Anime Review #68: Rising Of The Shield Hero

The Rising of the Shield Hero is a series that I remember for rather peculiar reasons. I remember being midway through it at the time of the NFL's Super Bowl LIV between the victorious Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers; it was here too I heard about the controversy surrounding a significant plot …

Convention Tales #15: Short Stories From Anime North, Part #2

It dawned on me this week that, south of the Canadian border in the Big Apple itself, New York City, Anime NYC had recently transpired, as once more did 30,000+ anime fans of all ages descend upon the Jarvits Center for a weekend of weeb-filled fun. Not only did this event remind me of the …

Anime Review #67: Hyouka

Anyone who's been to my Twitter is probably aware about how highly in regard I hold Hyouka. Indeed, I'm quite the promoter when it comes to this high school mystery series, and I've been on record retweeting stills of certain characters from this show, liking a bunch of photogenic posts associated with it, promoting this …

East Meets West #11: My Neighbor Totoro .vs. The Wind In The Willows

This week I continue my next batch of posts for the East Meets West series, dedicated to comparing/contrasting anime and Western media of similar premises, and, based on a specific set of criteria, decide which of the two is, in my fallible opinion, the superior version. This week's topic consists of two stories with some very interesting …

Uniformity With God’s Will In Anime #4: Yuuta Togashi

I would like to wish all my readers a blessed All Saints' Day today - wherein we commemorate all the holy men and women who, having lived exemplary lives on Earth, have passed into eternity to live among the others justified in Christ, as part of His Mystical Body (present as the Catholic Church). May …