What’s in a Name – My Hero Academia Episode 26 – Season’s Writings
If I were to ask what the most recognisable feature of a hero is, what would you say? Their costume?Continue Reading
Category: Anime/Manga Impressions
Resolution – Attack on Titan Episode 37 – Season’s Writings
What else could go wrong? The arc words of catastrophe, spoken only by the unaware the second before something elseContinue Reading
A Bitter Pill – My Hero Academia Episode 25 – Season’s Writings
It has been said that barking dogs seldom bite. It has also been said that Katsuki Bakugo does both frequentlyContinue Reading
Hath No Fury – Attack on Titan Episode 36 – Season’s Writings
Humanity is not the strongest species in the world. We do not have claws, we do not have fangs, weContinue Reading
Mark of a Hero – My Hero Academia Episode 24 – Season’s Writings
When a fire consumes its fuel in one glorious spectacle, a truly memorable flash is seared into the memories ofContinue Reading
Wounds of the Past – Attack on Titan Episode 35 – Season’s Writings
They say that home is where the heart is and, as is made painfully clear, our poor Ymir has beenContinue Reading
Up in Flames – My Hero Academia Episode 23 – Season’s Writings
Here’s a philosophical question for you all: What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object…but also that immovableContinue Reading
Questionable Intent – Attack on Titan Episode 34 – Season’s Writings
As with any plan, there are two key features which must be present: Conception and execution. Without both of theseContinue Reading
Defiant Gravity – My Hero Academia Episode 22 – Season’s Writings
Since the bombastic Bakugo first blasted his way through Midoriya’s life (and notebooks), we have all longed for the momentContinue Reading
Auld Lang Syne – Attack on Titan Episode 33 – Season’s Writings
When action reaches its fever pitch, that which follows is a wind down. An eerie calmness. An aftermath. Unfortunately forContinue Reading
Lightning Round – My Hero Academia Episode 21 – Season’s Writings
With our Shonen protagonist sitting back until round two begins, it’s time to take a look at the other charactersContinue Reading
Grudge Match – Attack on Titan Episode 32 – Season’s Writings
Sometimes, when the world grows ever more complicated, when those around you change and truths find themselves transforming into lies,Continue Reading
I Put A Spell On You – My Hero Academia Episode 20 – Season’s Writings
As loner heroes the world over have taught us, in a world of heroism, villainy and all that lies between, youContinue Reading
Secrets and Truths – Attack on Titan Episode 31 – Season’s Writings
As with most storms, there lay a calm before it. A moment of respite to collect one’s thoughts, batten downContinue Reading
Daddy Issues – My Hero Academia Episode 19 – Season’s Writings
Though by its very definition the protagonist of a story is meant to carry our fullest attention, My Hero AcademiaContinue Reading
History Repeating – Attack on Titan Episode 30 – Season’s Writings
If there’s one thing to be said about perilous mountain expeditions, it’s that characters will either perish on them, orContinue Reading
Ignition – My Hero Academia Episode 18 – Season’s Writings
Heavy is the head that wears the 10,000,000 point headband, a lesson that poor Midoriya is now all too awareContinue Reading
Self-Sacrifice – Attack on Titan Episode 29 – Season’s Writings
Well, that was certainly something. Titans on the left, Titans on the right, Titans from goddamn beneath. It is reallyContinue Reading
The Cavalry’s Here – My Hero Academia Episode 17 – Season’s Writings
To partially quote a man of great wisdom and import, “It’s dangerous to go alone.” Though a technically incomplete statement,Continue Reading
Welcome Home – Attack on Titan Episode 28 – Season’s Writings
They say that home is where the heart is. Unfortunately, the darker side of that saying is that should aContinue Reading
Enemy Mine – My Hero Academia Episode 16 – Season’s Writings
Though the old adage/children’s song that once referenced the ability, or lack thereof, to go over, under or through something mostContinue Reading
Back to Her Roots – Attack on Titan Episode 27 – Season’s Writings
In a world where humanity has been pushed to the brink of extinction, bad news is a pretty common occurrence.Continue Reading
A Sporting Chance – My Hero Academia Episode 15 – Season’s Writings
Who doesn’t love a good competition that pits students against one another in a no-holds-barred fight to the finish lineContinue Reading
The Beast Within – Attack on Titan Episode 26 – Season’s Writings
Once again, the day is saved thanks to the people of the Survey Corps. Well, not exactly “saved” per sayContinue Reading
Tell the World – My Hero Academia Episode 14 – Season’s Writings
After witnessing your personal hero (who also happens to be the world’s hero) beat the absolute tar out of aContinue Reading
Look Alike: Sonic the Hedgehog OVA retrospective
Between 1994’s excellent Sonic 3 & Knuckles on the SEGA Mega Drive and 1998’s Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast (whichContinue Reading
Exploring the Works of Osamu Tezuka
