Reviews… Anime Review: My Hero Academia, Season 2 13 Jun 202617 May 2026 Season 2 has a confidence that Season 1 never quite had. The show no longer feels like it’s tiptoeing around its own premise or waiting for permission to take itself…
Books… Book Review: After the Fall by Edward Ashton 7 Jun 202617 May 2026 After the Fall is a sci-fi novel by Edward Ashton and published by Solaris. It is due for release on the 18th of June, 2026. This review is intended to…
Film… Movie Review: Repo! The Genetic Opera 6 Jun 20265 Jun 2026 If someone told you before 2008 that the director of Saw II, III, and IV was going to make a futuristic, dystopian cyberpunk rock opera starring Paris Hilton, Sarah Brightman,…
Reviews… Anime Review: My Hero Academia, Season 1 2 Jun 202617 May 2026 Season 1 of My Hero Academia doesn’t rush to impress you. It starts with a kind of narrative shyness, as if the show is still figuring out how loudly it…
Board Games… Game of the Month, May 2026: Sagrada 30 May 202629 May 2026 Sagrada feels like it was discovered rather than designed. Perhaps the stained‑glass puzzle was always there, waiting for someone to pour a bag of dice over it and reveal the…
Film… The Infection of Hate: Seeing with Eyes Unclouded in Princess Mononoke (May-Azaki Review) 26 May 20264 May 2026 Released in 1997, Princess Mononoke presented a sprawling, blood-soaked epic where the gods are dying and humanity is picking up the knife. It is a story that refuses the comfort…
Books… Book Review: Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver 23 May 202617 May 2026 Artificial Wisdom is a sci-fi novel by Thomas R. Weaver and published by Penguin. It is due for release on the 4th of June, 2026. This review is intended to…
Film… The Wind in the Wings: Burnout, Belief, and Kiki’s Delivery Service (May-Azaki Review) 19 May 20264 May 2026 There is a restlessness that defines the beginning of Kiki’s Delivery Service. We meet thirteen-year-old Kiki lying in the grass, listening to a weather report on her father’s radio, and…
Reviews… Anime Review: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Season 1 17 May 202616 May 2026 Frieren opens with an ending. Frieren begins where most fantasy stories end: the hero’s party has already defeated the Demon King, the world is saved, and the celebrations are over.…
Pop Culture… TV Review: The Capture, Season 2 16 May 202615 May 2026 Ben Chanan’s The Capture returned recently for a third season. I really enjoyed season 1 of this show, so I thought I'd better watch season 2 before digging into the…
Film… The Architecture of Insecurity: Cleaning the Soul in Howl’s Moving Castle (May-Azaki Review) 12 May 20264 May 2026 Welcome back to May-Azaki, my month-long journey through the breathtaking and often heart-wrenching worlds of Studio Ghibli. Today, we’re stepping inside the clanking, magical gears of my second review: the…
Books… Graphic Novel Review: Star Trek: Red Shirts 10 May 20269 May 2026 Star Trek: Red Shirts is a Star Trek graphic novel. It’s written by Christopher Cantwell, Megan Levens, and is being published by IDW. It is due for release on the…
