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nerdnag · 1 month

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A not so complete list of things that I've been into at one point or another in my life [to varying degrees], how many do you recognize?:

-Hades

-The Witcher

-Dark Souls

-Bloodborne

-DnD

-Trigun

-Vambrace Cold Soul

-Vampire in the Garden

-Tiger and Bunny

-Black Butler

-Catherine Full Body

-Detroit Become Human

-Life Is Strange

-Fire Emblem

-Thymesia

-Skyrim

-Stardew Valley

-Palia

-Octopath Traveler

-Resident Evil

-One Punch Man

-Our Flag Means Death

-Mystic Messenger

-God Eater

-Danganronpa

-Fallout

-Demon Slayer

-The Wolf Among Us (The telltale game)

-Dorohedoro

-Golden Kamui

-Jujutsu Kaisen

-Number 24

-Halo

-Ace Attorney

-The Last Of Us

-Assassin's Creed

-Umbrella Academy

-The Legend of Zelda

-Yuri On Ice

-Persona

-The Walking Dead (also the telltale game[s])

-Heavy Rain

Ohhh there are a few I don't recognize, but also several I've been really into! 😁

The Witcher - ooh, I really liked the show! I tried playing Witcher 3 though and didn't get into it that well.

Dark Souls + Bloodborne - haven't played any of those, but I've played Souls-like games heavily inspired by them! Like The Surge!

DnD - Have played a few times, though I'm not super into DnD in particular. I love TTRPG's in general though!! 13th age is my fave so far I think!

Detroit Become Human seemed really interesting to me but unfortunately I never played it!

LIFE IS STRANGE! YES!!! Are you kidding me I LOVE time shenanigans <33

Fire Emblem? Never heard about it. 🤔

Skyrim - tried it for a couple hours, it was fine! ^_^

I was really into Stardew Valley for a while!!

Octopath Traveler my beloved <3

Resident Evil - Have seen Let's Plays of a few of them!

Danganronpa I've played quite a bit but didn't get super into!

The Wolf Among Us was one of the first games I played together with my partner! It seemed really revolutionary when it came.

Ace Attorney, ofc!!!

The Last Of Us - haven't played, but watched a let's play and it was amazing

Assassin's Creed - you already know 😁

Watched a bit of Umbrella Academy!

Loved some of the DS Zelda games (I think there were several..?) and both Switch games!

PERSONA 5!!!!! <33 I have yet to finish it though... but I shall!

The Walking Dead - haven't watched the show, but I watched my partner play the Telltale Games many years ago!

As for the ones I've heard about but never interacted with: Hades, One Punch Man, Fallout, Halo, Heavy Rain.

Ones I never heard of: Trigun, Vambrace Cold Soul, Vampire in the Garden, Tiger and Bunny, Black Butler, Catherine Full Body, Thymesia, Palia, Our Flag Means Death, Mystic Messenger, God Eater, Demon Slayer, Dorohedoro, Golden Kamui, Jujutsu Kaisen, Number 24, Yuri on Ice.

Here are some for you:

My Time at Portia

Death Note

Eternal Card Game

Deus Ex

Dying Light

Disco Elysium

Dishonored

Thief

Subnautica

Professor Layton

Portal

Deathloop

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

The Council

Slime Rancher

Hacknet

The Sexy Brutale

Deponia

Papers Please

Orwell

Return of the Obra Dinn

Star Craft

#ask a nerd #games!!#recs #Edited because whoops I hadn't finished writing some of it...

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twistedfaych · 1 year

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So I read a lot of manga over winter break and I want to share some thoughts bc if I don't I might explode; The list is roughly in the order I read them

Baki the Grappler: Fun, crazy and a bit stupid but in a good way, really enjoyable

New Grappler Baki: More of the same, still pretty exiting, its getting a bit more ridiculous

Hanma Baki: :( I really didn't like the pickle rick arc and its just ridiculous now and I think the series could have ended here

---- Baki Break ----

Claymore: Beserk but lesbian so automatic win, cried a lot at the end, awesome monster art if you are into that

Dorohedoro (I already read 2/3 before but decided to finish it): Amazing and weird, a great manga for people that root for the "bad" guys, really loved it

Spy X Family: its so popular that I rly don't now what to say here. Its fun

Monster: Amazing writing and pacing, stays exciting from chapter to chapter, was really hard to put down and also really hard hitting

RED: Living on the edge: an actual hidden gem, great characters and hard hitting themes mixed with the appropriate amount of funny, also great female characters. I'm almost sure Golden Kamui is inspired by this, so if you like GK, you will eat this up.