Now when it comes to manga there is a ton of great choices in the modern age, whether it’s aContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Akiba’s Trip The Animation – Showin’ A Little Skin
The Winter Anime season of 2017 has yet to interest me too greatly. Usually, by this point in time, I’mContinue Reading
Was It All Worth It? – 91 Days Episode Eleven and Twelve – Season’s Writings
This week-to-week rollercoaster ride has finally come to an end. Just on time, as well. Some series’ tend to stretchContinue Reading
Sins Of The Brother – 91 Days Episode Ten – Season’s Writings
The search for Corteo continues as the Vanetti’s ship Avilio off to Chicago to meet with Galassia representatives and toContinue Reading
Yours Truly, A Regretful Old Man – 91 Days Episode Nine – Season’s Writings
What’s done has been done, and at the very epicentre of what is looking to become a great tragedy isContinue Reading
Talk Is Cheap, Like Your Loyalty – 91 Days Episode Eight – Season’s Writings
Last week disappointed audiences with an episode dedicated to recapping the series’ story events, but this week’s episode more thanContinue Reading
A Death In The Family – 91 Days Episode Seven – Season’s Writings
Fango, now reigning over the Orco crime family, sits Nero down for a quick bit as he explains that theContinue Reading
Live By The Sauce, Die By The Sauce – 91 Days Episode Six – Season’s Writings
The plan to kidnap Orco is now underway. Fango, being as lazy as he is greedy, leaves the runaway VanettiContinue Reading
The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend – 91 Days Episode Five – Season’s Writings
Just as tension between the boys and this hideaway holiday grew to a boiling point, Nero received a call fromContinue Reading
Of Mice And Murderers – 91 Days Episode Four – Season’s Writings
Episode four marks the beginning of Avilio and Nero’s countryside “sabbatical” which, in true gangster fashion, is not without it’sContinue Reading
Where In The World Is Serpente’s Body? – 91 Days Episode Three – Season’s Writings
Episode two left us on quite a cliffhanger, but the start of episode three revealed that it was nothing moreContinue Reading
On This, The Day Of My Daughter’s Wedding? – 91 Days Episode Two – Season’s Writings
There are few things synonymous with mobster movies, and they conform to this across the board: Guns, Suits, Italian Sweets,Continue Reading
To the Bittersweet End – Ushio and Tora Episode 39 (Finale) – Season’s Writings
So here we are, the end. It’s been a wild ride hasn’t it? We’ve seen an inexperienced child come toContinue Reading
Night and Day – Ushio and Tora Episode 38 – Season’s Writings
We’re really speeding towards the end aren’t we? I mean, this is the second last episode of Ushio and Tora,Continue Reading
Getting the Band Back Together – Ushio and Tora Episode 37 – Season’s Writings
Don’t you just hate a smug villain? You know the ones, they’re always talking about how they’re the best andContinue Reading
Where the Heart Is – Ushio and Tora Episode 36 – Season’s Writings
Well we’re certainly turning onto the home stretch now aren’t we folks. With Hakumen no Mono locked in a battleContinue Reading
Total Recall – Ushio and Tora Episode 35 – Season’s Writings
As per the standard in shonen series, as well as any series that isn’t trying to make you leave withContinue Reading
Heart of Darkness – Ushio and Tora Episode 34 – Season’s Writings
Mystery is an alluring concept. If somethings exists in a form not entirely understood, people will endeavour to know the truth.Continue Reading
Hatred – Ushio and Tora Episode 33 – Season’s Writings
There is only so much something can bend before it breaks. Generally a statement used to refer to any numberContinue Reading
Surface Tension – Ushio and Tora Episode 32 – Season’s Writings
Since the name Hakumen no Mono first passed ominously through our ears, a storm has been brewing, the likes ofContinue Reading
Deep Wounds – Ushio and Tora Episode 31 – Season’s Writings
No matter what you do, there is always someone who will take it the wrong way. Be it because ofContinue Reading
Armoured and Dangerous – Ushio and Tora Episode 30 – Season’s Writings
People really need to vett their sources before they authorise a complete tactical bombardment of a stone pillar. Okay fine, itContinue Reading
Tora, Tora Everywhere – Ushio and Tora Episode 29 – Season’s Writings
It was bound to happen eventually. Since the get go of this series, one mystery has remained ever present; WhoContinue Reading
What Is Love? – Ushio and Tora Episode 28 – Season’s Writings
Well, that didn’t go as expected. With the onslaught of drama and melancholy that last week brought us, I wasContinue Reading
Don’t You Forget About Me – Ushio and Tora Episode 27 – Season’s Writings
Ushio and Tora, that takes me back. Not to the original manga run mind you, but Season One, the partContinue Reading
First Thoughts: My Hero Academia – You Can Be A Hero
Having followed the My Hero Academia manga since it first began in Weekly Shonen Jump, I have spent months waitingContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable” – Shine On, You Crazy Diamond!
