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The Secret Stars of Anime: The Church of Castle Town Dandelion
Hello everyone! One of my favorite things to do as an anime blogger is to bring to light some less popular shows and talk about their good qualities, perhaps even encouraging others to check out some...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Celebrating Birthdays with Locodols
Just when I thought Christmas was over for anime, Crunchyroll decided to drop me one last gift in the form of a new Locodol OVA before I went to bed. Locodol (a.k.a. Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol]...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Non Non Biyori and the Simpler Life
So apparently, the overall best anime of 2015, according to Beneath the Tangles writers, is Non Non Biyori Repeat. And while one could argue for various other shows being better, the Non Non Biyori...
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Gaming With God: Tales of Zestiria as the Tale of Salvation
Hey, everyone! I’m filling on for Samuru for the “Gaming With God” post today! I hope you all enjoy, despite me not being the regular for this column! I wanted to talk about the game Tales of Zestiria....
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?
When it comes to the theme of this column, which is “hidden gems of anime”, one of the shows that represents this theme best personally is the 2014 show Invaders of the Rokujyoma!? (Japanese title:...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Engaged to the Unidentified
Since Valentine’s Day has only just recently passed, I figured I would talk this time about one of my favorite, overlooked romance anime, Engaged to the Unidentified (Japanese name: Mikakunin de...
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The Secret Stars of Anime Special: Crunchyroll’s Hidden Gems
One of the challenges of writing this column is deciding which show to write about each time. While I have a fair number of shows to choose from, I know that people’s tastes vary and my tastes in...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Gourmet Girl Graffiti
Gourmet Girl Graffiti (Japanese name: Koufuku Graffiti) is one part cute-girls slice-of-life anime and one part an exploration of the role of food in social life and the joys of eating good food, mixed...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Silver Spoon
First of all, congratulations to Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for winning the first ever Beneath the Tangles March Madness tournament! It seems the show has won a lot of fans’ hearts, and that is...
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The Secret Stars of Anime Auditions: Shounen Maid
Generally speaking, I like to focus this column on shows that have finished airing, or at least have completed a season in full. This is not to say that I will never cover currently-airing shows, just...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Listen To Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!
Listen To Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! (Japanese name: Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!) is a light-novel-adapted anime from early 2012 that, since viewing it, has been an exemplary case for me of “don’t...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Kimi ni Todoke
I haven’t talked too much about shoujo series in this column, so I think it’s time to bring up one of my favorites in Kimi ni Todoke. There are many reasons why I love this show: the main character is...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Bunny Drop
Father’s Day is coming up later on this month, so I thought I would look at one of my favorite anime featuring an adoptive “dad” in Bunny Drop (Japanese title: Usagi Drop). In this show, the...
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The Secret Stars of Anime Special: The Spring 2016 Slice-of-Life Season
The slice-of-life genre will always be one of the more fringe genres for Western anime fans. While the genre is popular enough in Japan for a few works to sell decently or even become a top-seller, in...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Anne-Happy
I already talked about how good last season was for slice-of-life shows, and one of these shows I highlighted was Anne-Happy, which also fits the ever-popular category of “cute girls doing cute...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: ReLIFE
ReLIFE is one of the more interesting new anime this summer for a couple of reasons, perhaps most notably how it was released: all 13 episodes of this show were made available for viewing at once. The...
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The Secret Stars of Anime Auditions: New Game!
Among this season’s new shows, New Game! is the obligatory cute-girls-doing-cute-things show. And if you know anything about me from my various blog posts, you probably know that I am a sucker for...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Humanity Has Declined
One of my favorite anime of all time, Humanity Has Declined (Japanese title: Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita) is one of those anime series that reminds you that Japan likes to make some… weird stuff. Based...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Momokuri (and Gender Roles in Relationships)
Is Momokuri one of the best shows this season? Not really. In fact, honestly, of all the shows I am actively following, it is probably my least favorite. However, that just says more about the quality...
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The Secret Stars of Anime: Re-kan!
It is October, the month commonly associated with spooky stuff, which means it is the perfect month for me to talk about all those overlooked horror anime! …except that I do not like horror. Personal...
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