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27 Jun 25
Without a doubt, the heavy hitter for this week's entry in our Spring 2025 anime coverage is the Sunrise/Studio Khara collabo Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (a title that seems to be designed specifically to wreak havoc on my dyslexia). Next, we have more student-teacher harem shenanigans in the winter season holdover I Left My A-Rank Party to SeduceHelp My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths!, and last but not least is Season 2 of Aharen-san Is Indecipherable. For movie coverage, we have a pair of 1930s B-movies, Island in the Sky and Isle of Fury. Look for more spring anime fun next week and hopefully that CoP chapter I blew off as well. Stay tuned.
UTC 16:40:37
22 Jun 25
We have our first entries in our coverage of the Spring 2025 anime season starting with the romcom Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?, the decidedly less romantic (much to the chagrin of the would-be haremettes) From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman, and the not as villainous as it sounds I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! To round things out, from the movie review backlog, we have Clint Eastwood vs. John Malkovich in 1993's In the Line of Fire and Spencer Tracy vs. Fredric March in the 1960 version of Inherit the Wind. We'll have more of the spring anime coming out over the next several weeks, right as the summer season kicks into gear. Be looking for more CoP as well. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 16:24:55
21 Jun 25
You were only supposed to have to wait three weeks, but it ended up being two months. It may not be the worst delay in this oft-delayed story, but we've finally got Chapter 27 of TWH for you. Next cycle we'll finally wrap things up with the epilogue, which I'm more than halfway done with already, so we should be able to defy my bad track record in the end. Look for reviews tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 16:58:07
15 Jun 25
Our centerpiece for this week's reviews is the 1970 epic Waterloo. And what better way to follow up an Italian-Soviet collabo than with the Cold War thriller Ice Station Zebra? Continuing with the review backlog, we have Edward G Robinson in Illegal and Humphrey Bogart In a Lonely Place. Lastly, we have the Gina Carano film In the Blood, which will do wonders for you if you've ever thought about doing some extreme ziplining. As for next week, I may actually start to have a couple of the spring anime reviews ready by then. Also, if I'm really lucky, I'll actually have that chapter of TWH done at long last. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 15:41:50
08 Jun 25
I dropped the ball on the story front yet again, but at least the reviews are out on time this week. It wasn't by intention, but our main feature is late 80s/early 90s fantasy, starting with 1988's Willow, followed by the OAVs Xanadu: Dragon Slayer Legend and Wizardry. And now, as John Cleese would say, for something completely different. From director Howard Hawks is the postwar milcom I Was a Male War Bride. Lastly, for a bit of manga coverage, we have Volume 7 of Interviews with Monster Girls, which is as far as I've collected so far, so I'll have to look into getting the remaining volumes at some point. We're getting closer to the end of the spring anime season and I've actually been keeping up with things, so in a couple weeks, you should start seeing reviews come out. In the meantime, expect more treats from the backlog unless I have some unexpected viewings like this past week. Don't hold your breath, but I'll be making yet another attempt at getting the next chapter of TWH out. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 16:20:06
02 Jun 25
Not only did I not get any manga reviews written on Saturday, but yesterday my usual groove got disrupted and I was trying to get a later start on the work of getting this out, but the office productivity specialist had other ideas. I had work in the morning, after all. Anyway, here's the latest batch of reviews and I'll start with a couple newly watched film. First is the 1997 TV movie version of 12 Angry Men with Jack Lemmon, George C Scott and more. Next is the Charlton Heston film Secret of the Incas, which was part of the inspiration for Raiders of the Lost Ark. Dipping into the review backlog, we have a couple more teamups with William Powell and Myrna Loy in I Love You Again, Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland in Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and Betty Grable and Victor Mature in I Wake Up Screaming. I'll try to get some manga reviews written over the weekend and I'll stop looking up the airspeeds of birds to get that chapter of RttW out. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 07:08:37
25 May 25
Another crazy week has left me relying solely on the movie review backlog. We've got some pair-ups in the form of Jean Harlow and Clark Gable in 1933's Hold Your Man, Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart in 1941's High Sierra, and Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole in How to Steal a Million. We then have High Noon and Here Comes Mr. Jordan to round out the day's feature. I should at least be able to get some manga reviews written for next week and if all goes well, I should have the next chapter of RttW as well. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 12:47:32
24 May 25
We're moving more pieces on the board in Chapter 6 of CoP. Look for reviews tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 17:23:06
18 May 25
I didn't get caught up on any of the anime backlog and didn't get reviews written on the manga backlog, but I did go ahead and read through one little gem I've been sitting on a bit, Volume 16 of Yotsuba&!. Because I don't have any more anime and manga for you at the moment, we'll dip into the movie review backlog to bring you the Clint Eastwood film Hang 'Em High, the 1956 Helen of Troy, the Jimmy Stewart film Harvey and, courtesy of Golan-Globus, the Lou Ferrigno film Hercules. I've got work next Saturday, so I may not have time to write manga reviews and who knows if I'll get caught up on any anime that needs to be watched? Having missed my deadline twice, I'll be setting TWH aside until next cycle and move on to CoP. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 15:41:11
11 May 25
For this week's installment of Winter 2025 anime, we have I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time, The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World and Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! I didn't get any manga reviews written yesterday, so instead we'll dip into the movie review backlog for the 1962 Natalie Wood version of Gypsy and the movie cut of Halo: Nightfall. I've only got one more winter series I can get caught up on quickly. The rest are ones I either haven't started or only got a couple episodes in. I might do just as well to dig farther back to things I've left unfinished. Since we've got midterms this week and I'm almost caught up with my grading, I can hopefully focus on that chapter of TWH that needs to get finished. Otherwise it'll get pushed to next cycle. We'll see how it goes. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 14:21:37
04 May 25
We continue our Winter 2025 anime coverage with Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! and Zenshu. I was actually able to prepare a full slate of manga reviews this time, so we've got Volume 6 of Dandadan, Volume 6 of Interviews with Monster Girls and Volume 3 of The Apothecary Diaries. I don't have any big Golden Week plans, so I'm hoping to get caught up on more of my viewing. I'm not terribly confident I can pull it off, but I'll see if I can't get the penultimate chapter of TWH out by the weekend. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 12:18:17
03 May 25
If you don't like Axios as much as Pawel, I have good news for you. The gang is heading out in Chapter 13 of RttW. Starting next cycle, we'll be hitting the road. In other news, we've got reviews coming up tomorrow, so be looking for that. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 12:30:09