Fire Punch: jesus christ man; whats fujimotos thing with cannibalism??? Its good but man it hurts, but I guess thats the point

Gantz: uhh yeah that happened I guess. Engaging and strong start but then it just falls apart due to various literary devices and tropes used, the end is just whatever; got some AoT vibes, Mangaka is to horny on main for my taste; I feel like it wasted a lot of potential

Homunculus: Great premise and great execution. I clocked the egg on the first panel were only their hand is visible, I'm really proud of myself for that one. TW Rape if you want to read it yourself

Shamo: I'm really torn with this one,, The beginning is pretty hard to stomach and but it gets really good after that?? Its a manga were I actively disliked the main character the whole way through, which is an interesting experience. I would only recommend it if you like baki but thought what if Baki wasn't a nice guy but an enormous asshole and rapist and rape victim instead? A hard read for sure, also obv TW Rape and other acts of sexual violence and abuse.

Blaster Knuckle: I only read the first 3 volumes since I couldn't find scans of more. Really didn't like that the KKK are ACTUAL DEMONS instead of just horrible humans, kinda misplaces the agency. otherwise its fun, its a bit of a riff of beserk but as a western

Beastars: I guess everyone already knew this but it is AMAZING and I loved every second, I was constantly on the verge of tears in the Legosi/Haru parts, guess I'm a furry now :shrug:

---- End of Baki Break ----

Baki Dou: :( :( just,, don't,, idk just because you can write that doesn't mean you should!!

Baki Dou (2018): surprisingly I had fun with this again! its a bit back to the roots and actually interesting new characters for a change!

So yeah now you know what I did for the last month hahahaha I have a habit of binge reading,,,,

#manga and stuff

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ysolt · 2 years

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hi violet! 6 11 13 29 for the ask game ^_^

omg hi :-)!

6. Anything that might inspire you subconsciously (i.e. this horse wasn't supposed to look like the Last Unicorn but I see it)

ive been asked multiple times if i based my art style of dungeon meshi and dorohedoro, which i didnt do on purpose but i can totally see how its similar. im quite happy about that

11. Do you listen to anything while drawing? If so, what

i do! i listen to a lot of redbone and daft punk and some japanese fusion bands while drawing but i have to make sure its relatively chill or i'll be too busy jamming to the music instead of drawing

13. A creator who you admire but whose work isn't your thing

not specifically but sometimes i see absolutely incredibly rendering and painting and then i click on the artists profile and its the most outlandish kinks known to man. nsfw artists know how to fucking draw alright

29. Media you love, but doesn't inspire you artistically

this one is very hard because i take a little bit of everything i watch/read/play into myself.... no i dont think so. everything makes me want to draw something im easily influenced

#violet talks #hi hi thank you for asking

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twizzta · 2 years

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10 11 21 and 25 for the asks ?

10: [favorite piece of clothing to draw]

sooo hard to choose i draw a ton of different clothes. i will say though i dislike drawing accurate suit jackets because it is usually very bland to me its like nothing. formal attire in general is not my thing at all but suit jackets seem to be a common thing i end up drawing. clothes i DO love drawing is 90s/y2k street fashion which if u have seen 23:59 is extraordinarily present. striking and colorful and intricate yet mobile outfits are always FUN to draw [again heavy inspiration is jsr+jsrf] and also big swirling moth bitten cloaks and pieces of fabric as well. turtlenecks are always something i love to give my characters because i think they look nice. weirdly shaped glasses, belt chains, belt[general], gloves, bits of metal, all that. i love adding chains to things but they are a pain in the ass to conjure.

