How to get paid to watch anime
Here it is, the topic I’ve been asked to write about more times than anything else! Ever since I wrote Meet the girl who gets paid to watch anime, I’ve…
Why you want to make readers emotional
In Build Your Anime Blog, I shared Otaku Journalist’s most popular posts of all time. I told readers each of these posts were successful for two reasons: It was on…
Otaku Links: How to write stories, play dating sims, and create new anime fans
Serdar, writer of geeky fiction, shared how he comes up with story ideas. He has a fittingly geeky writing process, which involves role-playing games and keeping an idea wiki! How…
5 Summer Reading Manga Recommendations
Whenever I need a break from writing all day, I walk to the local park with the best Wi-Fi connection, settle in a shady spot, and browse my Crunchyroll Manga…
Let the audience decide
When I first started my career as a journalist, the reader comment I most dreaded seeing was “this isn’t news.” It made me feel like I was wasting time and…
Welcome to Otaku Journalist 4.0
Here it is, Otaku Journalist’s long overdue overhaul. Today’s new look features a logo by Ben Huber and the Impreza responsive WordPress theme. It’s the most major design change I’ve made…
Otaku Links: Soooo good!
Is the Akira live action movie happening or not? Once again, the project appears to have risen from the grave. Speaking of Akira, here’s a definitive list of all the times…
And now, an update
I owe you an apology, readers. “Where the heck is Lauren?” the three of you have been asking one another. “She said she’d be blogging regularly again, and then she…
Otaku Links: Hello City
By the time this post goes live, I’ll be on a train to New York City, checking out whether it’s everything Blood Blockade Battlefront led me to believe. It’s John’s…
Baby Steps and my Real Life Sports Anime
In March, I started watching Baby Steps, the story of a high school student who abruptly decides to take up tennis. This weekend, I bought my first tennis racket. I…