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AniManga Picture Challenge Week 24: Winter Scarfs
This week, we took on @BongoMcnulty's topic of Winter Scarfs with shots from #anime and #manga!
Anticipated Anime of 2025
My list of anime to watch in 2025 includes some new entries in classic mecha franchises, continuations of great fantasy series, and a couple of new original works that show promise.
Symphogear Episode 08: No Shadows in the Sunlight
Chris struggles to find a new path while Hibiki and Miku deal with the fallout of their fractured friendship.
Bang Brave Bang Bravern
My favorite show of the Winter 2024 season has modern day military forces fighting back against aliens along side a bombastic space mecha.
2022 Was A Great Year for Anime
We haven't seen a year packed with so many great anime since 2018!
Macross Frontier Episode Guide 28: Labyrinth of Time
This brief, spectacular return to the Macross Frontier story meets and surpasses expectations with a wonderful new song and brilliant, colorful animation.
Review: Akebi’s Sailor Uniform Anime
Akebi’s Sailor Uniform is a fun, good-natured show that allows its energetic lead to become the glue that binds her entire junior high class together.
Review: Gekijouban Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Movie
The Revue Starlight Movie pulls off a surprising, well founded continuation of the anime series that is spectacularly theatric from beginning to end.
Bite-sized Backstory 1: Fundament
Destiny, the first person shooter developed by Bungie, has a wealth of backstory hidden away in its off screen Grimoire. This series digs into some of the most fascinating bits of Destiny's first few years of lore.
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Bite-sized Backstory 51: The Mutiny
A third of Mara Sov's Awoken depart the Reef in order to help the people of Earth. Meanwhile, Sjur sacrifices herself to save thousand of Awowken lives.
Review: Toy Story 4
Toy Story 4 upholds the legacy of its predecessors while reexamining some of the darker messages established in past Toy Story films. I very much enjoyed it.
Bite-sized Backstory 50: The Plight of Earth
Mara's Awoken have found Earth, but for the first time in the thousands of years since she awoke on the Distributary, Mara has a major political problem.
Macross Frontier Episode Guide 01: Cross Encounter
As first episodes go, the Yak Deculture Edition of Macross Frontier is a very strong introduction to the fifth major Macross series.
Bite-sized Backstory 49: The Long Unquiet Night
Mara Sov and her Awoken survive the transition back to our solar system, but the trip leaves much of their technology in ruins. Now, they must find refuge in a Reef of asteroids and derelict Golden Age ships where they can rebuild their technology and their numbers.
The Best Keynote In Years?
Apple's 2019 WWDC keynote was packed with so many great things it was hard to even choose which ones to talk about. They totally nailed it.
Review: Pirates Outlaws
Pirates Outlaws is a fun, turn-based, card-collection-based, roguelike with some similarities to one of the greatest roguelikes of all time: FTL Faster Than Light
Bite-sized Backstory 48: Departure
Mara Sov wrestles with regrets as she prepares to depart the Distributary and lead her fleet of starships back out of the pocket universe that kept her people hidden and safe for millennia. But, before her fleet can finish its final countdown, Sjur Eido reports to Mara that missiles from the Distributary are inbound!
Review: Aladdin (2019)
Disney's 2019 live action adaptation of the 1992 classic got some cheers from the audience I saw it with, but left me somewhat disappointed. While Will Smith managed to put in a respectable performance as the Genie, this new version of Aladdin came up short with regards to characters, pacing, and even failed to equal the original's spectacle and song.
Review: RWBY Volume 6
Season 6 of RWBY continues the long running series and marks a nice rebound from season 5 in terms of fight scenes and pacing. More of Remnant's mysteries are revealed, one of RWBY's long time rivals is notably defeated, and the season ends on an upbeat note while still retaining the sense of uncertainty that has made the show so great ever since Beacon fell in season 3.