Otaku Links: Night Vale, shipping, and t-shirts
Like everyone else on Tumblr, I’ve recently discovered the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. So far it’s half creepy, half hilarious. Combined with an apparent slash relationship waaaaay later, I…
Do you think anime characters are sexy?
It began, like most of my conversations begin these days, with Free!. My sister, my husband and I were hanging out in the pool when I just had to bring…
Watamote: the perks of being a wallflower
There are a lot of anime that take place in high school that are labeled “slice of life.” But there’s nothing about anime like Toradora, K-On!, or The Melancholy of…
Otaku Links: Attack on tastebuds
Have some Attack on Titan fandom tea blends. Because that’s totally a thing. I predicted nobody would write anything deep or meaningful about the increasingly fanservicey Free!. I was wrong.…
Read Navigating Ethics and Bias, my latest geek journalism guide!
After a loooong hiatus, Navigating Ethics and Bias is out in the world. At 18 pages, it includes a 16 page “textbook” section, plus two worksheets. Get it here! I…
Two views on otakudom: Sasahara in Genshiken and Kirino in Oreimo
Remember when I sent out a call for guest posts? I’ve decided to start posting them now, while I put the finishing touches on my latest Bookstore offering, Navigating Ethics and…
Otaku Links: Making it in the media industry
Otaku Journalist reader Alex started his own anime news blog and it’s going really well. He’s posted 30 articles in a month! I’ve also been chatting with reader Nelson, who is…
A Q&A with cosplay photographer and author Ejen Chuang
One of America’s most well known cosplay photographers is Ejen Chuang. His photography book, Cosplay in America, is half photojournalism, half work of art. I first heard about Ejen when I…
Otaku Links: Fandom as religion, fandom as love
You could stay in this high tech Star Trek hotel room in Sao Paulo for $670 a night. They went all out on this! I LOVE PBS Idea Channel. Linking…
On liking shallow anime
Over here in anime fandom, we’re fond of reminding outsiders that anime is “more than cartoons.” Sure, it was a little more difficult to discern that back in the days…