Anime News Update~ Black Butler: BOA on Blu-ray and DVD!

After exactly 500 days of patiently (or not so patiently) waiting, Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic comes dubbed to Blu-ray and DVD on June 5th, 2018! https://youtu.be/hIbPOLj_Y9k As it adapts an arc of Black Butler that is one of my personal favorites, I have been anxious to see this particular plot line played out …

The Best Anime Fight (30 Day Anime Challenge, Day 26)

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS. HE'S ALREADY BEEN HURT. WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PROVE, ANYWAY?" In Hakuouki: Warrior Spirit of the Blue Sky, Kazama and Hijikata face off one final time.   I've never tried to rush though my life. What I've done is accept my responsibility to everyone! -Hijikata The name fury that …

First Impressions: “Toshokan Sensou” (SUB)

There were times that "Toshokan Sensou" seriously had me saying both, "Yeah, take him out!" and "SHhhhh.... oh, frick." You know I am a shimmering, shoujo girl <3, right? I mean, I enjoyed "Magic-Kyun! Renaissance," quite a bit, so that should tell you everything you need to know; "Toshokan Sensou" isn't shoujo in the slightest, but …

My Favorite Fighter Anime (30 Day Anime Challenge, Day 10)

DRAGON. BALL. Z. That's enough said. Fighting anime titles are not really my thing (as I'm sure you've ascertained by now, unless you're new, in which case "WELCOME!"), but I am so nostalgic for this show that the reminiscence alone would be enough to have me watching Dragon Ball Super every week while waiting for …

The Best Anime Villain (30 Day Anime Challenge, Day 9)

Forgive me if this intro tends to ramble. I'm sick and headache-y and currently complaining (could you tell?), so I don't know how coherent this came out. I wrote one post, brainstorming my favorite anime villain while in the process of doing so. I knew what I felt went into an ideal villain, but had trouble …

A Tale of Warrior Spirit: Hakuouki ~Demon of the Fleeting Blossom~ (MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

“Hakuouki” is a tale of warrior spirit. What does this mean? Based in the late Edo and early Maji Periods of Japan, this historical/ supernatural piece of creative fiction on the Shinsengumi is grounded in fact but heavily spiced with unexpected fantasy. The group record of Kondo, Hijikata, Sannan, Okita, Saito, Nagakura, Harada, and Heisuke …