How to brainstorm 20 blog posts you can write right now
So you’ve set up your new blog, or you’re just trying to breathe some new life into your old one. And that’s when it hits you, “What do I even…
Otaku Links: Movie night
I’m sure I’m not the only anime fan who can relate to the latest from Phuzzy Comics (above). The Magic: The Gathering community reacts to news of an upcoming M:TG movie.…
Kill La Kill: The clothes make the woman?
One of the first times a cosplayer dressed up as Kill La Kill’s main character, Ryuko Matoi, it resulted in a call to the police. And that’s just one of…
Read Covering live events, my latest free journalism guide
Would you like to attend conventions… professionally? Would you like to report on hard-hitting journalism topics like anime and video games? Meet your geek heroes and not get tongue-tied about…
Otaku Links: Let’s read some other anime blogs
Welcome to a very special edition of Otaku Links, where I’m just posting my favorite recent posts from awesome anibloggers, and nothing else. Gundam Fight all set! Ready? Go! The…
How I declutter my Gundam models
Like Gunpla? Click the image below to visit my new blog, Gunpla 101. Before and after! How have you been spending the new year? In my apartment, it’s been all…
Why is the media covering Space Dandy while other anime get ignored?
The New York Times. The Atlantic Monthly. The two last places you’d expect to see critical reviews on a show with “breasturants” as a major plot point. Space Dandy, airing…
Otaku Links: A cabbage-eating good time
Did you know cabbages in anime were once used to measure the quality of the art? (But when creators caught on, they just made the cabbages ten times more elaborate…
How I’ll be a better journalist in 2014
How many times have you been fooled this year by news sites you trusted? Probably far more often than you think. 2013 has been a banner year for hoaxes in…
Otaku Journalist’s top 10 posts of 2013
Blogging has given me a short attention span. This year, I published 122 posts on Otaku Journalist. But I seem to forget about them as soon as I post them!…