Volume 17, Number 3 - Spring 2024

FEATURES

COME SAIL AWAY!
One Piece isn't just one of the most successful series of all time, it's a classic that everyone should experience!

THE POWER OF LOVE!
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts is an anime brimming with love, bravery, and kindness.

THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Undead Murder Farce mixes up Japanese anime and Victorian Europe.

LIVING IT UP!
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End asks the eternal question: Now what?

FANTASTIC VOYAGE!
“Cute girls doing cute things” doesn’t appeal to everyone. Fortunately, A Place Further Than the Universe doesn’t seem to be any of that

DEPARTMENTS

Editorial
One Piece to Rule Them All!

Letters
Power of Hope: PreCure Full Bloom

Otaku Arsenal
Neat New Stuff on Our Radar

Manga Previews
Gachiakuta
Search And Destroy

Tokyoscope
Mecha One Piece 2000

Cosplay USA
Tips to make your photos stand out.

Owari
An Interview with Steven Maeda

DIRECT FROM JAPAN

Anime Reviews
My Happy Marriage
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today
Helk
My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog
FLCL: Grunge

Manga Reviews
Soara and the House of Monsters
My Stepmother and Stepsisters
Aren’t Wicked
Superman vs. Meshi
The Summer Hikaru Died
The Darwin Incident
The Moon on a Rainy Night
Don’t Call It Mystery
Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu!
Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night
Appare-Ranman!
Nina the Starry Bride
Team Phoenix
Homunculus
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Deluxe Edition
Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
Akane-banashi
Dead Company
Magical Girl Incident
If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the
Budokan, I Would Die
Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection
At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender
Offshore Lightning
Jungle Juice
Secrets of the Silent Witch

Game Reviews
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Sonic Superstars
Final Fantasy XVI
Detective Pikachu Returns
Air Twister
Fate/Samurai Remnant