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November 2018

If there's one genre in anime that I rarely can stomach, it's NTR. A shortened way of saying "netorare", the Japanese phrase for "taken away by sleeping with," these kinds of series are usually filled with characters who cheat on

When I started reading Kanna's Daily Life a few months back, I initially thought that a spinoff starring the adorable dragon of Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid would putter out soon after. And yet, with its third volume, the misadventures of

The Toronto music scene alone is filled with enough eclectic styles that'd make most countries envious. Pop, folk, hardcore punk, alternative, metal, and just about every single genre has been mastered by Canada's most creative hub. It's also where some

On a dark Halloween night at the Brighton Music Hall, King Baby Duck and Wicked Anime's Andrew Fleming went face-to-face with Finland's most iconic folk metal heroes: Korpiklaani! Vocalist Jonne Järvelä, accordionist Sami Perttula, and drummer Matti "Matson" Johansson sit

VIZ Media has two new manga series for the Western world that are ready to hit store shelves this month, with the announcements of Record of Grancrest War and Ran and the Gray World's official release dates! Written & drawn by Makoto

If there's one thing Kasuga quickly learns in the final volume of Shuzo Oshimi's The Flowers of Evil, it's that you can never truly go back home. After being away from the place where he and Nakamura almost caused an

Video game novelizations. Is there ever a phrase that sounded more redundant? Granted there have some some exceptions, with Alan Dean Foster's rendition of LucasArts' The Dig being the shining beacon of how to do it right. But taking an

It may be the day before Halloween, but this week's No Borders No Race is more about going foxy rather than ghostly. King Baby Duck welcomes the crew from Dirty Beast Games, as they chat about their origins and what

Once upon a time, there was a young fair maiden named Himeko. The daughter of a nobleman, she was to be betrothed to the king's only male heir, which would make her the princess of all who stood in her

Series about idol groups are a dime-a-dozen, leaving little room for originality in the genre. Sometimes the strength is in the storytelling (THE iDOLM@STER), the music (Wake Up, Girls!), or -- in rare cases -- both aspects (Love Live!). But man,