Ten anime that don’t “all look alike”
After I wrote my retort to the idea that “old anime is somehow better” last week, some of you remain unconvinced. I realized this belief goes far deeper than I…
Otaku Links: What month is it?
It’s March, but the weather’s so snowy and cold that I haven’t set foot outside my apartment in three days. I’m staving off the cabin fever with Gunpla, Ask.fm questions…
The “good old days” of anime
Anime today is awful. Everything airing is crap, and fans have horrible taste. Why can’t we go back to the good old days of anime? Oh right, because they never…
An interview with Frag Doll turned Game Producer Sabre
For my latest interview with an awesome geek, I looked in my own backyard. Kim, known as Sabre online, and I graduated from the same high school class. But while…
Otaku Links: Robo glitter
I didn’t expect the prettiest anime of Winter 2015 to be a mecha anime, but life is full of surprises. Circumstances outside my control led to this not being…
Otaku Links: Two short weeks
Between my San Francisco work trip, Katsucon, and the inevitable crushing sickness that followed, I haven’t spent a lot of time looking for links. Here’s just a little bit of…
Sports anime and the Odagiri Effect
You’re probably tired of hearing about my love for sports anime. Motivating storylines, passionate characters, and seriously cute boys make titles like Yowamushi Pedal, Haikyuu!, and Kuroko’s Basketball my essentials.…
Katsucon 2015 recap
I went to my first Katsucon when I was 22 years old. Since then, I’ve never missed a convention, not even when a blizzard (Kat-snow-con) threatened to keep us all…
Revisiting my most ambitious 2015 goal
Last month, I told you about my creative fiction goal in order to stay accountable. Let’s say the results were… less than stellar. Total word count: 4,219. Results: two short…
How not to be a journalist, illustrated by Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!
In their quest to seek out the truth, journalists often have different motivations than the people around them, and are seen as nosy and meddlesome. When they’re portrayed in anime,…