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46 – The Executioner and Her Way of Life by Mato Sato
This new light novel series from Yen Press is amazing. I really loved it and am very excited to read more as it comes out. Anyone read this award winning series yet? FYI you might know it by its alt title, Virgin Road. -
45 – Heterogenia Linguistico by Salt Seno
This week we've got a new manga series about language and culture among "monster" species in a fantasy slice of life story. It's pretty niche, but I really enjoyed it. Have you checked it out yet? - Manga Recommendation: Heterogenia Linguistico by Sal...
44 – Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers by Ishio Yamagata
We're jumping back to one of my longtime favorite light novels, Rokka! It's on hiatus after volume 6 and I truly wish the author would write more, but it's absolutely worth reading regardless. Have you watched the anime? Did you enjoy it? -
43 – The Eminence in Shadow by Daisuke Aizawa
Here's the next of the new light novel series I started recently, and I think it may be my favorite of the bunch. It's really funny and well written, a great comedy of misunderstandings. Let me know if you've read the series and if you like it! -
42 – Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts With a Village by Mizuumi Amakawa
I started a bunch of new light novel series recently and this is one I've been interested in for a bit. It's another isekai civilization builder type story, but not with someone who is ruling from the top down like Realist Hero or Slime.
41 – Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town by Toshio Satou
With the Winter anime season just kicking off, I watched the first episode of this series and decided to jump into the light novels as I often do. Here are my thoughts on the series! What do you think about it? -
40 – 2020 Anime in Review (My favorite shows and the biggest surprises)
Happy New Year! To wrap up the year, I go over my favorite shows and the biggest surprises for me in 2020. What is your anime of the year? What series surprised you the most? - Anime Series: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken; Dorohedoro; BOFURI: I Don’t W...
39 – By the Grace of the Gods Season 1
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Well, the anime adaptation of By the Grace of the Gods just wrapped up this week, so here are my thoughts on how it went. - Anime: By the Grace of the Gods Season 1 by Maho Film - Music
38 – Short Peace, Typhoon Noruda
The Embassy of Japan's Japan Information & Culture Center puts on these free "Animezing!" film screenings every so often that are always worth checking out, and this past weekend was Short Peace and Typhoon Noruda.
37 – News Roundup: November-December 2020 (Sony buys Crunchyroll!)
Here's the News Roundup for Mid-November through Mid-December 2020. Sony bought Crunchyroll (after buying Funimation in 2017)! More Demon Slayer dominance now that we've got full sales data for 2020. New Code Geass!