Volume 16, Number 1 - August 2022

FEATURES

Space Oddity!
The Orbital Children is an out-of-this-world anime in all the right ways.

The Love Connection!
Welcome to Rent-a-Girlfriend, an anime where the feelings are real, but the dates are not.

Aim for the Top!
Gunbuster the Movie is a great way to experience one of anime’s all-time sci-fi classics.

A Sense of Wonder!
Penguin Highway is an unpredictable arctic beast of an anime!

Food Fight!
For nearly two decades, Pretty Cure has become a staple of anime. Delicious Party Pretty Cure shows how the magic continues.

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial
Sweet 16

Letters
SHAREDOL

Otaku Arsenal
Random Stuff for the J-Nerd Lifestyle

Manga Previews
Bomba
Summer Time Rendering

Tokyoscope
Giant rats, angry statues, and a big buddha

Cosplay USA
Keep it Safe

Owari
Composer Taisei Iwasaki Talks Music and Creativity

DIRECT FROM JAPAN

Anime Reviews
Slow Loop
Urusei yatsura: Only You
My Dress-up Darling
World’s End Harem
A Whisker Away
Akebi’s Sailor Uniform

Manga Reviews
Orochi
From This Flame
The Song of Yoru and Asa
5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in Love
I’m a Wolf but My Boss Is a Sheep
Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games
Daily Report About My Witch Senpai
Welcome Back, Alice
Hello Melancholic!
Penguin and House
Invisible Parade
Sakamoto Days
Into the Deepest, Most
Unknowable Dungeon
2.5 Dimensional Seduction
I Can’t Believe I Slept with You
Tribute to Star Wars
Summertime Rendering
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star
The Girl I Want is So Handsome!

Game Reviews
The King of Fighters XV
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Sifu
Lost Ark
Infernax
Garden Story