Mushi-shi — A metaphor for mental illness
This blog post originally ran on Manga Therapy in May. As I make my year-end assessment of my best writing of 2014, I keep coming back to this post and thought it…
What does your family think about anime?
Every December, I spend a lot more time with my family than usual. There’s Christmas, my birthday, John’s birthday, and my mom’s birthday all in one week! Although home for…
Otaku Links: What’s trending
Another Friday, another week of reviews! Yowamushi Pedal and why Machimiya and Arakita are mirror images, the trick of suspense in Gundam Build Fighters Try, and one-sided romance in Denki…
Otaku Journalist reviews Oishi Fun
About a month ago I got an email from Oishi Fun, a Japanese snack delivery service. They asked if I’d like to review a box, and I agreed, eager to pair…
Otaku Links: Black Friday
I hope all my American readers had a great Thanksgiving, and everyone everywhere else had a a great Thursday. I haven’t been online as much this week, so enjoy a…
Finally! My first Master Grade Gunpla
It’s been over a year since I wrote about building my first Master Grade, and I finally did it. (The one I talked about last September ended up being a…
Otaku Links: My oldtaku is showing
It’s almost time for the Twelve Days of Anime, Scamp’s long-running meme in which bloggers write about the anime they watched this year. I’m already writing up my posts in advance.…
Christmas present ideas for anime fans
When I was in seventh grade, I spent a weekend carefully printing out pictures of the four main characters of The Slayers, cutting them out, and pasting them onto my…
Otaku Journalist is five years old!
Me in early 2010 and late 2014. Still blogging, still wearing funny things on my head. This is my 563rd post. That means I’ve been blogging about 112 days…
Otaku Links: No, it’s not Friday
Welcome to the extra-early edition of Otaku Links! As it turns out, this Friday is Otaku Journalist’s FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY not that I’m excited or anything, so I want to…