Happy Thanksgiving to my US listeners! In honor of my favorite holiday, this episode I'm recommending a wonderful manga series about cooking and family. - Manga Recommendation: Sweetness and Lightning by Gido Amagakure - Music

Here's the News Roundup for October through Mid-November 2020. Lots of big new anime announcements from all over including Netflix. And a big batch of new manga and light novel announcements from Viz Media, Yen Press, J-Novel Club, Seven Seas,

I love this wacky time travel story about bath-culture crossing over between ancient Rome and modern-day Japan. It's not only a great comedy, it's a well-researched and quality historical series. Plus, whew those lovely hardcover volumes from Yen Press...

I love this series. It's adorable, funny, endearing, and just comfy. Maybe you've seen the anime adaptation? Well, here's my recommendation for the manga! - Manga Recommendation: Teasing Master Takagi-san by Soichiro Yamamoto - Music

This is a manga series I never dreamed we'd get licensed in English, but maybe there truly was some kind of divine intervention in this case and I'm glad for it. I also briefly touch on the film and OAD episodes that I now also hope we'll get one day t...

Here's the News Roundup for September 2020. Somewhat quiet month, with a slew of anime news and a handful of new licenses for manga and light novels. - Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo - Check out my website.

This episode we've got another light novel series in the same vein as Altina, Realist Hero, Economics of Prophecy, etc. I quite enjoy Genius Prince and think it does enough to differentiate itself from the others to make it worth reading too. -

This series won the second twitter poll and boy am I glad it did! I really enjoyed the first 3 volumes and can't wait for the next one to release. - Light Novel Recommendation: The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life by Usata Nonoha...

I recently ran a poll on twitter to pick which new J-Novel Club license I read first and this series won. So I read the 2 volumes available in English so far and here we are! This is more of a first impression discussion than a recommendation or even a...

Here's the first of the full episode News Roundups covering August 2020. Lots of stuff happened this month. Plus a whole bunch of new manga and light novel licenses! - Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo -