Shinjiro goes to Harlem and discovers a real estate developer up to no good.
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Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 10 – Gentrification
Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 9 – Understudy
Shinjiro gets promoted to Captain in Training and goes on a semi-date with Gemini.
(more…)Legends of the Force Part 38: Rise of Skywalker
We have a new Star Wars movie, which means it’s time for me to give my thoughts on the film and what it incorporates from the old Legends continuity.
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 8 – Take Flight
You will believe a steam-powered mech can fly…
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 7 – Center Stage
Rachet is injured, forcing Shinjiro to take command of the combat revue.
(more…)My 10 Favorite Anime of the 2010s
Well, we have come to the end of the 2010s, a decade where I actually was much more on top of watching new anime each season – more or less – in part because the rise of streaming made it possible to actually do that in an affordable manner. This past decade also saw me get my Bachelor’s degree, and go to Worldcon for the first time, in a semi-vain attempt to get lit-SF fans to give anime the time of day.
So, I’m going to do a run-down of my favorite Anime of the 2010s that I’ve seen. I will be doing one series per year – and again, this is show’s I’ve seen. Just because a show is not included doesn’t mean that I didn’t watch it or didn’t like it. Additionally, I have a massive List of Shame, so just because a show didn’t make the list doesn’t mean I wasn’t interested.
I’m choosing one show per year, that I watched, and that I generally enjoyed. Each show will have links to where you can watch the series, and affiliate links to where you can buy it – buying anything through those links helps to support the site.
(more…)5 Favorite Anime of 2019
Well, another year come and gone, so it’s time for me to give some thoughts on my favorite shows of 2019 that I’ve seen. The keyword here is that I’ve seen. There are plenty of great shows this year that I missed, whether because they’re sequels to earlier seasons (Symphogear), or they just slipped under my radar, so I’ll need to come back to them later. As with all of my lists, these are in no particular order, so don’t consider a lower spot in the list, nor an absence from the list, as a slight against that work.
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 6 – First Performance
Thanks to his response to the theater crisis, Shinjiro gets to sortie with the New York Combat Revue for the first time.
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 5 – Crunch Time
The power goes out in the theater right before showtime – can Shin and Gemini restore power in time!
(more…)Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 96
This Christmas we start the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s 7th year.
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 4 – Proving Ourselves
We distribute fliers for the show in an attempt to prove our worth.
(Sorry for the audio issues early on in the show).
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 3 – Find Our Place
We get to meet more of the members of the New York Combat Revue, and get to see a performance by the group.
(more…)House of X/Powers of X: Comic Review
A while back I gave some thoughts on my concerns about the upcoming X-Men series House of X and Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman, and where the X-Line was going to go from there. Well, Hickman’s first two series – House of X and Powers of X – are now out and I’ve read them, and now it’s time to re-assess some of my analysis, as we’ve gotten into the series coming out of those series.
(more…)Scorching Ping-Pong Girls: Anime Review
Sports Anime is something of a blind spot in my viewing habits. A lot of the top shows of the past few years (Kuroko’s Basketball, Haikyu, Yowamushi Petal) are on my to-watch list, and a few other shows (Giant Killing, Free, Princess Nine) I’ve never gotten around to finishing. So on a recommendation I decided to sit down and watch Scorching Ping-Pong Girls, on the one hand I found it an enjoyable and brisk watch – but on the other, it left me hanging.
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 2 – Getting Our Bearings
We arrive in New York City and try to find our apartment.
(more…)Let’s Play Sakura Wars: So Long My Love: Part 1 – Fresh Off the Boat
We’re introduced to our protagonist, and his first assignment in New York.
(more…)Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Book 10 Review
It has all come down to this, as we have the final book in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series.
(more…)Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 43 – Last Stand
We fend off some swarms before our final battle against the Kraken.
(more…)Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 42 – Strategic Withdrawal
What’s left of Delta falls back to the wall to try to hold off the Swarm.
(more…)Blade of the Immortal Vol. 1-8 (US): Manga Review
I’ve been getting back into reading Blade of the Immortal with the new Amazon anime series adapting the manga – which will still be airing as this goes up. Thus far I’ve read the first 8 volumes of the manga (using the US order), and have some thoughts on the work.
(more…)My Hero Academia – Two Heroes: Anime Review
When it comes to anime films that tie-in to ongoing shonen series, generally they tend to not be canonical – and basically exist to show a whole bunch of additional cool fights. My Hero Academia: Two Heroes is basically that, except with the nice addition of showing a little bit more of All Might’s backstory, through the introduction of an old friend from his earlier career.
(more…)Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 41 – Sadistic Choice
We plant the last beacon, and end up having to make what is supposed to be a hard decision.
(more…)Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 40 – Homecoming
We return to New Ephira, only for the city to end up under siege.
(more…)Shadowrun Hong Kong – Video Game Review
This week I’m wrapping up the year with my thoughts on the last of the Shadowrun video games to date, and the best of the series – Shadowrun: Hong Kong.
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