Journal with Witch continues the drama and brings up some serious family issues in Ep. 7 "Leave In Writing". Of course, much of it has to do with Asa's deceased mother, who continues to haunt the narrative in an excellent depiction of posthumous characterization. If anything, the mother is haunting
Frequent readers here will recall that we reported that MIMARU has recently done some wonderful renovation and expansion of their Pokémon Room hotel chain. As you might guess from the name, this hotel chain offers some adorably luxurious Pokémon-themed hotels in the franchise's home nation of
One Piece sets sail for the Elbaph Arc on Crunchyroll this spring! On April 5, 2026, Luffy and the Straw Hat gang embark on the latest bit of their adventure. Crunchyroll announced that the fan favorite anime is ready to resume its expedition on the service. More and more folks have been getting
TRIGUN STARGAZE brings the bloody and violent action back with symphonic flair in Ep. 5 "What a Wonderful World". And yet, the villain playing this symphony couldn't be any more terrified of his situation. Methinks most people will feel no small amount of sympathy for Midvalley the Hornfreak even
ChaO is a most fascinatingly bizarre anime film. It's one of the newest anime films from Studio 4°C (Berserk: Golden Age Arc, Children of the Sea, All You Need Is Kill), features Toei Company as the distributor, and with Yasuhiro Aoki as the director. As for the anime film itself: it seems to be
I suspect most readers here will not have heard of To You in the Beyond. To be honest, this is the first I've heard of it as well. This is apparently the anime film adaptation of the hit Japanese coming-of-age novel by Akiko Abe. This particular author actually won the 22nd Japan Booksellers' Award
For once, Journal with Witch is giving us depression not from death, but from love and its complexities in Ep. 6 "Overlap". All stemming from the worry and woe that romantic love can give people. Fortunately, as Makio finds out, there are also good things coming from love too. Journal with Witch
Crunchyroll is bringing Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc to the streaming platform soon! In Spring 2026, we’re getting the globally acclaimed anime film available at home alongside the show itself. Crunchyroll announced the move today and folks are hype to revisit this wild film from the comfort
The trailer for A24's The Drama does a great job of keeping things intentionally vague. We meet Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya), a couple about to get married who seem like they know everything about each other… until they very clearly don’t. One drunken night at dinner with
The last few episodes of HBO's The Pitt have been a whirlwind of activity. Though not covered here, the show ran the gamut from staff assaults to ICE's appearance. The latter was a prescient addition to the storyline given the current climate in America, and something the show portrayed correctly.
When Margaret Atwood returned to Gilead almost 35 years later, with her book The Testaments, the sequel to her seminal The Handmaid’s Tale, they said she could never match its genius. The story more than matched her 1985 dystopian classic, winning the 2019 Booker Prize, feeling horrifically timely