11: [do you listen to anything while drawing? if so what]

MAAAANY things all the time and in fact it is harder to draw without listening to music because i often draw as a background for listening to new albums and such. i guess my main favorite music to listen to while drawing would have to be like . . . dnb/jungle [my 100hr dnb playlist or any youtube dnb mixes, m-beat ltjbukem dillinja all that], my main big playlist, rezzett, cocteau twins, machine girl, any album i have saved on utube playlist usually from dismiss yourself or ambiance, and dj gyrotta zao which i have been listening to while i answer these Smile. sonic dragolgo, yamantaka eye and traffic jammies too. sometimes i try to listen to protomen while i draw but i always decay and morph into a twisted heap when i do so i listen to jungle instead. i tried to listen to a protoman song on loop while i was drawing that nacho bcs art and i felt like i was gonna throwup or whatever. the narrative themes get to me sometimes so protomen is scary to listen to. any way i listen to a lot of songs all the time and i am on a primus era right now. last thing i listen to rtvs podcast or rtvs stream sometimes.

21: [art styles nothing like your own but you like anyways]

good god man dorohedoro. it is such a MASSIVE inspiration to me in every way but my style is very different from q hayashidas style in many ways. i would kill or whatever to draw the same level of detail that she does. i think i can draw the characters quite faithfully but the level of detail and intricateness of the environment and gore and masks and outfits is something i would fucking love to wield. i also love any painted sci fi landscape or surreal monster or grim reaper or very gorey art i come across which i cant put names to right now but i always appreciate those painted styles a lot. my art doesnt look like that.

25: [something your art had been compared to that you were NOT inspired by]

i cant remember any specific moments . . . ppl dont usually compare my art to anything that i can recall lol. someone recently said a character i have is hellboy or ksbd esque which i have not interacted with either things so that is some thing. idk mostly just recall ppl saying my ocs being -esque and not my style itself

#ask

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moo-nstr · 4 years

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Finally got the motivation to draw something Hollow Knight related, to have some hornet :)

#hollow knight #hk #hollow knight hornet #hornet #hk hornet #fungus #mushrooms #hollow knight fanart #hk fanart #it's been a while since i went into the fandom #but now im back!#hopefully more doodles will come :)#fanart #art #art account #artist on tumblr #the last bit is inspired by dorohedoro #yeaa got a new show to watch :))#strthemoonart

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zombrose · 3 years

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I was tagged by @thedarkqueenofmelancholy

Last song: You're dead by Norma Tanega

Last Film: Scott Pilgrim VS The World

Currently watching: Dorohedoro (for the 3rd time)

Currently reading: IT (though it's been a bit since I've touched it)

Currently craving: A nice large greasy pizza

Im terrible at tagging as always so anyone who wants to is always willing and just tag me so I can see if I inspired anyone lolx

#tagged #me #personal #get to know me

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unicornachos · 4 years

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A lil life update

Hey everyone!

I know I’ve been very MIA lately and if you ever look at this blog ur probably like. Is this asshole ever going to reblog a cool thing ever again?

Basically the last few months have been insane!!

1. I moved out by myself in April to an apartment just for me! In a completely different suburb that I really like! I’d lived in the same place for 6 years and through that time had some really terrible/difficult times with various housemates and often the creepy or annoying or loud boyfriends they would bring home. Now all that’s behind me and I live like a 2 min walk from an adorable bakery and a florist and lots of cafes and good coffee and the streets are cute and.. it’s rly nice and good and I feel like I belong here in this neighbourhood :)

Living by myself has also been absolutely amazing and really good for me. I need heaps and heaps of space and I don’t miss living with anyone else and I don’t get lonely, so I pretty much work from home every day blasting the music I want when I want, don’t have to fight for hot water and don’t have to worry about whether I’ll have to wait for someone else to get out of the kitchen before I can cook dinner for my very grumbly tummy lmfao

2. I’m not gonna go into the details, but I had a massive mental breakdown in May and had to take a whole week off work at a really crucial time. It really wasn’t cool and for weeks on end I was in really really bad shape mentally. I’ve come back a lot from that over the past few months, but I think the thoughts I had and the way I felt then will affect me for a really long time.

I’ve just reached the 2 year mark at my desk job and it’s really made me think about changing the working environment I’m in, and to put myself first. So I might be looking to job hunt again soon (I know, in this economy lol) but I really need to get out of where I am, because the culture of my current workplace is really toxic and after trying to change it for 2 years now I’ve finally accepted that I myself need to leave, because nothing there is going to change while the same people are in leadership. Working there and doing such varied work though has helped me understand what I’m interested in and what I really can’t stand, so I’m suffering through it atm but I’m learning too.