Here we go, the part we’ve all been waiting for! DIO is dead, the Tarrot Cards have been ripped toContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Dagashi Kashi Makes Snack Time Fun Again
Snack time just isn’t what it used to be, with the world so obsessed with calorie count, artificial sugary goodsContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Girls Beyond the Wasteland – WHAT A LOVELY DAY!
ANOTHER ROMCOM!? So we’re going to start this off with me being completely honest about how I felt prior toContinue Reading
First Thoughts: ERASED – Sometimes Goodbye is a Second Chance
It’s not often an anime like ERASED comes along. A series that blows all expectations one could reasonably have forContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Charlotte – Tissue Boxes to the Left, Pizza Sauce to the Right
Baz is comin’ to get’cha, boy! I’m not exactly sure what kind of driving force pushes me onto the school-basedContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Bubuki Buranki (BBK/BRNK) – Confusing But Intriguing
Often, I can follow a fairly complex Anime storyline. I don’t find it too hard, and so long as youContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Myriad Colours Phantom World” – How Low Can You Go?
I have no idea what to say about this Anime. It has confused me, as well as many others, notContinue Reading
First Thoughts: KanColle – World of Warships The Animation
It begins I’m just going to start off by saying that I had absolutely no idea what I was gettingContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid – Beautiful Girl Sexy Battle Action
Marvelous has made quite a name for itself lately with the Senran Kagura franchise, and whether you’re in love with theContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans – THIS IS GUNDAM!
Now that is what I’m talking about! This is Gundam, pure unadulterated Mobile Suit Gundam and it is about damnContinue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘The Perfect Insider’ – Thinking About Thinking
Who are you? Where did you come from? Where are you going? These are the three questions that The PerfectContinue Reading
First Thoughts: One-Punch Man – Saving Anime, One Punch At A Time
I’m literally lost for words. A terrifying way to start an opinion piece, but a reality that I simply cannotContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Haikyu!! Season 2 – One More Set
Ah Haikyu!!, the sports anime that really came out of nowhere for me and has stuck with me ever since,Continue Reading
First Thoughts: Attack On Titan: Junior High – School’s Out!
Attack On Titan is one of the most popular modern Anime adaptations of recent times, which is completely justified consideringContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Concrete Revolutio – It’s All In The Name
What does Anime and a majority of Fall Out Boy song titles have in common? Often their names don’t matchContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Young Black Jack – The Doctor Is In
Without Osamu Tezuka’s influence on the world of Japanese pop culture, chances are it wouldn’t be the same as itContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Samon The Summoner – Devil In Disguise
Every so often, Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump decide that it may be time to kick off, or “Jump Start“, aContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Prison School – Drop The Soap, You’ll Probably Like It!
Holy shit! You guys seriously have to check out Prison School! It’s like, wow, I never start articles in suchContinue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace’ – The Game Starts Now!
It has been 50 years since the passing of Japanese literary icon Edogawa Ranpo. To commemorate the time since hisContinue Reading
First Thoughts: GATE – Ask Me About My Hobbies
They include watching Anime, reading Manga, playing Video Games, collection figurines and, oh yeah, I’m also a high-ranking military officer…butContinue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘Classroom Crisis’ – The Ace of Space
Outer space – For centuries humanity has pondered what lies beyond the stars. But what if we were what liedContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Gangsta – Sharp Eyes And A Silver Tongue
This is the Anime adaptation I’ve been waiting for…and within one episode it has reached my incredibly high expectations. ThereContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Ushio And Tora – Fear The Spear!
