Otaku Links: A time for butts
Last link list I said I had something in the works for Anime Feminist, and that went live this week. How fan service can attract or repel an audience, and how…
I don’t like your favorite anime. So what?
I remember the first time I realized that not everyone, or even most people, liked my favorite anime. I was in my college anime club. Every fall and spring, we…
Otaku Links: Behind the Dragon Ball
Ever wondered how fans watch anime in Japan? Frog-kun investigates. As I mentioned in my travel diary, I used a VPN that spoofed my home address to watch anime in…
Web design retrospect: J-Novel Club
Back in June, I got an email about a potential freelance project. It came from Sam Pinansky, who I knew from his anime translation work and the founding of Anime…
Otaku Links: Newtypes? Newtypes.
My friend Amelia just launched her site, Anime Feminist! I’ve been quietly rooting for it behind the scenes—I was even the first Patreon backer, and I’m overly proud of that. One…
How to create a profitable side income
In my last earnings report, I mentioned offhandedly that I’m starting a new business. Again. I haven’t mentioned the business linked in that post in a while because after a…
Otaku Links: Kickstart everything!
The first episode of Yuri!!! On Ice was a whirlwind and it’s easy to get hyped up already. But Tom Zoth’s retrospective on director Sayo Yamamoto’s previous works makes me…
September 2016 Income Report
After four months of sharing my income on Otaku Journalist, I look forward to the end of the month. While I’ve always kept spreadsheets of my monthly earnings, it’s been…
Otaku Links: Intervention needed
This is a cry for help: it’s been fewer than three weeks and I’ve already watched 40+ episodes of Hunter x Hunter (which I am pronouncing “Hunter Hunter” until I…
Six lessons from 2 years of professional anime reviews
Two years ago this month, I had just started my position as an episodic streamer at Anime News Network. In the months ahead, I would write several thousand words a…