3. Art stuff! Because of moving and work being crazy and bad mental health I didn’t make much art at the start of the year. Since about May I’ve been working on an art project together with a friend of a family member who’s a stylist. We’ve basically collabed with a concept and I’ve created the art, and I’ll be posting more about it soon on my art blog, instagram, and art twitter.

Even though being pushed to work on a series of artworks (8 in fact) in such a short amount of time while dealing with a stressful job and a Not Cool headspace, it’s helped bolster my art confidence a little and has reminded me that I actually can pull a lot off if I just push myself to work on something. I’m feeling a bit more inspired now to try and do more art that I want to do this year. There’s no cons, so I can pretty much draw anything I want as long as I have the time and the energy between everything else which is nice in the scheme of things.

_______ Now that this big art project is done though I’d like to come back to Tumblr for inspiration more often! Tumblr is really bad on iPad and my phone, and I rarely get my brick of a laptop out anymore because having an iPad has honestly been super convenient even if I do still hate apple lmao. Despite this I want to start using it again more both to job hunt and chill out here collecting hundreds of draft posts and actually occasionally reblogging them lol.

Anyway, if anyone is actually reading this, I’m a lot more active on Twitter (same username there) so feel free to be my mutual on there if anyone would like!

I recently got back into Merlin (for the 485794th time, my once and future otp), and also Dorohedoro, oh and last November I became obsessed with Reddie so unfortunately that’s still happening so.. that’s a lot of what you can expect from my twitter RIPPP I hope whoever reading this has a super lovely day- peace out!

#she's..... alive?

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natsspammityspamspamham · 4 years

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Dino Watches Anime (Jan 13)

With the snow outside and cancellations everywhere, I have more time to kick back, relax, and not do anything. Seriously, playing out in the snow and being an absolute bum is my specialty.

Dropped

Darwin's Game

It just seemed like Mirai Nikki but updated to smartphones instead of flip phones and with a new interface and system. Seriously, it’s like someone watched Mirai Nikki and went “I can remake this and rake in the money”. The animation wasn’t good (according to our local sakuga geek, there were less than 10 animators who worked on the 40 min premiere because of the inhumane conditions of the studio which adds to the yikes), the soundtrack was great (but I won’t watch a show just for the soundtrack/seiyuu cast), and overall, I felt like I didn’t want to put myself through a show like this.

Uta no Prince-sama

I couldn’t do it fam. I watched two episodes and nearly cried on the inside because it felt like Kiniro no Corda but with a new bland face with new bland characters. I never watched either of these fully. I tried to watch just for the seiyuu (*ahem* Miyuki Sawashiro), but imagine having your life hobbies made into an absolute joke by a character who can’t even read music and is in the composition department while her main song of choice is “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and the ikemen around her and swooning over it and writing their own songs for her. The guys all have the same faces too! They’re triangle heads that can only be differentiated by colour palette. I’m telling the difference based on voices at this point. I don’t want the ikemen, but I would like people to be into my music too ya know! You may think that I’m dropping this anime purely out of spite for the story and characters, and you’re damn right I am.

Seasonal Stuff

Pet

This is this close to being dropped, and I don’t mean for the strong BL vibes. It’s a little cringy but not that bad (I’ve watched a lot of cringe straight romance and to me it’s all the same). It just feels so poorly constructed right now. The universe just hangs by a thread with characters I feel ABSOLUTELY NOTHING for. Everything in this anime feels so cheap. I’m giving this one more week before I give it the axe.

Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita

Okay, this anime is stupid, but we all went in knowing it was going to be very stupid. You’ve seen the screencaps. You’ve seen the cliches. Now get ready to have a pretentious science spin on it as if you haven’t seen these scenes a million times before elsewhere, and the characters (at least one of them) know it. The art... it’s present. I mean, character designs are giving the guys of Reddit what they want (especially with Sora Amamiya being really popular and singing the OP along with voicing the main character). Yuuma Uchida is also there. Nothing really worth noting here except “stay in school kids so you can become a pretentious science kid with no people skills!”

