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Ongoing Investigations: Case #233
The Flowers of Evil was a series that seemed to either be on peoples best anime of 2013 list or something you acknowledged existed but had a strong reason it was absent. Quite a few people just could...
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Ongoing Investigations: Case #234
There is only one thing we like almost equally much as detectives: phantom thieves. Bandette (vol. 1) by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover is a delightful adventure set on the streets of Paris featuring...
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Fate/Stay Night: Back to the Future
When the news broke that there was going to be a new Fate/Stay Night anime in 2014 the speculation was fast and furious. The original Fate/Stay Night anime sits in place between the infamous meme...
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Ongoing Investigations: Case #235
I think is was easy to dismiss The LEGO Movie as utter trash cinema based on a toy like Battleship or the Bayformers movies. It did seem like something that had the distinct potential to be horribly...
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Ongoing Investigations: Case #236
The story in the Mushishi Special of a girl who can’t go into the sun and the eclipse which takes a toll on her family and her town, and her selfish wish for the sun to never to return, fit perfectly...
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Ongoing Investigations: Case #237
If any one remembers a little while back Kate looked at the first volume of Knights of Sidonia. She definitely had mixed feelings on the series but I was still intrigued to see what the series was...
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The Speakeasy #052: Death of a Virgin, PAX East 2014
Drink #052: Death of a Virgin PAX East 2014 Our first experience with PAX East was an overwhelmingly positive one. So much so that we hope to add it to our list of regular, staple cons we return to...
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Ongoing Investigations: Case #239
A long time ago, we used to be canceled. It was a fairly well publicized story. On May 22, 2007 the last episode of the Veronica Mars series was played on TV. While there were many dangling plot...
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A Puzzling Objection: Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney always seemed like someone’s dream more than something that would get made. More the realm of fan fiction and comical videos than something you would...
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Fate/Hollow Ataraxia: Fuyuki City Cooking Simulator (Now with Bonus Holy...
It seemed like Fate/Hollow Ataraxia was in an eternal limbo where is was fairly close to being translated but at the same time became a running joke that it would never be finished in some sort of...
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Top 8 Type-Moon Items I Would Love to See Translated – 2015 Edition
Back in 2012 I did a post about the five Type-Moon projects I would love to see translated. Since then some of my dreams came true and at the same time others of them are still unfulfilled. That said...
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The Wakuing Dead
Join us at Waku Waku NYC August 29th and 30th! Enter code WAKUFULWAY to get a weekend pass for $35. (expires: August 19th) As a follow-up to the code we gave out yesterday for Waku Waku NYC, I wrote a...
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An Open Letter to Type-Moon Fandom
Disclaimer: I clearly have a horse in this race so I know most people are going to take what I am saying with a healthy bit of salt. That is more than fair. In fact it is the only way to properly...
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Secret Holy Grail Wars
Fate/Grand Order had a big New Year’s event online event to celebrate the first few months of the game’s release as well as lay out some future developments. But the biggest piece of news was also...
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12 Wonderful Female Servants That Need To Be Added to Fate/Grand Order
OK. I recently made a big deal about the gender distribution of servants in the Fate universe and found that while people constantly complain that there are more female Servants than male Servants the...
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The Speakeasy #075: My Little Monster, Fire Emblem, Spectre, Gravity Falls
Ongoing Investigations: 007: Spectre from Eon Productions, Firefight and Calamity by Brandon Sanderson, Fire Emblem Fates from Intelligent Systems, Gravity Falls from Disney, My Little Monster by...
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Manga Predicted Pokemon Go
If you are unaware of the works of Kazuma Kamachi I will lay down a quick primer on his series. His most famous work is A Certain Magical Index and the tagline of the series is “When Magic and Science...
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The Speakeasy #079: Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Sailor Moon Drops, Flying...
Ongoing Investigations: Sailor Moon Drops, Flying Witch, Goodnight Punpun vol 1-2 by Inio Asano, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Showa: A History of Japan by Shigeru Mizuki, End of Hayate by Kenjiro...
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The Speakeasy #083: Space Brothers, Animal Crossing, Girlish Number, J-Novel...
Ongoing Investigations: Space Brothers by Chuya Koyama, Samurai Rising: The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune by Pamela Turner, Girlish Number by Diomedea, One Piece Treasure Cruise by Bandai, Animal...
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Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star – You Now Have Permission to Pursue Lu Bu
It has been looking like a very good year to be a Type-Moon fan. The year started with the First Order special which was a solid treat after Fate/Grand Order finished its first major story arc. Then...
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The Speakeasy #086: Fire Emblem Heroes, Voltron S2, Comiket, Wrestle Kingdom
Ongoing Investigations: Fire Emblem Heroes from Intelligent Systems, Granblue Fantasy the Animation ep. 1 from A-1 Pictures, Voltron: Legendary Defender S2. Song: “Rainmaker” by Yonosuke Kitamura...
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Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star Part 2 – Is Extella Good Civilization?
I really wanted to put out some sort of written review for Fate/Extella while people might have still been on the fence about buying the game the first few weeks it was out. But I don’t have either...
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The Speakeasy #087: Zelda, Dragon Maid, Classic Anime, Crunchyroll Slowdown
Ongoing Investigations: Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid from Kyoto Animation, Zelda: Breath of the Wild from Nintendo, Black Clover vol. 1-3 by Yuki Tabata, Yamada and the Seven Witches (finale) by Miki...
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Kotomine’s Salty Mapo Tofu: A Fate/Grand Order Review
The stars have aligned and so it is finally time for me to write a review for Fate/Grand Order. First of all, Kate is on vacation so I decided to try to fill the holes for the Monday slot. I usually...
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Top 10 Type-Moon Items I Would Love to See Translated – 2017 Edition
Back in 2012 and 2015, I did posts about the Type-Moon projects I would love to see translated. The years in between then and now have been pretty awesome. While there are still several titles from...
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The Speakeasy #089: Super Robot Wars, Cells at Work, Guardians of the Galaxy,...
Ongoing Investigations: PreCure Tsunagaru Pazurun by Bandai Namco Entertainment, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild finale from Nintendo, Super Robot Wars V by B. B. Studio, Guardians of the...
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The Speakeasy #093: My Hero Academia Vigilantes, I Hear the Sunspot, Legend...
Ongoing Investigations: I Hear the Sunspot, Space Runaway Ideon, Super Robot Wars V, My Hero Academia Vigilantes. Song: My Hero Academia OP 1: “The Day” by Porno Graffitti Food for Thought: What games...
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The Speakeasy #096: Juni Taisen, Animal Crossing, Space Runaway Ideon
Ongoing Investigations: Juni Taisen: Zodiac War, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Space Runaway Ideon. Song: “Cosmos ni Kimi to” by Keiko Toda Food for Thought: What were some of your favorite non- anime...
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Fate/Extella LINK: You Lied To Me ELO
I was told by the Electric Light Orchestra song Twilight (An otaku classic thanks to the Daicon IV opening animation) that, “It’s either real or it’s a dream. There’s nothing that is in between.”...
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Ask Hisui: Should I Watch Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia?
I admit this seems like a very simple question but for some reason, I have not only seen this question being asked multiple places but I have personally been asked it multiple times. The question...
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