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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Animeister. New year, New Saga , Ticketholders! Also, let's get the meme crap out of the way because I know some of you are thinking about it. Yes, this is  the sixty-seventh Anime Spotlight . And yes, I chose to review today's anime for the first Monday of the year before I even watched an episode, solely because it has the word "New" in the title. New Saga (literally translated from Japanese as Be Stronger! New Saga , or New Saga Plus ) is a one-season promotional anime (so far, there are no plans for a continuation, so that's what I'm calling it, even though the print sources have also concluded) for a novel, light-novel, and manga  series written by Masayuki Abe  (with different artists for each medium) and published on Shōsetsuka ni Narō  (who have handled so many properties I've reviewed that I'd be here listing them all day) and by AlphaPolis ( Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy ). In a fantasy world where land ma...

Content Calendar Announcement, Week of January 4, 2026 by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Fresh Ticketmaster. 2026 is here, Ticketholders! I said pretty much everything that I wanted to say about 2025 in my State Of the Ticketverse post on Thursday, including my big plan for this year, so go read that if you haven't done so yet. As for why I skipped out on reviewing Gojira  (1954) yesterday, the short answer is that I'm in a bad place and I needed to breathe. Working on and consuming so much content has "required" a lot of caffeine (basically making myself an energy debtor), distanced me from my family, cost me valuable sleep, and turned me into someone I don't like being. Dealing with other people I don't like is one thing; trying to cope with not liking myself as a result of doing something I enjoy is an entirely different, more serious matter that can present itself in unpleasant ways. And while I am not of a mind to send myself Down the Rabbit Hole , so to...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Resolute Ticketmaster. Happy New Year, Ticketholders! And I'm not just saying that as a stock holiday greeting; 2025 left much to be desired from a real-world perspective, to be polite and non-specific about things, and I want everyone (who isn't a delusional sociopath, a sex criminal, a greedy asshole billionaire, a political assassin, a rage-baiting grifter, or any combination or supporter thereof) to make something new and happy out of this year that lies ahead. For me personally, 2025 was full of mixed blessings. I got a new phone, my employer finally recognized and rewarded me for my contributions and loyalty, I have a co-worker who's worth a damn (but the two who aren't decided to quit, and bodies are bodies at the very least), and I made some long-needed renovations to my personal space that helped me feel more productive than I had in awhile. As a result of my improved finances, I was able to contribute to my family more, an...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Omnibuster . Omnibuster's Note: The miniseries I'm reviewing today deals with sensitive psychological topics like mental illness and suicide. Unlike many modern content creators, I will not shy away from using these terms. However, I understand the tactlessness of indulging in their description and depiction, and will leave exposure to such words and imagery up to the comics consumer. It's New Year's Eve, Ticketholders, and though I probably dropped the ball on getting to ten thousand views for the month of December, I intend to not drop the ball when it comes to keeping my year-end content obligations. So that means it's time to Escape From 2025 and its Madness by closing out Wonderland Winter with a trip... Down the Rabbit Hole ! I don't have any version comparisons to share, but you'll probably notice as you start to read the Trade that it is the first (maybe only?) collection to have a continuity explanation on ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Pagemaster It's really appropriate that this is the thirteenth issue of Cover Charge , because both times I read Alice In Wonderland  (a.k.a. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland , or Alice's Adventures Under Ground , as it was called in its original manuscript form), I felt as if I had been cursed to die of annoyance and boredom with my brain pouring out of my ears. Whether because it simply melted from prolonged exposure to such pointless idiocy, or it fled in terror, piece by piece, from Lewis Carroll 's most famous work occupying my short-term memory, I cannot begin to guess. My issues with the book begin with Alice herself. I suppose it's to be expected of children of a certain age, but Alice is Dunning-Kruger personified. She's lazy, impatient, inconsiderate, self-important, violent toward animals, and so stupid that she thinks her own stupidity is the result of her being changed with someone stupider than herself (which ...

Content Calendar Announcement, Week of December 28, 2025 by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Festive Ticketmaster. New Year's Week  is here, Ticketholders! And I'm no longer ahead of the game. I haven't written a word of anything for this coming week yet, and only subjected myself to the long-winded, unfocused bullshit that is Alice's Adventures In Wonderland as far as content consumption goes. As you'll see below, I have decided to put the  Gachiakuta  review off for another week or two so I can focus on the new year to come.  As for analytics, I'm still trying to get December 2025 to ten thousand views, and with my paid SEO from  BlogPros  acting up this month, I need your awesome support more than ever. I will still be  keeping you updated on my progress on a weekly basis,  and  doing  TBT '25  (and whatever I decide to call it next year) pushes on social media to promote my old posts one Thursday at a time (because communication ...