Dorohedoro

I might just watch this anime in place of “Pet” because this anime has a much brighter outlook and despite being CG genuinely looks better anyway. It’s the horror that I wanted to fill the void with (since Pet genuinely isn’t scary or innovative). Everything was pretty good with the first episode! I’m looking forward to seeing more!

From here on out, the rest of the seasonal list are the ones I look forward to the most! Get that head lizardman!

Runway de Waratte

At first, this doesn’t seem like something that would come out of Shonen Weekly, but it inspires a good message about being who you want to be even with limitations if front of you. You have a girl too short to be considered a model and a guy who designs fashion without having the money to pursue it further. I know nothing about style, but I do know things about being short! Maybe that’s why I have such a soft spot for it...

ID:Invaded

This anime gets more interesting as we go along. I’m all into murder mysteries and things like that, and with the sci-fi mixed it, I checked to make sure I was up-to-date with this one. Each episode gives a new mystery with more details outline our jaded and imprisoned detective’s motives and backstory. I wasn’t sold on the character designs at first, but once you get over that hurdle, it’s all good. I like the psychological aspects of it too!

Kyokou Suiri

Ever wish you had a female protagonist who was upfront about her romantic motives? Ever wanted to watch a show involving youkai? Here’s the show for you! Plus, her character design is so cute. Mamo sang the ED for this anime too. The animation is great, the story looks amazing (read ahead a few chapters in the manga), and this is one of my most highest anticipated anime for the season!

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Here’s one of my favourite pilot episodes! This anime left such a strong impression on me that I went straight to my non-otaku friends going, “You’ve gotta see this guys”. The art style is consistent with the manga, and according to the not-so-quiet manga readers, we’re in for a really good anime.

All the characters in this anime are also adorable and really simple-minded on the surface. Hanako-kun being a boy is a really funny twist on the local urban legend (I’m one of those kids who never dared to say “Bloody Mary” in the washroom so what can I say?)

Recently Completed

Hana to Alice: Satsujin Jiken

Remember Aku no Hana? This is what happens when rotoscoping has a bit more budget. This anime was slow, a little cringy, but it felt really real. The voices felt real, the characters felt real, and the story felt... mostly real. I don’t regret watching this movie art style and all because I think it captures a bit of the exaggerations of being a teenager (rumours blow up like balloons)

Sennen Joyuu

Satoshi Kon really has a certain way of telling stories. I’ve watched Perfect Blue, Paranoia Agent, and Tokyo Godfathers, and while this didn’t have as strong of a punch as the latter, this film was still strong. It shows a story of a young maiden’s resilience, perseverance, and undying love... all things I can’t relate to... but it was good!

Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo

This show was a trip. You thought it was a fanservice anime until things got really heavy. This anime was funny, it made me feel things with the themes it took on, and it made me remember that the best girl doesn’t always have to win to be a good anime. The art was cute and sweet, the voice acting was so fricking funny (according to the cast, the improv wasn’t always included but the ones that were left along with the dialogue were pure gold), and the story was exceptional for an anime which seemed to have no base whatsoever. And plus, this had something a lot of anime don’t... A CONCLUSIVE ENDING. Give this anime a watch if you haven’t. It’s melodramatic comedic romantic teen drama at its finest.

Orange

Speaking of melodramatic romantic teen dramas, here’s another one that fits that bill! Minus the comedy, more suicide, and far less cohesive plot. Imagine throwing letters into the Bermuda Triangle and having your 16-year-old selves really reading those letters. I was wondering how they were going to explain sending their letters to the past, but they should’ve come up with better BS than that. Aside from really bad plot holes, this anime was alright. It was slow... really slow. I finished this whole 13 episodes plus the movie in about 2.5 hours after trimming the slow recaps.

The art was alright. The story was slow, but near the end (excluding the last episode and the movie) it got really heavy. It hit close to home. I struggled with suicide for years, and I felt what this character felt. Certain lines of that dialogue just hit hard. It was depicted in a way that didn’t feel as romanticized. He wasn’t saved by just one person, his trauma didn’t go away just like that, it took a group of friends and planning to help him realize that there was more to life then just regrets.

