Author Archives: Miguel Douglas

About Miguel Douglas

M. Douglas has been an avid fan of Anime and Asian films for roughly a decade. He's currently the administrator of iSugoi.com and created the site in hopes of bringing together people who enjoy and share the same interests.

High School of the Dead – Review

Takashi Komuro is a normal high school boy, until an infection breaks out that turns people into zombie-like creatures. Along with his friends and the school nurse, they fight their way out of their school and continue their journey to find out what exactly has happened to the world around them. READ MORE

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Moshidora – Review

Minami Kawashima, a female high school student, unexpectedly becomes the manager of Tokyo’s Hodokubo High School baseball team to help her best friend, Yuki Miyata. READ MORE

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Patisserie Coin de rue – Review

Natsume is a young woman who travels from Kagoshima to Tokyo to find her boyfriend. Natsume fins a job at “Patisserie Coin de rue”, a pastry shop run by husband and wife tandem Yuriko and Julian. At “Patisserie Coin de rue” Natsume works with talented patissier Mariko and her fascinating creations. READ MORE

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Ranma 1/2 – Review

Tendo Akane is a boyish girl of martial arts who is fervently determined to inherit her father’s dojo. However, her father makes a unilateral decision that his successor should be a man. Moreover, he has already chosen Saotome Ranma as Akane’s husband-to-be, unaware of Ranma’s one strange habitude…he changes into a girl when splashed with water! READ MORE

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Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva – Review

Professor Layton, true English gentleman and the world’s greatest amateur super sleuth, embarks on his most daring adventure yet when he receives a letter from his old student, the famous opera diva Janice Quatlane. READ MORE

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Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below – Review

A young girl named Asuna who spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the crystal radio she received from her late father as a memento. One day while walking home she is attacked by a fearsome monster and saved mysterious boy named Shun. READ MORE

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Review

In this world, there exist strange creatures that have the power to grant one wish to a chosen girl. However, in exchange, that girl must then become a magical girl and use their powers to fight against witches, evil creatures born from darkness that are responsible for murders and suicides. READ MORE

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Pre-order Directory of World Cinema: Japan 2!

Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first installment of “Directory of World Cinema: Japan”, this volume continues the exploration of the enduring classics, cult favorites, and contemporary blockbusters of Japanese cinema with new contributions from leading critics and film scholars. READ MORE

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Our podcast series has moved to a new site!

Just wanted to let everyone know that iSugoi.com’s podcast series “Visual Nippon” has grown quite well over the past year. We have a lot more listeners now, and we have made the decision to move the podcast to its own website. READ MORE

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High School Debut – Review

Haruna Nagashima gave her all to softball in middle school, now that she has made her high school debut, she has decided to give her all for a new goal: getting a boyfriend and falling in love. However, she has one small problem—since she never paid any attention to fashion or trends in middle school, she has no idea how to go about attracting her yet-to-be-found love. READ MORE

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