Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast #28: Lord of the Rings

Subtext to Confessions: Examining Several Recent Yuri(ish) Anime

Originally I hadn’t been planning on writing this article, but when putting together my list of the top 20 anime for 2024, I realized that many had yuri themes, either as romantic or platonic yuri, so this article made more sense. Specifically, Pon no Michi, Metallic Rouge, Madlax, Train to the End of the World, […]

Ted Lasso Season Three (Series?) Finale: Post-Mortem

A strong series finale can go a long way towards helping an audience forget about minor bumps and bruises a show provided through an uneven series run. But what it can’t do is take a beloved series that almost fully lost sight of everything that made it great in its final run of episodes and […]

Girl Bands to Voice Actor Radio: Yuri from Present to Future

In my recent post, I examined similarities and differences between five new anime: Train to the End of the World, Whisper Me a Love Song, The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night (also known as YoruKura), and Girls Band Cry. This post continues this analysis, noting how the last […]