Volume 16, Number 5 - June 2023

FEATURES

Tower of Strength
Arknights: Prelude to Dawn makes the jump from video gaming to anime in spectacular fashion.

Music of the Spheres
One Piece Film: Red is a wild big screen adventure that sings the praises of song!

Tools of the Trade
Does the old saying, “If it ain’t broke,don’t fix it, right?,” apply to Do It Yourself!!?

Turn of the Blade
Reincarnated as a Sword is an easy to digest entry in the fantasy minded isekai tradition!

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial
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Letters
Cosplay Chickens

Otaku Arsenal
Random Stuff for the J-Nerd Lifestyle

Manga Previews
Natsume & Natsume
Welcome To Demon School! Iruma-Kun, Vol. 1

Tokyoscope
Space Jigoku Ballet

Cosplay USA
Get Organized!

Owari
Man on Fire

DIRECT FROM JAPAN

Anime Reviews
Lupin the 3rd: Part 6
Romantic Killer
Reiwa no Di Gi Charat
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, Season Three
Love Flops
To Your Eternity: Season One

Manga Reviews
Helck
Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet
Sasaki and Peeps
No Longer Heroine
Natsume & Natsume
The Executioner and Her Way of Life
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy
Rainbow Days
The Gay Who Turned Kaiju
So What’s Wrong with Getting Reborn a Goblin?
Coffee Moon
Fabula Ultima
A History of Japan in Manga: Samurai, Shoguns & World War Two
She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat
Medaka Kuroiwa Is Impervious to My Charms
The Hunter’s Guild: Red Hood

Game Reviews
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion
Lover Pretend
Ooblets
Witch on the Holy Night
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
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