Resident Evil Village reignited Heidi (and everyone's) desire to be stepped on by an intimidating woman.― Hi folks! We're past January 20th and the USA didn't implode, so I think that's certainly cause for celebration! Normally around this time of year I'd be off at MAGfest hanging out with my friends in the DC metro area, playing arcade games and attending panels and concerts until ungodly hours in...
If there is a category for “feel-good manga of the year” in any book award, I would nominate A Man and His Cat immediately.― If there is a category for “feel-good manga of the year” in any book award, I would nominate A Man and His Cat immediately. The third volume of this heartfelt series is every bit as good as the two that came before it, managing to exude warmth and charm without ever coming off...
With the game's major story arcs still being very unfinished, you might be wondering just what Genshin Impact's player base is spending so much time on. But once you set foot in Teyvat's big, open environment, you'll definitely start to understand: this world was built for lots of replayability.― If you look at the list of Twitter's most talked-about games of 2020, you'll see a bunch of names you pr...
Manga about ninja on quest to find elixir of immortality ends on Monday― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Yūji Kaku's Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manga is getting a television anime adaptation. Kaku commented on the adaptation, stating: An anime adaptation! ... it makes me so happy but, it hasn't really sunk in yet and it feels like a dream. ...
Manga about vampire siblings launched on September 14― This year's eighth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published the final chapter on Monday of Kazu Kakazu's Our Blood Oath (Bokura no Ketsumei) manga. Kakazu launched the manga in last year's 41st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on September 14. The manga's first volume shipped on January 4, and the second and final...
Beautiful as it is, the 2020 anime adaptation of Jougi Shiraishi's original light novels Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina is but a pale imitation of the source material.― Beautiful as it is, the 2020 anime adaptation of Jougi Shiraishi's original light novels Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina is but a pale imitation of the source material. Mostly that's because, like many an adaptation b...
If you love roguelikes as a genre and want to experience one of the most satisfying, well-crafted examples of the genre, you owe it to yourself to pick Shiren the Wanderer up.― When you ask Japanese gamers about roguelike dungeon-crawling games, there is one series that stands out as a benchmark among all others: Shiren the Wanderer. The formula developers Chun Soft (now part of Spike-Chunsoft) have...
Prophecy of the Throne tells a compelling story that satisfied me greatly as a Re:Zero fan. It has everything I like about the original series: An intriguing mystery, fun characters, entertaining dialogue, and clever foreshadowing.― The anime world is filled with cheap tie-in visual novel games aimed at niche collectors, very few of which get localized. In fact, this isn't even the first Re:Zero con...