Review: Nisekoi: False Love vol. 19
By Dustin Cabeal
That’s more like it. In my last review, I admitted to maybe, kinda sorta being in love with this series. The afterglow has faded, and the series has not only returned to its usual shenanigans but further shows that it has fallen into the trap of success. The trap being needlessly continuing the story when a clear solution is in sight.
Review: Goodnight Punpun vol. 4
By Dustin Cabeal
I’m pretty sure that my theory about each volume of Goodnight Punpun matching the reading level of Punpun is a bust. It was an interesting thought, but this volume put the kibosh on with a decision Punpun makes in this volume.
Review: One-Punch Man vol. 10
By Dustin Cabeal
I have one gripe with this volume of One-Punch Man. There’s a lot of filler at the end of the volume. Granted it’s still entertaining and well-illustrated, but it’s not what I’m here for. It feels like Viz trying to pad the pages so that they can get a few extra volumes squeezed into the run. The “Bonus Manga” ends up being just over a fourth of the volume. Add that to the fact that the rest of the volume is split between Saitama, the baseball bat guy, and the current Human Monster bad guy, and it starts to feel stretched.
Review: Sausage Party
By Dustin Cabeal
As a stay at home dad, watching movies has become a luxury to me. The simple fact is that 2016 saw the least amount of movies I’ve watched in a year. That blew my mind until I went through a list of all the releases and saw the amount of utter garbage that was released. Recently though I saw a couple of CG movies that I had wanted to see and Sausage Party was on the top of that list.
Anime Consortium Japan to stream Fate/Grand Order –First Order-, Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga, Rewrite, Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2
Press Release:
Anime Consortium Japan Inc., the Japanese company for official anime streaming has announced today upcoming series starting in January 2017. It includes Fate/Grand Order –First Order-, Blue Exorcist Kyoto Saga, Rewrite and Tales of Zestiria the X Season 2. All titles will be available on www.DAISUKI.net and DAISUKI’s mobile apps with subtitles. Simulcast streaming of the ongoing shows MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS and March comes in like a lion will also continue.
Kodansha Comics Launches the Science-Fiction Manga by Nihei Humble Book Bundle
Press Release:
Kodansha Comics presents the Science Fiction Manga by Nihei book bundle in partnership with Humble Bundle. The offering amounts to $185 worth of digital manga, featuring legendary manga-ka Tsutomu Nihei’s early mind-benders BLAME! and NOiSE up to his masterpiece, Knights of Sidonia. The actual cost of the bundle is based on Humble Bundle’s unique pay-what-you-want charitable model.
DAISUKI.net Brings BEYBLADE BURST to the U.S. For Premium Members
Press Release:
Japan’s premier streaming service DAISUKI.net will begin streaming BEYBLADE BURST—the latest anime in the long-running BEYBLADE franchise—exclusively for DAIUSKI Premium members beginning on December 27 6:30a.m. (PST), 9:30a.m. (EST), 2016! The anime will be streamed with Japanese audio and English subtitles.
Best of 2016: The Entire List
By Dustin Cabeal
In past years we had individual categories with different picks, but this year the list fell to me to complete. I tried something different by spotlighting each pick on the "best and worst of" list and personally I liked it. Sure, some of you on Facebook didn't care for it plugging up your feed, but that's the breaks. The ideal format, of course, is viewing it on the site and not social media. I had planned all along to compile the entire list at the end of it's run, and hopefully, some people appreciated the sheer amount of work that went into our list. Sure, not every entry was in-depth, but when has that ever been the goal of a list? Here it is, though, the list and links to everything that was great in Comics, Manga, Anime and Movies from the year 2016.
Worst of 2016: The Entire List
By Dustin Cabeal
Surprisingly the "Worst of 2016" was way more popular than the "Best of 2016" which is too bad since I'd much rather that list get the focus. That said, I have a bunch of unpopular choices on this list, but I'm not going to offer an apology. They earned their way on this list. If you disagree, that's okay. I'm all for that. I'm sure my favorite books ended up on someone's worst of list, and that's they way it goes because comics are subjective like all creative mediums. The point I'm getting at is, don't bother telling me I'm wrong because I'm not here to tell you you're wrong. This is my worst of 2016 list, and while it's not as in-depth as some people would like it, the majority of these have been covered on the site and the podcast before showing up on this list. If you want to leave a comment, go for it, but do it on the original post. We'll see you in the next year and at the end of 2017 with another worst of list.
Best of 2016: Shin Godzilla
Find out why Toho’s Shin Godzilla made our “Best of 2016” list.
Worst of 2016: Doctor Strange
Find out why Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange made our “Worst of 2016” list.
Worst of 2016: X-Men: Apocalypse
Find out why Fox’s X-Men: Apocalypse made our “Worst of 2016” list.
Best of 2016: Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice
Find out why WB’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is on our “Best of 2016” list.
Worst of 2016: Masou Gakuen HxH
Find out why Masou Gakuen HxH made our “Worst of 2016” list.
Worst of 2016: Hatsukoi Monster
Find out why Hatsukoi Monster made our “Worst of 2016” list.
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By Justin McCarty
I picked up Transdimensional having no prior knowledge of the subject. Not even the Kickstarter description. If I had, I probably would have skipped it. I am probably one of five comics fans that don't get into sci-fi horror. The Kickstarter describes the comic as being a sci-fi horror in the same family as Alien and The Abyss. I’ve seen Alien maybe (just the one - sad face from you probably), not The Abyss. I wasn’t the proper audience for this comic. However, if I was into this type of story, I could see its appeal.