Would I recommend this? I mean, it was recommended to me, but I’m not forcing this anime on anyone... not because of the themes but because it was darn boring and cliche 70% of the time.

Still Watching

Darker than Black: Kuro no Keiyakusha

Same things apply as previous entries

Hunter x Hunter (2011)

My brother expected me to finish this a while ago but I put it on the back-burner because the number of episodes seemed daunting. Everything else is good though.

Sousei no Onmyouji

I only watched the first episode.

Boku no Hero Academia Season Four

Same things apply as previous entries. It seems like the Overhaul arc will end in the next episode or two (depending on how much they milk this).

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Groundhog Day but isekai. Seriously, this is a pretty big staple in terms of big isekai. Everyone’s fighting over who’s the best girl meanwhile Subaru is trying his best not to die every five minutes. Seriously, Subaru is a champ and what I’d want out of a Mary Sue isekai protagonist. Get em Subaru. Prove to me you’re not a car.

This will be me for the next few days because it’s getting colder where I am so watch me slip on the ice and die!

#dino watches anime

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stacks-reviews · 7 years

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Tuesday Releases 6/20/17

Happy New Release Day! There’s a lot going on in books but not much (at least that I’m interested in) on DVD.

In Books

–Dorohedoro volume 21 by Q. Hayashida If you have never heard of it before Dorohedoro consists of a world made up of Sorcerers; who live in a separate world/dimension, and the humans who live in a place called The Hole. Every so often Sorcerers will travel to The Hole using their magic called Smoke to open a door there. Once there they experiment on humans to improve their magical abilities. Caiman was experimented on by Sorcerers and had his head turned into a lizard head. And as result he lost his memories of everything leading up to the transformation. Now he spends his days with the help of his friend Naikaido hunting down Sorcerers trying to find the one who transformed his head in order to fix it and hopefully regain his memories. I really like this series. It’s dark, it’s gory, and I enjoy the art style. The art style is similar to comic books than manga but it does have it’s problems. They did print some issues in color for a few pages at the beginning of different chapters but it usually comes out a little blurry. But I’ve heard that it isn’t a problem in the digital volumes. I often have to go back and reread the previous volume to help remember what will be going on in the new one. Sometimes even having to go back two or three volumes to understand it. But it has gotten better in the later volumes cause I think I’ve finally figured out what is going on so I’m a little less confused. It is a complex story line but I enjoy it. There is some nudity in the series so just be aware of that if that is something you don’t like to see when you read manga or comics.

–Erased omnibus volume 2 by Kei Sanbe The manga that the hit anime of the same name is based on. But if you are unfamiliar with either of them: Twenty-nine-year-old Satoru has a unique ability that he calls ‘Revival’ that allows him to travel back in time; sometimes against his will, to when he was eleven. When he was eleven there was a series of child-kidnapping in his hometown which resulted in the death of a girl named Kayo Hinazuki. By traveling back in time he hopes to be able to prevent the murder of Kayo and to prevent a tragedy that happens before he travels back in time. It’s a poor summary but the anime was very good and one of the hits of its season. The culprit was kinda predictable but the real charm of this series is watching as Satoru tries to save Kayo in more ways than one. I do have the first volume but I haven’t had time to read it yet. I did flip through it a little bit and from what I saw the anime seems to follow it pretty well.

–Magical Girl Raising Project volume 1 by Asari Endou Another manga that inspire an anime of the same name. There is a game that exists that creates Magical Girls but one day the game decides that there are too many magical girls. Their numbers must be cut in half. So begins a deadly contest between them. I haven’t had the time to try out the anime yet but it is on my queue. I’ve heard good things about and would like to try out the light novels as well as the show. If you like dark magical girls I would give it the show or the light novels a shot.

–Management Style of the Supreme Being by Tom Holt The Supreme Being and his son decide that they no longer wish to be supreme. So they decide to sell. Our new owners; the Venturi Brothers, have a few ideas how the world should really run. They don’t care for Good and Evil and decide to rid the world of right and wrong. But one of the old gods didn’t want to move out and he needs to know if you’ve been naughty or nice. I was first drawn to the title and I like the idea behind it. That our universe is more or less run like a company and can be sold. Not really sure how Santa will play into or why. Especially considering that this comes out in June. Unless this is for the paperback edition. Which I forgot to check when I looked this book up. But it still sounds good.

