Letters from Atman: My First D&D Campaign Pt. 8

narutaki Alrighty then, it is official the world of Atman would be much better off without us “heroes.”

When last we left off, the party had stumbled into a mad, world-destroying plot by the Dread Lord. We were tasked with delivering some of his literature heralding his coming to the leaders of the Elven and Orchish empires. Since our choice was death or be messengers, we chose messengers hoping we could figure some way out of this mess.

We didn’t.

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Had to Share This Message to Adolf Panel Sequence

narutaki I guess spoilers? This happens fairly early and isn’t too difficult to deduce.

Osamu Tezuka’s story of WWII and three men sharing the first name Adolf is a taut thriller.

These panels feature German officer Mr. Kaufman going to bed with his wife which morphs into his memory of murdering a young geisha. I don’t really have that much to say beyond: OMG so good. Mr. Kaufman isn’t a very sympathetic character but these panels do a lot to show how his actions haunt everything he does.

S.W.A.T. Reviews: Spring 2013 Pt. 3

The premise of these reviews is simple: watch the first episode of a series and then immediately sit down to record a review mini-podcast. The reviews are five- to ten-minutes long and entirely off the cuff. As always we only review new shows (so no sequels or continuations) and try to avoid anything that just looks outright awful. Here are 6 from the new season:

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Listen – Episode 1 of Karneval from Manglobe with the opening “Henai no Rondo” by GRANRODEO. It is streaming on Funimation and Hulu.

Listen – Episode 1 of Attack on Titan from Production I.G and Wit Studio with the opening “Guren no Yumiya” by Linked Horizon. It is streaming on Crunchyroll and Funimation.

Listen – Episode 1 of The Flowers of Evil from ZEXCS with the opening by Uchujin. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Arata: The Legend from JM Animation and Satelight with the opening “GENESIS ARIA” by Sphere. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Valvrave the Liberator from Sunrise with the opening “Preserved Roses” by Nana Mizuki x T.M.Revolution. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.

Listen – Episode 1 of Mushibugyo from Seven Arcs Pictures with the opening “Tomoyo” by Gagaga SP. It is streaming on Crunchyroll.