Author: gendomike

Michael "Gendomike" Huang is the co-founder and was the editor-in-chief of Anime Diet from 2006-2015. He lives in the Los Angeles area and works as a software engineer, though he also holds a divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. Mike has been a fan of all things anime, manga, and games for over 25 years ever since he watched Evangelion on a fuzzy video shared by a friend. He continues to watch, read, and play today.
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I’m Not Dead Yet

Just wanted to assure everyone that I’m not dead yet from this blog. I am not on hiatus so much as simply immersed in the…

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Shigofumi 8 – You Give Writing A Bad Name

So we get Fumika’s origin story. Is it possible for an episode to have both visceral, emotional power and be so outlandish (and still unexplained…

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True Tears 8-9: As the World Turns

This show continues to delight in the quality of its character interaction and writing, scored to some of the most appropriate BGM I’ve heard in…

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The Catchup 3: Kimikiss Pure Rouge 17-20

Oh, Mao. You were my favorite girl in this show. How could you have become so dislikable?

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The Catchup 2: Shigofumi 4-7

This is a show, in the end, that doesn’t fail to surprise–even if not all the surprises are (in my opinion) welcome. As the mystery…

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The Catchup 1: True Tears 4-7

This is the first in a series of aggregate episode reviews to make up for not having blogged regularly for such a long time…first up…

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