Anime Review: Let’s Go Kaikigumi Our protagonist never has a name, but we do learn that he is a high school student somewhere in suburban Japan who is unusually afraid of ghosts. His family lives in a cheap rental, and his father collects model-building magazines. (We never actually see the protagonist’s parents.) One evening while… Continue reading Anime Review: Let’s Go Kaikigumi
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Anime Review: Iron Wok Jan
Anime Review: Iron Wok Jan The Gobancho family restaurant is one of the top Chinese food places in Tokyo, serving authentic Chinese cuisine as well as innovative chef creations inspired by the Chinese tradition. The staff have a strong loyalty to the restaurant and are justly proud of their skills. So it’s an affront when… Continue reading Anime Review: Iron Wok Jan
Anime Review: Tanzaburou Toujima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Anime Review: Tanzaburou Toujima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider First, let’s talk about Kamen Rider. It’s a children’s superhero television show that started airing in 1971 in Japan. In it, the evil organization Shocker, founded by surviving Nazis and their collaborators, wants to take over the world. To do so, they used cybernetic and… Continue reading Anime Review: Tanzaburou Toujima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider
Open Thread: YARPP 2026 Update
Open Thread: YARPP 2026 Update It’s time again to look at how the Yet Another Related Posts Product is linking my posts! The idea is that if you like one of my posts, you might like similar posts. This is a test of what the algorithm is doing, and you may find the results interesting.… Continue reading Open Thread: YARPP 2026 Update
Open Thread: Top Ten Lists 2025
Open Thread: Top Ten Lists 2025 Yes, it’s the turn of the year again, a quarter of the way through the 21st Century, so time to look at what people wanted to see on my blog! Top Ten Posts of 2025 Chinese mystery tops the list, and a new season of anime brought Darling up… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Ten Lists 2025
Anime Review: May I Ask for One Final Thing?
Anime Review: May I Ask for One Final Thing? Lady Scarlet El Vandimion was pushed into an arranged engagement with Prince Kyle of Pallistan at an early age. An entitled brat, Kyle has been bullying and abusing Scarlet ever since. She’s only been putting up with it and being gracious because retaliating in any way… Continue reading Anime Review: May I Ask for One Final Thing?
Anime Review: Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
Anime Review: Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up (Japanese title: Dororon Enma-kun Meera Mera) It is the 1970s in Japan, a time of rising inflation, the Oil Crisis and the Vietnam War. But most of that’s grown-up problems. For elementary school student Harumi, the most pressing issue is that there’s a monster stealing her teachers’ and… Continue reading Anime Review: Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
Anime Review: Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
Anime Review: Detectives These Days Are Crazy! A few decades ago, Keiichirou Nagumo was a famous teen detective, solving bizarre murders and impossible thefts on a weekly basis. In addition to being a master of instant deduction, he was also extremely athletic and quite handsome. But as time went on, the cases began to dry… Continue reading Anime Review: Detectives These Days Are Crazy!
Anime Review: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
Anime Review: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show Miko Kurono has had a tough life. Abandoned as an infant, she grew up in an orphanage where she clashed with the adults, teachers and other orphans, except her one friend, the gentle Mayu Mayusaka. As soon as they were legally able, Miko and Mayu left the… Continue reading Anime Review: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show
Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected
Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected edited by Prof. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed. Disclaimer: I backed the Kickstarter for this book and got a discounted copy. No other compensation was requested or offered. This is the fourth book in the “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies” series, featuring essays about interesting or unusual films. This volume returns to… Continue reading Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected