Volume 15, Number 1 - August 2021

FEATURES

all for love
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? is an anime about looking for love in all thewrong places.

Eight arms to hold you!
Can anime survive in the strange new setting of So I'm a Spider, So What?

SpACed InvadErs!
Planet With feels like a classic anime offering viewers an endearing story and a lovable cast of characters.

the big chill
Laidbackers is an anime less about magic and monsters and more about growth and change.

dealing with demons
Dororo is a dark reimagining of a classic series from decades prior.

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial
15 Candles!

Letters

Otaku Arsenal
Random Stuff for the J-Nerd Lifestyle

Manga Previews
CALL OF THE NIGHT
BOYS RUN THE RIOT

Tokyoscope
The Return of Godzilla, Samurai Reincarnation, The Invisible Man Appears

Cosplay USA
Gates Wide Open

Owari
Is This Anime? Three of Our Favorite Medium-Bending Anime Series

DIRECT FROM JAPAN

Anime Reviews
Heaven’s Design Team
Nutcracker Fantasy
D4DJ First Mix
Baki Complete Collection Season 1
Akudama Drive
Sunday Without God

Manga Reviews
My Hero Academia: Team-Up Missions
Dr. Stone Reboot: Byakuya
Cells at Work! Baby
Star-Crossed!!
Tono Monogatari
Sachi’s Monstrous Appetite
Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
Super HxEros
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon
Call of the Night
Chasing After Aoi Koshiba
The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent
Haru's Curse
Shaman King Omnibus
Tamamo-chan’s a Fox!
Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection
Beast Complex
Magical Angel Creamy Mami and the Spoiled Princess
A Sign of Affection

Game Reviews
Persona 5 Strikers
Little Nightmares II
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury
Calico
Going Under
Cyber Shadow