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January 14, 2020

STAR WARS – THE LEGENDS OF LUKE SKYWALKER [News]: Star Wars Manga is a Literary Force.

43 years after Star Wars: A New Hope hit theaters, the legendary space saga unfolds in the galaxy of manga thanks to the latest story in the Skywalker saga. Packing in all the adventure that fans would expect from Star Wars, publishing and entertainment juggernaut VIZ Media, in collaboration with Lucasfilm, presents Star Wars: The …

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December 21, 2019December 21, 2019

THE WEEEEB AWARDS [Best Anime of 2019]: Rising, Slaying and Singing.

1. Carole & Tuesday – Shinichirō Watanabe, director of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, brings us this masterpiece. Music has always been a major part of his work — sometimes it feels like another character — but he cuts out the middleman and outright makes it about musicians on Mars. In 24 episodes, you run …

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November 24, 2019November 24, 2019

POKEMON SWORD AND SHIELD [Review]: Catch Mé If You Can.

I finally get it. Despite being an ultra weeb with an apartment drowning in Naruto, Dragon Ball, Gundam and Boku No Hero anime decor, I never truly understood the craze over Pokémon. Sure, Pikachu is arguably cuter than Baby Yoda and most of the bizarre lil' animal and dino variants are easy on the eyes, …

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November 1, 2019

ONE PIECE – STAMPEDE [Film Review]: Sails Away.

This week, American theater audiences were treated to One Piece: Stampede, the franchise’s 14th film and a celebration of the anime’s 20th anniversary. The basic premise is that Buena Festa invites the Straw Hats --and nearly every other Pirate crew that has appeared in the series-- to Delta Island for Pirate Fest. The focal point …

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October 21, 2019October 21, 2019

CODE VEIN [Review]: Anime Souls.

There is no way to address Code Vein without comparing it to Dark Souls. It is Anime Souls in virtually every single comparison that could be made. Published by Bandai Namco, like Dark Souls, I am sure even that is what the publisher was looking for when it struck out to fund a new game …

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September 25, 2019

DAEMON X MACHINA [Review]: What Happened to the Other Thing I Wrote?!?

Like weeb shit? Like robots? Or mecha? Then chances are you'll love Nintendo's latest exclusive in what I've touted as "The year of the Switch", Daemon X Machina. Before all the goods, and perhaps a surprising number of them, let's get the weakest aspect of the game out of the way: The story. It's in …

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