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Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Metropolis
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Metropolis
Although I’ve recently focused on Katsuhiro Otomo’s directorial career, he’s played many different roles in the anime industry, most…
DoctorKev
May 22
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Tomodachi Game First Impressions
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Tomodachi Game First Impressions
This article is a part of AniTAY’s Spring 2022 Early Impressions series, where our authors offer their initial thoughts on the new…
Marquan
May 20
“The Name of Heaven” — Guilty Gear Strive: Another Story “Departure” Review
“The Name of Heaven” — Guilty Gear Strive: Another Story “Departure” Review
When Guilty Gear Strive released last summer, it took a new lease on a legendary franchise that welcomed newcomers to the anime fighting…
Naruto Johnson
May 19
Ace in the Golf Hole: Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story First Impressions
Ace in the Golf Hole: Birdie Wing: Golf Girls’ Story First Impressions
Grab your irons, hail your caddy, hit the green and get ready for Birdie Wing, your new favorite golf drama.
Max
May 18
AniTAY Podcast S7 E8: A Couple of Awful Shows
AniTAY Podcast S7 E8: A Couple of Awful Shows
Sequel discussion? Bad Anime? Characters that we hate so much that they ruin the show for us? If any of that interests you, we have the…
Kevin Mai - Reikaze
May 18
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2022 Anime Season: Crunchyroll
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2022 Anime Season: Crunchyroll
Last time I covered this season’s shows on HIDIVE, Netflix and (sort of) Disney+. Now it’s the turn of the gargantuan mutant spawned from…
DoctorKev
May 17
I, for one, welcome our Glitch Counterparts from a Parallel Universe: Summer Time Render Manga…
I, for one, welcome our Glitch Counterparts from a Parallel Universe: Summer Time Render Manga…
Summer Time Render is a manga mixing mystery, suspense, cosmic horror, and supernatural elements. It takes place on the fictional island of…
Alistair Hyde
May 16
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2022 Anime Season: Netflix and HIDIVE
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2022 Anime Season: Netflix and HIDIVE
It’s another packed anime season! We got something of a break during the comparatively light Winter 2022. Although there were a handful of…
DoctorKev
May 15
Flex Like No One’s Watching: Dance Dance Danseur First Impressions
Flex Like No One’s Watching: Dance Dance Danseur First Impressions
While no one’s looking, MAPPA is making one of the best shows of the season, and it’s about ballet of all things
TGRIP
May 11
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Steamboy
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Steamboy
After you’ve directed the most expensive Japanese animated film in history, and it’s proven to be wildly successful, what comes next? If…
DoctorKev
May 5
AniTAY Podcast S7 E7: VENUS LINE
AniTAY Podcast S7 E7: VENUS LINE
The sun is shining, the bees are buzzing and VENUS LINE. Yes folks, today we discuss the acclaimed anime, Birdie Wing… and other anime.
thatsma pizza
May 4
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Neo Tokyo
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Neo Tokyo
Continuing my look at the non-Akira works of famed anime director Katsuhiro Otomo, today we enter the beguiling, disturbing and bizarre Neo…
DoctorKev
Apr 30
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Robot Carnival
Katsuhiro Otomo Retrospective: Robot Carnival
Anthology movies aren’t discussed often in today’s anime fandom, so I thought it would be fun to go back to look at them from a modern…
DoctorKev
Apr 29
Who Says Social and Work-Life Aren’t Compatible? Love After World Domination First Impressions.
Who Says Social and Work-Life Aren’t Compatible? Love After World Domination First Impressions.
Love After World Domination is an adaptation of a manga mixing comedy, romance, and action that parodies the science fiction fantasy works…
Alistair Hyde
Apr 24
Pink-haired Yuri Isekai Assassins, Oh My: The Executioner and Her Way of Life First Impressions
Pink-haired Yuri Isekai Assassins, Oh My: The Executioner and Her Way of Life First Impressions
That was one hell of a first episode, wasn’t it?
DoctorKev
Apr 22
Tiger and Bunny Season 2 Review
Tiger and Bunny Season 2 Review
When sequels to beloved media properties appear more than a decade after the original, it’s not unusual to be cynical, nervous, or even…
DoctorKev
Apr 21
AniTAY Podcast S7 E6: Kaguya Sama: Love is This Podcast
AniTAY Podcast S7 E6: Kaguya Sama: Love is This Podcast
It’s that time again, where AniTAY talks about the hottest seasonal anime! Enjoy!
thatsma pizza
Apr 21
Now is the Time to Catch Up With Tiger & Bunny
Now is the Time to Catch Up With Tiger & Bunny
Tired of the glut of Marvel and DC superheroes? Do you pine for something fun yet emotional, filled with superheroic excitement but without…
DoctorKev
Apr 17
Stínolez’s Seasonal Roundup [Winter 2022]
Stínolez’s Seasonal Roundup [Winter 2022]
Welcome to my seasonal roundup, an article I do at the end of every season to summarize my thoughts on shows. Let’s look at Winter 2022!
Stinolez
Apr 12
The Spring 2022 AniTAY Sequel Guide (Part 2, The Sequel)
The Spring 2022 AniTAY Sequel Guide (Part 2, The Sequel)
Y’all know the drill, this is simply the second part of our seasonal Sequel Guide. Part one can be found here! In this entry, we began to…
Arcane
Apr 7
The Spring 2022 AniTAY Sequel Guide (Part 1)
The Spring 2022 AniTAY Sequel Guide (Part 1)
After this past winter season was remarkably light, Spring busts in with so many sequels that this became easily the largest collaboration…
Arcane
Apr 6
AniTAY Podcast S7 E5.5: Spring 2022 Anime Preview
AniTAY Podcast S7 E5.5: Spring 2022 Anime Preview
With Winter finally ending, it’s time for another seasonal preview podcast!
thatsma pizza
Apr 4
Doctorkev’s Winter 2022 Anime Postmortem
Doctorkev’s Winter 2022 Anime Postmortem
Thus endeth the lightest anime season since the pandemic-inflicted days of 2020. Not that we’re currently pandemic-free, but the anime…
DoctorKev
Apr 1
Mamoru Hosoda Retrospective: Mirai
Mamoru Hosoda Retrospective: Mirai
Hosoda is completely aware that his chosen focus character is a little shit, in fact that’s the entire point.
DoctorKev
Mar 30
Mamoru Hosoda Retrospective: The Boy and the Beast
Mamoru Hosoda Retrospective: The Boy and the Beast
We’re almost there! One more movie after this (Mirai) and I’ll have fulfilled my promise of covering all of Mamoru Hosoda’s previous films…
DoctorKev
Mar 24
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