning of the Gundam franchise. Ikimaaaaaasu!
Castle Point Anime Convention 2009 Hisui gives a solo run down of this tiny, one day con over in New Jersey.
Manga of the Month: April X-Day and Addicted to Curry.
March 2009
Con Survival Series: How to Run a Panel Our first “how to” piece in our con series! We picked our brains to help you run a better panel.
Kurozuka = Kuro + Kuromitsu = Kurosuck A not-so-positive review by Lothos.
The Shining Darkness Series: 5cm Per Second The final piece in our Makoto Shinkai series proves he has lost nothing as he continues on.
The Shining Darkness Series: The Place Promised in Our Early Days A look into Makoto Shinkai’s work with a real budget!
The Shining Darkness Series: Voices of a Distant Star Our look at the work that put Makoto Shinkai on the map!
Manga of the Month: March Maria+Holic and Spiral: Bonds of Reasoning.
February 2009
Con Survival Series: Schedule and Time Management The next piece in our series is full of tips for making the most of what little time you have at the con.
NYCC 2009 ICv2 Conference Hisui gets an official look at how the industry is doing and what their future plans are.
New York Comic Con 2009 The longest con report, ever! Because there was a ton to do and we did it.
Death in Anime, Who wants to live forever? We take a look at all manners of deaths in anime. SPOILERS!
Winter Storm Watch A first look at the new shows in Japan’s winter line-up!
Manga of the Month: February Saint Tail and Yankee-kun to Megane-chan.
January 2009
Con Survival Series: Money and Packing Fourth in the ongoing con survival series, we talk about the common question of how much money you need, plus packing light.
Interview with Kurt Hassler of Yen Press We chat it up about him, the company, and Yen Plus.
Kino’s Journey, The road less traveled. Our review of a unique little show.
Narutaki & Hisui VS. 2008 Our first big post of the year and we are taking a look at what is behind us.
Manga of the Month: January Future Diary and Atashi wa Bambi.
December 2008
Con Survival Series: Tickets and Transportation Third in the series of helpful hints for con goers this month we talk getting tere and when to buy con tickets.
All we want for Christmas! On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me…
Your mother is a Fujoshi! A critical look as some overzealous fans in the fujoshi community.
Poll Results: Is CLANNAD actually popular in the U.S.? A small poll we conducted and our thoughts on it.
Le Chevalier D’Eon, Who knew Robespierre was drop dead gorgeous? Our review of this historically based anime that gets little attention.
Byakuya isn’t the only one getting a piece of Renji’s ass. Guest editorial by Lothos.
Manga of the Month: December Yorushiku Master and Liar Game.
November 2008
Con Survival Series: Room and Board The next piece in our convention series, we give you tips and helpful hints for planning your hotel and food arrangements.
Experiment: Kodomo no Jikan, Give me my soul back. We take a look at the first two books of this controversial manga. Lord, in retrospect I don’t know why we did this.
Special Screening: Death Note the Last Name, aka The True Ending We got to check out the second Death Note movie in theaters and we certainly think you should see it yourself.
Faust Anthology #1, Doraemon, witches, and hikikomori, OH MY! We sped through this ambitious anthology from Del Rey.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Why not? A guest review by Boxing Octopus and Lothos.
Anime & Manga of the Month: November Magic User’s Club and March Comes in Like a Lion.
October 2008
NYAF 2008 Ryu Moto Interview We got a rare treat and sat down with the creator of Petite EVA and a big anime fan himself, Ryu Moto.
Con Survival Series: Introduction and Gameplan The first piece in our new series, just giving you a heads up on what is to come.
Fall Into Me By popular demand (not really) we have taken a quick look at many of the new Fall shows in Japan!
NYAF 2008 Lance Fensterman Interview A lengthy interview with one of the head honchos behind New York Anime Festival.
Providence Anime Conference 2008 The first one ever and we have full coverage!
“The most useless are those who never change through the years.” A look at the misguided dislike of Raki from Claymore and Saji and Louise from Gundam 00.
NYAF 2008 A Walk Through Artist Alley This is a supplemental report from Skeith!
New York Anime Festival 2008 Our convention report for this second year con kicks off our October articles! As usual our con report is extremely long.
Anime & Manga of the Month: October Urusei Yatsura and D.N.Angel.
September 2008
Please hire another fact checker MSNBC. So anime is mainstream? Apparently not.
Macross Frontier, I’m not an adult, I’m a MAN! It is over! Our final review in the Macross franchise.
Macross Zero, Every man should throw away his life for a woman once in his life. An incredibly expensive OVA, but does it measure up to the Macross name?
Macross 7 Dynamtie, Valkyries have two modes, manual and guitar. This OVA was so freakin’ odd we had to pull it from the Macross 7 article and give it its own!
Macross 7, Rock solves any problem. Our review of the most bestest robot show of all time. It will touch your soul.
Macross Plus, Luck is just one of my many skills. A classic if you were a fan in the 90’s and it’s still good!
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II, What only stars remember. The non canon Macross still derserves a little appreciation.
Anime & Manga of the Month: September They Were 11 and Excel Saga.
August 2008
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, Do You Remember Love? It’s far better to hug a woman than to fight her. Our review of one of the best things to come out of the 80’s!
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, I joined the military because I love women! We kick off Macross Madness with the show that started it all!
Yaoi Reading Day with a ninja! We attend this strange and somewhat enlightening event hosted by Erin of the Ninja Consultants podcast.
First Look: Moribito Guardian of the Spirit, Have spear will travel. This show will be on Cartoon Network starting the 24th so we take a sneak peek to get you watching!
School Rumble Season 01, Love is a many splendored battlefield. Guest review by Skeith.
First Look: Yen Plus, A yen for your thoughts. We picked up this new monthly anthology and give you all our first impressions and mini-reviews of its titles.
Anime & Manga of the Month: August Irresponsible Captain Tylor and Sugar Sugar Rune.
July 2008
Sword of the Stranger, Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated? Our review of Bandai’s recent release in theaters.
Batman Gotham Knight, Pow! Splat! Kerplop! Flurb! We take a peek at this co-production of shorts about the Caped Crusader. No spoilers necessary.
Summer Heats Up Our first looks at a load of new summer programing.
Special Screening: Paprika w/ Satoshi Kon, Get out of my dreams, get into my car. We went to this little event and we give you the rundown on it and the film itself.
AnimeNEXT 2008 Our first con report of the season!
Anime & Manga of the Month: July Living Game and Princess Tutu.
Happy Birthday, Reverse Thieves! We turn one year old!
June 2008
Hayate the Combat Butler, There is only dirty otaku blood in our veins! We love Hayate! Who doesn’t want a combat butler?
Gosick Novel #01, Super loli detective! Our brief review of the recently translated light novel. And since we liked it of course there won’t be anymore released in English.
Brooklyn Museum: Takashi Murakami Superflat Exhibit We give you our opinions on this artist’s body of work and specifically the new exhibit.
What is a fan? A miserable pile of doujinshi! We discuss what we think defines a fan.
Anime & Manga of the Month: June Dragon Eye and Black Lagoon.
May 2008
Special Screening: Death Note the movie, I needs more L We went to the special screening of the Death Note movie!
Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, We mustn’t runaway! We try to review the new Eva movie without bias and without spoilers.
Spring Falls Out Our first looks at the shows of the new season in Japan.
Anime and Manga of the Month: May Nodame Cantabile and BECK Mongolian Chop Squad.
April 2008
New York Comic Con 2008 A convention report on the anime end.
Hataraki Man, Three times the speed of a normal worker! A brief (and not a spoiler to be seen) review of the Hataraki Man anime.
Gundam 00 Season 01, Don’t judge a series by its bishie character designs. Our spoiler-free review of the first half of Gundam 00. Why do we have to wait so long for the rest?
Zero Day Warez Duex! Well, now that we’ve seen it, what did we think of the whole deal?
Zero Day Warez! Holy moley! Anime coming out the same time in the U.S. as in Japan!
March 2008
Ouran High School Host Club, Water can’t hurt handsome men. Finally, the review of Ouran High School Host Club. Spoiler-free just for you.
February 2008
Batman: Gotham Knight, Bat-Bishonen Our thoughts on the first look at Batman: Gotham Knight.
The Story of Saiunkoku, A crane standing amidst a flock of chickens. A lengthy review of The Story of Saiunkoku which we totally loved. And not a spoiler to be seen.
Violinist of Hameln, It’s sort of an anime. Our no spoiler review of the limited animation production Violinist of Hameln.
January 2008
Boys’ love is a funny thing. Love shonen style!
Now I can definitely get behind sparkles and bishonen! We talk about lovely love in the shojo realm.
Rose of Versailles, The manliest man is really a woman! An essential shojo story! Our spoiler-free review of Rose of Versailles.
What the heck do Yashigani and Yandere mean? We discuss labels in fandom.
December 2007
Narutaki and Hisu VS. 2007 We take a look back at lots of random stuff from this past year.
How can you not see it’s awesome? The most popular shows in Japan never make it to the U.S.
New York Anime Festival 2007 The first anime con in NYC in four years! Read how we thought it turned out.
Are we on the cusp of revolution? There was an open letter to the industry on ANN by Justin Sevakis, we discuss it and our views of what can be done.
November 2007
Naming her Duck is not a reason to march on Washington. Oh those fans, so many demands.
Best AMVs I’ve never seen. We just chit chat about AMV love.
Size does matter. How long should a series be? Enough with the filler, please!
Lost in the shuffle. We talk about shows that were once required viewing but now have fallen off the map.
Kinokuniya Grand Opening Bash YAY! A new Japanese book store opens in NYC with a bang!
Lum is awesome and so not tsundere! We talk about a couple of misconceptions involving Urusei Yatsura.
October 2007
Japan is lookin’ to crack down! Japan makes a plea to America, help stop illegal distribution of anime.
2 Golden Oldies Our first look at the ImaginAsia releases of Cat’s Eye and Orguss.
MangaNEXT 2007 Our report from a little-bitty con over in New Jersey.
Claymore, No yuri scenes despite how much you want it. Our spoiler-free review of Claymore.
Lights, camera, Nippon live action! Well, we did live action anime in the U.S. now we are moving over the ocean for some more.
September 2007
I got Geek Backed, booyah! Geek Nights did a show about my e-mail and here was our lengthy discussion about it.
Lights, camera, live action! American live action adaptations of anime.
Get ‘em while their hot! Watching the latest in Japan is good and makes you feel smart.
Kekkaishi, Ultimate box making technique! Why did no one watch this? Spoiler-free!
Now this is what it’s like when worlds collide ADV and Geneon, if you haven’t already heard.
Diamonds in a Sea of Porn Video games based on anime and anime based on games. Video games that we want now!
August 2007
The Unabomber doesn’t pay for anime! DVD sales are decreasing and we are talk about why we are mad as hell about it.
Moe! Good God ya’ll! What is it good for? Moe . . .
I hate you Misa Misa Crappy female characters and why there are so many.
Why must the phrase, “You fight like a girl,” be an insult? Strong women in anime and manga, are there any?
July 2007
Otakon 2007 Obviously our little con report.
Manga Pod this! Our look at the current state of the U.S. manga industry and its marketing of American made “manga.”
