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MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: Our Brawl
In this week’s MHA recap Mike, Isak, and Leo Rydel review episode 99 – Our Brawl! They also discuss manga chapter 315. If you want to avoid manga spoilers, use the timestamps in the video description! We’ll be back to review episode 100 of My Hero Academia next week!
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REVIEW: Famicon Detective Club The Missing Heir + The Girl Who Stands Behind (Switch)
The years are 1988 and 1989. Nintendo releases a pair of visual novels back to back for the Super Famicon (or as we know it in the west, Super Nintendo Entertainment System) named Famicon Detective Club: The Missing Heir and The Girl Who Stands Behind. For The Girl Who Stands Behind, the player is meant to solve a murder mystery at a school that is said to be haunted by the ghost of a missing student. In The Missing Heir, the player is meant to solve a murder mystery while finding out the reason for his amnesia Players that enjoy visual novels will feel right at home with its point-and-click…
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MY HERO ACADEMIA Recap: Deku Unlocks Blackwhip!
For this week’s episode, The Amateur Otaku is joining forces with no other than Geekly Goods‘ own Leo Rydel. Deku awakens blackwhip and unleashes an incredible burst of power. What does this mean for his future, and will Uraraka be the hero to save heroes? We discuss! It is an amazing episode filled with Al Pacino references, bad musical numbers on top of all the hype and speculation talk for this series going forward. We’re reviewing every episode of My Hero Academia so if you’ve missed our previous discussions check them out here!
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OFFICIAL: The Amateur Otaku Podcast Joins WOBAM! Entertaiment
Ladies and Gents, It is my pleasure to announce that The Amateur Otaku Podcast, the quintessential podcast for seasoned viewers and newbies to the world of Anime and Manga; is joining the WOBAM! Entertainment family. My co-host Isak Wolff, a longtime contributor at WOBAM, and I, are extremely happy for this team-up; because it will open up new avenues for people to discover awesome anime shows and will increase the footprint of the show as it continues to grow in its second season. We also love working with the WOBAM team. This opens up the possibilities of them joining in our antics as guest stars to our ever-growing episode library.…
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4 Crossovers That Nintendo Needs to Do
Crossovers are nothing new for Nintendo. Just look at one of the most successful franchises of all time, Super Smash Brothers. While they have done other crossovers, such as Fire Emblem crossing over with Dynasty Warriors or Pokémon crossing over with Tekken; there is still plenty of potential for crossovers for Nintendo to consider. Here are list of suggestions: Soul Calibur x Fire Emblem With the success of Pokken (Tekken, but with Pokémon characters), you would think the next obvious step would be for Bandai Namco and Nintendo to make a crossover with their fantasy-themed 3D fighting game, Soul Calibur. With the fighting styles Soul Calibur is known for, Fire…
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Review: BNA: BRAND NEW ANIMAL Season 1
A human-turned-tanuki named Michiru runs away to Anima City. There she hopes to get protection and answers. When she meets Shirou, a beastkin who can turn into a wolf, the answer might not lie so far away. Like A Whisker Away, I found this randomly on Netflix. It looked like it could be a lot of fun, pressed play, and here we are. Twelve episodes later, and BNA: Brand New Animal has ended up as one of my new favorite series in a long time. When a story wants to incorporate an important subject matter, the writer always takes a big risk. Insert it amateurishly and it can become jarring. That…
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Review: A WHISKER AWAY (2020)
When Miyo Sasaki gets the chance to transform into a cat, she uses it with the hope of knowing more about the boy she has a crush on. Problems arrive, however, when the line between being human and cat becomes shorter. There are times where you find something at random. Be it the library or a garage sale. When it comes to A Whisker Away, it was a random scroll when I search on Netflix. I read the premise, saw the trailer, and thought it could be a cute animated movie. Luckily for me, it ended up being just that. At first, I was unsure of what to think about…
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REVIEW: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
Kusuo Saiki is a high school student who has been born with powers. Saiki is continuously in trouble that can reveal his abilities. Be it his friends or the girls that fall for him for an unknown reason. Sometimes, there is a show or movie in which there are next to no words to describe it. The Disastrous Life of Saiki K fits within this category. Similar to Bobobo-bo bo-bobo, this series loves to breaks the fourth wall to the extent that there is no fourth wall. It is gags and humor galore, within every frame. The show contains two types of scenarios. Scenes that make the viewer scratch their…
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Crunchyroll and HBO Max Announce Anime Launch Titles
Crunchyroll, the world’s largest anime distributor, is teaming up with HBO Max and will be a ton of shows to the platform. The two streaming giants announced their collaboration and the series coming to HBO Max at launch. Kevin Reilly, Chief Content Officer, for HBO Max went on to say: “Anime is a celebrated, diverse art form with a rich culture rooted in imaginative worlds and vibrant characters. Crunchyroll has centralized these fantastic adventures for everyone to enjoy. This WarnerMedia family collaboration is bringing together an incredible collection of content with a passionate fandom, and HBO Max is tottemo ureshiii [very happy] to expand the reach of this inventive artistry.”…
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PODCAST: Fire Emblem OVA Review
With the 30-year-old anniversary of the franchise, I knew that the Fire Emblem OVA would be something we’d cover, and a podcast episode would be the best way of doing so. So, I’m joined by Landon Beall and Brandon Alvarado. This is an episode filled with rants, anger against me, and straight-up laughter. Enjoy. For more podcasts, be sure to check out Mike and John at the Movies, and The Amateur Otaku!
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