–Motor Crush volume 1 by Brenden Fletcher “By day, Domino Swift competes for fame and fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine boosting machine narcotic known as Crush.” I haven’t heard much about this series but it sounds good. I wanna give it a try.

–Princess Jellyfish omnibus volume 5 by Akiko Higashimura In the bustling city of Tokyo there resides a place called Amamizukan, a safe haven for girl geeks (otakus of trains, jellyfish, Japanese dolls, and more) who are terrified of ‘stylish’ people. One such girl is Tsukimi who loves jellyfish. One night she meets a stylish lady who helps her save the life of a jellyfish at a pet shop. This chance encounter will result in an odd friendship (at first anyway) between the two and the rest of the residents at Amamizukan. But this stylish girl is actually a boy. It’s super cute shojo series that was made into an anime a while back. As well as a live-action film that according to one of my friends is very well done. Though do note: Rightstuf has it noted as a release for today but it looks like B&N will not be getting it till 7/18/17, according to their website.

–Spell on Wheels volume 1 by Kate Leth, illustrator Megan Levens, and colorist Marissa Louise Three witches who head out on a road trip to retrieve their belongings that were stolen from them before whoever stole them does any damage to the items. I don’t know too much about this series but I enjoy magical stories. And I like the looks of the art style.

–Strange Attractors by Charles Soule and illustrated by Greg Scott Dr. Spencer Drownfield claims to have saved New York City from itself in 1978. Ever since he has been tinkering with the people of New York to keep the city afloat. A young mathematician is chosen as his successor. Is there truth to Dr. Spencer’s claims about how the Butterfly Affect and his complexity math applies to the city’s patterns. Or is it simply the raving of a broken man as he tries to make sense of the world around him. I like the idea of a person secretly ‘tinkering’ with people in order to save his city. And at first I thought it would be done on a real power but now I am not so sure. It may end up being more on a reflection of how we interact with the world and try to understand our place in it. Either way, the story sounds good.

–Tokyo Ghoul volume 13 by Sui Ishida In case you haven’t heard of this series yet. Tokyo Ghoul is about a world infested with human eating ghouls. One day Ken Kaneki goes on a date with a cute lady who turns out to be a ghoul and tries to eat him. Due to a strange incident the ghoul is killed and Kaneki is rushed to a hospital. Where they transplant the ghouls organs (who they don’t know is a ghoul) into Kaneki to save his life. Turning him into a half-ghoul. I really like this series. There’s lots of action and it has an interesting story. It is an exploration of what really makes a person human (one of my favorite story types, especially if it involves robots; GitS). If you have seen the anime but haven’t read the series yet, you should. The anime started to deviate away from the manga around volume 5 or 6. But both are worth reading/watching. There is just one volume left after this before the first series is over. Tokyo Ghoul Jack will be released digitally only, but in full color if I remember right. Tokyo Ghoul: re volume 1 will be out in October.

In Movies and Television

–The Big O Complete Collection Forty years ago the citizens of Paradigm City all lost their memories. Negotiator Roger Smith does his best to find resolutions for any troubles that Paradigm City finds itself in. With the help of his butler Norman, his android assistant Dorothy, and his giant robot (also called a megadeus) Big O. The classic anime is back and for the first time on blu-ray. I love this show. It has been a long time since I last saw it, back when it was still on Toonami. It’s a great film noir series with mecha’s. What’s not to love. Seriously though. It has been a long time since I last saw the full series. I don’t think I could explain it well enough to do it justice. I really recommend it. If I remember right the first season is more episodic while the second season has a more on-going story. Like GitS S.A.C. and 2nd gig. I do have the full series on dvd from Bandai but I would like to retire it someday for the blu-ray. Once you watch it, you too will start shouting out, “Big O! Showtime!”

–Sailor Moon S P2 The second part of Sailor Moon S, episodes 109-127. There is a gwp version on Rightstuf’s website that includes art cards. Really excited to see part 2 out. Mine actually arrived in the mail yesterday. And now that I have both parts of S, I can finally watch them. I like to wait till I have both part of the Sailor Moon seasons before I watch them.

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