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Chihayafuru 2 Episode 19: I Do Not Know Where This Love Will Take Me

Chihayafuru 2 Episode 19: I Do Not Know Where This Love Will Take Me

“Remember to breath,” Taichi thinks to himself, demonstrating more self control arguably than anyone else watching this week’s episode. And we are not even playing. Of course, in true Chihayafuru teasing fashion, we do not know the outcome between the Hokuo and Akashi match. Chihaya’s status for the individual tournament is unclear. For the time [...]

Bridging The Gap BULLETIN: The Anime Sols Experiment

Bridging The Gap BULLETIN: The Anime Sols Experiment

After what seemed like years since the anime streaming market reached something of a cooling point, the week was aglow with news that there was more than one bold newcomer aboard, ready to challenge the current model in ways few others have yet to venture. As recently mentioned, the Daisuki concept and site represents a [...]

Daisuki, a Studio-Backed Anime Streaming Service: First Look and Interview

Daisuki, a Studio-Backed Anime Streaming Service: First Look and Interview

A new legal streaming service, backed directly by Japan’s biggest animation studios, has just launched! It’s called Daisuki, and we got a chance to speak to them about the service and what it promises.

Aku No Hana Episode 5 – 6

Aku No Hana Episode 5 – 6

The Paper and Monsieur LaMoe discusses Aku No Hana, fetishism of Kasuga.

Chihayafuru 2 Episode 18: My Fear is That You Will Forget

Chihayafuru 2 Episode 18: My Fear is That You Will Forget

Arata isn’t even trying and he’s still oozing sex simply by squatting outside the tournament doors. That’s the key to being truly sexy. It’s never forced. It just is. I am upset we got to view Shinobu’s pantsu but never Arata’s underwear. Sexist. Anyways. This week will be a public service announcement on introversion. I [...]

Severing Crime Edge, fetish anime, hand-fetish!

Severing Crime Edge, fetish anime, hand-fetish!

Girls’ fetish, utterly mystery to me.

Aku No Hana, buruma fetish, indirect skinship.

Aku No Hana, buruma fetish, indirect skinship.

Buruma is elixir! Indirect skinship.

Chihayafuru 2 Episode 17: Gust of Wind

Chihayafuru 2 Episode 17: Gust of Wind

Last week was a total tease. At the cusp of the finals, we were fed a recap episode instead. The interrupted timing subdued the excitement of the match for this week but it ended in spectacular fashion as usual. This week definitely revolved around Chihaya but I keep thinking of Kana-chan. The seemingly effortless yet [...]

Crime Edge 4, Inoue Kikuko as Snack’s Mama, jazz pianist!

Crime Edge 4, Inoue Kikuko as Snack’s Mama, jazz pianist!

Mama is a bimajo with jazz piano skill!

Hataraku Maou-sama! is a solution to Chuunibyou.

Hataraku Maou-sama! is a solution to Chuunibyou.

Hataraku Maou-sama is a cure to Chuunibyou.

Spring 2013 Anime Audio Overview!

Spring 2013 Anime Audio Overview!

Ray and gendomike discuss how the season’s going so far.

Bridging The Gap: Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo – That’s A Bummer…

Bridging The Gap: Evangelion 3.0: You Can (Not) Redo – That’s A Bummer…

When we last left Tokyo-3, the world had suddenly reached critical mass as one Shinji Ikari took it upon himself to break the confines of possibility to rescue a thought-lost Ayanami, to the impending destruction of all around them. But alas, Third Impact is thwarted by the surprise appearance of one Kaworu Nagisa, who contends [...]