The 90s were a simpler time, a better time, a time where all that mattered were Tamagotchis and Nirvana albums.Continue Reading
First Thoughts: “Blood Blockade Battlefront” – Get That Monkey!
Where the hell do I start with this Anime? You know, reader, I’ve been thinking about this article for aContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Triage X” – They Don’t Make Cup Sizes This Big
I urge you to go and have a conversation about Anime with someone who has never experienced any Japanese popContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Plastic Memories – Androids Do Dream
For as long as the concept of Artificial Intelligence has existed, people have both questioned and marvelled at it. WillContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Seraph of the End – Vampires Aren’t People Too
Throughout the span of pop culture, vampires have enjoyed/tolerated their fair share of image changes. From terrifying creatures born toContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Gunslinger Stratos – The Animation” – Run And Gun…And Then Run Again
Here’s the deal, reader; I had no idea this Anime had been based on a video game of the sameContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Food Wars! (Shokugeki No Soma)” – First We Cook, Then We Do Everything Else!
It’s no secret that I, Frank Anthony Inglese, am a huge fan of the culinary world. While I don’t knowContinue Reading
Final Thoughts: “Death Parade” – Life Isn’t A Game
It all started with a small project, a story about life and death being laid out onto the felt ofContinue Reading
Final Thoughts: “Tokyo Ghoul √A” – Remember Who I Am
“Tokyo Ghoul”, when it first started, wasn’t exactly my most favoured Anime series. Within one season all it seemed toContinue Reading
Final Thoughts: ‘Parasyte – The Maxim’ – A Modern Masterpiece
Poignant, contemplative, affecting and emotionally rewarding, Parasyte – The Maxim, officially concluded with its 24th episode this week. While manyContinue Reading
Naruto Shippuden’s New Chunin Exam Arc – A Justified Filler Or Just Another Stall Tactic?
It all started in chapter thirty four of the original “Naruto” Manga series. Before “Shippuden” was even close to beingContinue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘Black Clover’ Manga – What’s Luck Got To Do With It?
Hungry Joker may not be a name familiar to many, probably because it was a short lived Shonen Jump manga.Continue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘Maria the Virgin Witch’ – How To Train Your Virgin Dragon
So that was pretty much what I had expected it to be, but at least there was a dragon right?Continue Reading
First Thoughts: “Death Parade” – Taking Bar Sports To The Extreme
On the 11th of January, 2015. Melbourne, Australia. Three people were injured at a darts tournament when the crowd becameContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “The Rolling Girls” – Girls And Bikes And Lots Of Fun
There are bikes, there are girls and there are a whole bunch of fight scenes. What more could you wantContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Tokyo Ghoul √A” – Do You Feel The Winds Of Change?
Well done, “Tokyo Ghoul”, Well done. It took you exactly thirteen episodes but you’ve finally earned my adoration. Let meContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Cute High Earth Defence Club LOVE” – Don’t Need No Credit Card To Ride THIS Train
Every Anime fan is prone to enjoying a “Magical Girl” Anime every once in a while. Some of us areContinue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘Parasyte -the maxim’ – It’s About Damn Time!
Roughly 25 years ago, a man by the name of Hitoshi Iwaati had a rather strange thought. The thought latchedContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Garo: The Animation” – Long Live The Kink
I’ll be honest with you, reader, until the news came up on my daily surfing, I had no interest inContinue Reading
First Thoughts: “Chaika The Coffin Princess: Avenging Battle” – Guns and Swords and Magic and Stuff
Hey, reader! Can you believe it has been four months since the first season of ‘Chaika The Coffin Princess’ finished?Continue Reading
First Thoughts: ‘Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons’ – No Holds Barred Anime
Well that was unexpected. I went in expecting 23 minutes of mechs duking it out with dragons. What I gotContinue Reading
First Thoughts: Terra Formars – The Good, The Bad And The Censored
I really, really, really hate insects. Like REALLY hate insects, I’m not sure you can fully understand just how muchContinue Reading
