Is it a good or bad thing when a series’s side stories wind up being more entertaining than the main plotline? I ask this because whenever I read Mission: Yozakura Family, I tend to pay more attention to the self-contained
There’s a reason why I often watch anything from director Ayumu Watanabe. He has a real knack for creating stories about people seeking their true selves. Whether it was a restaurant manager rekindling his writing passion in After the Rain
I believe I should start off this review of Dandadan Volume Nine with an apology. It’s clear that I should’ve cut some slack for Kinta Sakata, the latest edition to the ghost & alien-busting crew. Sure, he’s kinda creepy and
It's all music and anime on this week's edition of Duck Amuck in Japan! King Baby Duck chats quickly about the Tokyo International Music Market, as well as giving shoutouts to Bandruption and his DJ friend Mike Rogers. JonStar makes
Sometimes it’s hard to convey the feeling of being in a theater in print form. You have to bring about various images about the surroundings. The crowd, the performers, the emotion, and essence have to be captured in a way
Even the deepest friendships have to come to an end sometime. It could be caused a big fight, or — worse — death. In Call of the Night, the tension between best buds Ko and Mahiro has played a major
For a dozen years, Wednesday Campanella (or Suiyoubi no Campanella, as they’re known in Japan) has crafted the songs worthy of any high-end club. Although they’ve tinkered with their sound here and there, the trio’s main aim is to get
You can’t help but feel bad for Yuri Hasegawa. The heroine of Let’s Do It Already! just wants to date Keiichiro Katsuragi normally. But no, he has to come from a super rich and super strict family of politician, meaning
No two cities are exactly the same, and Joe Geni knows that well. His new concept album Cities Built Upon Cities (produced by Charlie Nieland, who worked with Blondie and Rufus Wainwright just to name a few) doesn't have one
Don’t let the title fool you. Colette Decides to Die is not a sad tale. Quite the contrary, it’s the opposite! Originally a one-shot story, author Alto Yukimura decided to expand the story, one filled with a fledging universe and