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Yamishibai Returns with Another Season

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Yamishibai is back for its 5th season!  Fans will be thrilled to find out that the style has gone back to the story telling roots of the first season.  This seasons theme, so far, seems to focus on ghosts.  The intro hints at a “living dead” theme.  Only two episodes have been released.  Keep an eye out on Crunchyroll for updates.

Here’s a quick look of the first two episodes:

1: Wrong Number

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Married to a salary man who works all day, Mrs. Masuda remains at home with their son, Hirofumi.  One day, the phone rings. The mysterious caller informs Mrs. Masuda that she’s running late…

2: Give it to me

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On her way home, an office worker runs into a little girl.  The girl says she is waiting for her mother, but sees a beautiful butterfly brooch on the office workers shirt.  “Give it to me,” the girl says…

Are you excited for another season of Yamishibai? Which is your favorite story so far? My favorite episode is from Season 1: Hair.  I will never touch a printer at night!

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Konosuba Returns!

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If you didn’t know it already, Konosuba has returned for a second season as Konosuba 2 ,much to my excitement! It picks up right from where season 1 left off, Kazuma and the gang saved their town but now he is suspected of working for the Devil King due to his actions in the first season. Long story short and spoiler free, Kazuma and his group must now pay off a lot of debt and basically start over in terms of gathering riches.

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So far there are 3 episodes in and can be watched on Crunchyroll or if you have VRV and the lunch combo subscription, you can watch it there too. I’m enjoying it so far and look forward to their adventures, how about you? are you watching? let us know!

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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories Season 4!

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Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories is a horror anime series animated in 5 minute shorts.  Each short is based on a tale from Japanese urban legends or myths.  What makes this series stand out is the unique animation style drawn to mimic Kamishibai style of story telling; street story telling using drawn scrolls/boards and simple theatrics. It was really popular in the 1930’s.  This one of those series where you gather your friends together, sit in a dark room, and see who screams first.

What I enjoy the most about Yamishibai is the pacing and flow of the stories.   The lack of in-depth animation and the simplicity of the dialogue create some wonderful moments you will be thinking about before you turn out the lights. With each season, we experience a different director’s take on Hiromu Kumamoto’s stories. Each season carries its own pace, tone, and method of story telling -pretty darn close to the original stylistic roots of Kamishibai!

Moving into to season 4, another style change is being implemented.  So far, only the first three episodes have been released on Crunchyroll.  What viewers will notice is that the stories have gone back to the roots of season 1, however, the episodes are heavily narrated; the story is told rather than shown through the animation and short dialogue.  So far, I really enjoy the stories of season 4 since it traces back to the roots of season 1. I haven’t picked up on a theme quite yet (Season 3 was all about monsters), but I’ll just have to wait until a few more episodes are released.

I have a lot of hope for the rest of the season.  Keep an eye out for a review on the first three episodes (coming soon)!  Have you had a chance to watch this series? What do you think of Season 4 for far? Let me know in the comments.

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Top Anime of 2016

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2016 is just about over if not over already when you’re reading this, lets take a look back and see what Anime I considered top of 2016. This is of course all based on opinion, your list might be different than mine or anyone else’s.

I’ll start off with my personal favorite, a very niche anime due to the series its based off of, I’m talking of course about…

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Danganronpa 3

The only way to have enjoyed this anime is if you played the 2 games leading up to this anime, if you start watching it without any knowledge of the games then you will have no idea what is happening and you will ruin the “twists” that happen in the game. As a series end it was acceptable, it made me feel despair as it intended but I do think some characters needed a little more development before being killed off. Regardless, Danganronpa 3 was in the top 3 favorites of mine in 2016.

Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Re: Zero is an anime I wrote a little review for go check it out here. Anyway though, even though it now feels like it has a slow start, it still sucked me in until I watched the last episode available. I am definitely waiting in anticipation for more episodes to come out. If not, I’ll settle for reading the manga.

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The Disastrous life of Saiki K.

The Disastrous life of Saiki K. is one of the funniest anime I have seen in a while. Saiki has psychic powers and is never surprised because he can read minds, except he can’t read the minds of anyone really dumb, like his self proclaimed best buddy Nendo. It’s a great watch. I’ll give more info on an NCG Recommends piece.

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Kono Subarashii Sekai Ni Syukufuku Wo!

Konosuba is another Anime we recommended before Here. Every episode was hilarious and the story sucked me in. Go watch it and then join me in waiting for season 2.

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Berserk (2016)

One more that we recommended before! I personally loved watching this and could hardly wait for the following weeks episode. I certainly hope it constitutes until it catches up to the Manga, but also I don’t want it to because it goes on hiatus a lot and that makes me sad.

Which series had you hooked in 2016? Let us know in the comments?

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New Pokemon Anime will Focus on Memorable Video Game Events

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This year brought back Pokemania, with PokémonGo, announcements of two new games, the year-long Mythical Pokémon Distribution events, plus more, Nintendo and the Pokémon Company celebrate the 20th anniversary pretty well. With the year coming closer to an end we wonder what else they have in store for us.

Well it was recently announced that a new anime will be airing soon titled, Pokémon Generations. This won’t be the anime adaption with Ash, but rather Pokémon Generation will consist 3-5 minute episodes, that will focus on memorable events from the many video games of the franchise.

Pokémon Generations will air on The Pokémon Company‘s YouTube channel from September 16 to December 23, with a new episode being released weekly.

Be sure to check out the trailer below.