Otaku Links: Fandom first, anime second
If you haven’t watched Little Witch Academia yet, you’re missing out. It’s a 26-minute animator training short with gorgeous, expressive character design and over-the-top goofy animation. There are no plans…
Things nobody told me about becoming a freelancer
It’s been four months since I quit my job, but I’ve reached the point where I’m able to pay my bills with just my freelance gigs. I think that finally…
Otaku Links: Let’s talk otaku
The photo above is a backdrop taken from the last anime I watched. Can you tell what it is just by the background? Check your answer, plus tons more photos,…
New portfolio site
Take a look at the much-neglected LaurenRaeOrsini.com today, and you’ll find it completely transformed. It’s been reskinned with a brand new custom theme, Writer’s Blocks, built from the ground up…
My journalism and blogging essentials
I was going to call this post, “My office essentials,” but one of the best parts about my life is that I don’t have an office. Sometimes I work with…
Otaku Links: Hopelessly addicted to the Web
In r/movies, a redditor took some stills from Spirited Away that look more like paintings than screenshots. Here’s all 38. Could cosplay be banned at New York Comic Con? This is…
Otaku Journalist Vlog #2: Spring anime sampler
I think I’m beginning to get the hang of this vlogging thing! This time I’m sharing my thoughts on the opening episodes of Red Data Girl, Karneval, Aku no Hana,…
Otaku Links: All Tumblr, all the time
It’s been a great week on Tumblr for amazing fan game concepts that I wish were real. Check out this Pokémon concept where you play as a young Professor Oak…
Otaku Journalist Vlog #1: My five favorite things right now
There’s only so much you can convey with the written word. That’s why when I was in journalism school, we had assignments to tell stories not just through articles, but…
Otaku Links: Cosplay, consent, and the Camarilla
Like everyone else in the fandom-blogosphere, I just found out about CONsent, a photo journalism project about treating cosplayers with respect. As research my Sexism in Anime Fandom panel, Patches…