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On Otaku, No Video, Brent reviews anime and manga; posts primers about influential anime franchises, studios, and creators; and digs deeper into the themes and metaphors underlying anime.

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The first part of a primer on the Japanese phenomenon of visual novel games, explaining the basic terminology and concepts.
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A review of the first three volumes of Yuu Watase's shoujo high school manga Imadoki!
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Brent reviews the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya film.
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A look at the classic mecha OVA, Macross Plus.
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A review of the shoujo manga Ultra Maniac.
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A look at the weird, experimental, and very short anime OVA "BLAME!" based on the manga by Tsutomu Nihei (Biomega).
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A look at the first volume of the super-popular manga Hikaru no Go, in which a boy learns to play an ancient board game. And it's interesting!
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The first full-length animated film made in Japan, Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors is a World War II propaganda film aimed at kids. It's as weird as it sounds. Here's a review, just in time for Pearl Harbor Day.
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A look at the classic horror manga "The Drifting Classroom," in which an elementary school is ripped into a wasteland, and tragedy quickly ensues.
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