Lately, I found myself really enjoying a number of manga that are not exactly well rated in aggregators. Hence the underrated statement in my title. I actually talked about Mama Akuma in a separate list post (I’m not sure if it will be published before this but if it is, I’ll try to remember to…
As I write this It’s festival time again in Montreal. For me, that means my yearly pilgrimage to Fantasia for films and friends. The festival may have traded the intoxicating (and likely intoxicated) crowds and atmosphere for a more professional event where movies don’t start n hour late… I’m not sure which I like best……
I still don’t know if I should be ashamed or not of that pun. It’s very bad, don’t get me wrong. But it made me very happy. Especially as I unintentionally wrote it down. This is probably the first time that my maiden tongue being typo was actually useful for something. Depending on your definition…
Bungo Stray Dogs Beast is another manga I wasn’t planning to review on this site. Not that I have anything against BSD but I figured it’s such a popular franchise that most of you have heard plenty about it already. There’s no need for me to add anything. There are a whole bunch of light…
Titles: Odd Taxi Genre: Drama, crime, mystery Episodes: 13 Studio: OLM, P.I.C.S. Who killed Yuki Mitsuya? Wait, don’t jump to conclusions, I’m doing a Twin Peaks analogy. We don’t even know for sure if Yuki Mitsuya is dead. There’s this idol group you see, Mystery Kiss, and the singers always wear masks but one of…
Titles: Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari Genre: Comedy, drama, slice of life, supernatural, yokai, food, found family, iyashikei Episodes: 12 Studio: LIDENFILMS Souta grew up in a small town. Kanata isn’t a bad place. There’s plenty of fishing and people are pretty nice. But small towns can get sniffling. And after his mother died,…
You know, I’m a fan of Iwatobineko‘s imagery. Not necessarily the art style in itself, although it’s quite nice as well, no complaints, but the composition. The elements that are brought together and how they fit into the image. Granted, I have only seen two covers by Iwatobineko but I really liked both of them!
I was wondering what to post about in my seasonal spot now that the season is over. When I happen to catch the special episode of Given, I figured it would be perfect. Well except for the fact that I thought it was a 6-minute mini-episode. Spoilers, it went by really fast for me. It’s…
Titles: Kotaro Lives Alone, Kotaro En Solo Genre: Slice of life, comedy, drama Episodes: 10 Studio: LIDENFILMS Kotaro sure is a precocious little boy. He can take care of himself better than most people out there. He knows how to get the best tissues, he is diligent in his hygiene and he certainly knows how…
Titles: Sonny Boy Genre: Drama, mystery, psychological, surreal, supernatural Episodes: 12 Studio: MADHOUSE Have you ever thought that maybe the world you live in isn’t the “real” world.? Like we’re all extras in someone else’s dream… what if you found out it was true? Would it matter? What if one day you woke up and…
I think a lot of you guys probably know Yayoiso or Yayoi Sou depending on which website you’re looking at. She’s a pretty successful Japanese webtoon artist that you probably would know as the author and artist of ReLife. I didn’t know ReLife was a webtoon. It explains a bit. Anyways, Blue Hearts is her…
Titles: Shiguang Dailiren, Genre: Drama, crime, action, mystery, thriller, supernatural Episodes: 11 + special Studio: Studio LAN Photographs all have a little bit of magic in them, don’t they? They can freeze time in one specific place and preserve it forever. Well for a while a least. And these days, photos are everywhere. The world…
Titles: Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural, Yokai, Occasional Mecha Episodes: 13 + 11 Studio: bones What will the next step in human evolution be? Will evolution push our biological capacities even further? Will we unlock senses and powers we never knew we had? Or perhaps the future lies in…
Titles: Dennou Coil, Cyber Coil, Coil – A Circle of Children, Denno Coil Genre: Science Fiction, drama, urban fantasy, school, makes Irina sad Episodes: 26 Studio: MADHOUSE Yuuko Okonogi is a nice girl. She’s caring and kind and always takes care of her little sister Kyoko. She has a Denopet dog named Densuke who she…
Titles: Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid, The Duke of Death and His Maid Genre: Supernatural, romance, slice of life, comedy, drama Episodes: 12 Studio: J.C. Staff The young duke is a man who will never know love and never be loved. He was cursed as a child and now everything he touches dies. So how…