Bonus: Why doesn’t anybody know about Daytona USA 2/Sega Racing Classic 2?
The (second) never-ported sequel to one of my favorite games, hidden away in Like a Dragon Gaiden, is just weird and difficult enough to take it out of the mainstream
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Even the hardest veterans of Shonen Jump agree: The Trembling Right Hand is one of the worst manga we've ever read
I say this despite the last feature on this newsletter being a slam review of a promising but ultimately disappointing anime: I don’t really like to write negative reviews, not anymore. I would rather not be let down in the first place. And I don’t really like to
Bonus: The Shiboyugi anime’s beautiful, stylized direction doesn’t elevate hollow material
This anime is shallow pulp, utterly confident that it’s an art film. By the time this season ends— by copying the “congratulations” scene from Evangelion, infuriatingly satisfied with itself— I was yelling at the screen. “This isn’t profound!”
The Weekly April 23,2026 - Yoko Kanno, Guilty Gear reboots, CASTLE OF DRAGON
I saw Yoko Kanno in Brooklyn One thing about getting into middle age is that the culture starts targeting you. The pop music of your childhood starts playing at the pharmacy and in car commercials. The old-guy references on TV shows start to be about stuff your old ass actually
The Weekly, April 8th 2026 - rakugo, defeat, coin pushers, surf guitar
Akanebanashi anime premiere came with Actual Rakugo I was pretty busy this past week; all my plans turned out to be for this particular week in April. Any other week this would have been the highlight: I got to see a pre-broadcast premiere of the new anime adaptation of the