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Shadows House (2021, Cloverworks)

Cheery, positive Emilico is the latest Living Doll to awaken to serve the Shadows Family. Her Shadow Master was Kate. Every day Emilico would wake up and clean the soot released overnight by her master. As the time passes, Kate and Emilico becomes closer. Emilico is also granted access to more the Shadows House where she meets other...


Mawaru Penguindrum (2011, Brain's Base)

Shoma and Kanba Takakura's younger sister Himari has been diagnosed with a terminal disease. One day, while visiting Himari's favourite aquarium she suddenly collapses but finds her springing back to life. What's more, penguins visible only to them become part of their lives. It seems the hat they bought at the aquarium has...


Eden of The East (2009, Production IG)

Saki Moromi was on a trip in Washington DC but while trying to throw coins into the fountain outside the White House, she almost gets questioned by the police nearby. Fortunately for her, a naked young man appears holding a gun and ends up being a distraction. Later Saki thanks him and offers her coat only to remember her passport was...


In/Spectre (2020, Brain's Base)

17 year old Kotoko Iwanaga "saved" Kuro Sakuragawa's life one day and fell for his "goat-like" appearance. Not long ago when Kotoko was 11, she was kidnapped by Youkai who wanted her to become their mediator "The Goddess of Wisdom" whenever conflict arose amongst their kind. Kotoko agreed but wasn't returned to the human unscathed...


B The Beginning (2018, Production IG)

There are a number of serial killings by ruthless criminals who like to abuse and toy with their victims. As the Royal Investigation Service team try to hunt them down, they always find them brutally murdered with a sign "B" left behind. "Genie (German for 'genius')" Keith Flick who disappeared from the team long ago reappears...


The Case of Alice and Hana (2015, Steven & Steven/Rockwell Eyes)

Tetsuko "Alice" Arisugawa has just moved to the rural countryside with her mother. She doesn't feel very welcome when she catches the neighbour staring out the window at her. Not only that, no one wants to be near her at the local school for some reason or the desks left empty in their classroom for that matter. As the days pass, she soon...


AI: The Somnium Files Review

I had no idea what this game was about or even what kind of game it was but it looked interesting so I thought I'd try it out. Turns out to be a strange crime investigating, 3D visual novel by Spike Chunsoft the same company that made the Daganronpa games (which I also never played). In this case this was directed by Koutaro Uchikoshi who was...


Boogiepop and The Others (2019, Madhouse)

A number of girls have been disappearing from high school, rumoured to have run away or worse. Urban legend has it that a being known as "Boogiepop" is out murdering girls once they reached their peak moment of beauty and he was dressed in a dark robe with a top hat. One day while Keiji Takeda is out waiting for his date he comes across...


Sagrada Reset (2017, David Production)

Sakurada isn't your average town. Its inhabitants and anyone who moves to the town are granted a special ability but they're limited in such a way that the user can't benefit from it and if they left town, they'd forget they even had such abilities. Kei Asai is a righteous high school student who takes things seriously and won't do...


Hyouka (2012, KyoAni)

Hotaro Oreki is your unmotivated but intelligent high school student whose motto is "if I don't have to do something then I won't do it or if there is, I do it quickly." However, that changes when his sister asks him to join the Literature Club to stop it from being abolished due to the lack of members. A cheery, energetic and inquisitive...