Natsume’s Book of Friends: A “special snowflake” fantasy
Allow me a moment of narcissism: When I first got into anime, part of the appeal was that liking it somehow made me different. Most of my peers had no…
TableTop Day: A new geek holiday
I hate April Fool’s Day. I hate having to scrutinize every page I read on the Internet today to see if it’s sincere or some sort of satire. I wrote…
Otaku Links: Girls are awesome!
Meet Amy. She builds entire dresses (and helmets, and axes) out of Magic cards. The best comment on this Kotaku article is where a commenter calls the dress lame and…
Corruption, scandal, and fandom journalism
Thanks to everyone who downloaded and read Effective interview techniques! Just two days later, I’ve begun tackling the fifth guide in the series, Navigating ethics and bias. While compiling my…
Download Effective interview techniques, my free digital guide!
When I made the decision to release all my digital guides for free, I felt like I was giving up. Instead it’s been the best thing I could have done…
Otaku Links: sign up for Anime March Madness!
Destructoid published an unsettling article about why, in 2013, female leads in video games are few and far between: “We wanted to be able to tease on Nilin’s private life,…
Geek culture is a monolith, and that’s boring.
Things have changed a lot here at Otaku Journalist. I haven’t been writing as often about my own fandom activities (From the New World, Chihayafuru, and Spice and Wolf right…
Geeky new writers, here’s where to get started
Last week, I wrote about the difficult decision choosing whether to write for free. Ultimately, it’s a personal choice you come to by weighing the balance of one very important…
Otaku Links: a farewell to JManga, and are anime fans misunderstood?
Two fan filmmakers are attempting to crowd-fund a documentary on the subject of “anime and its misunderstood fandom.” It’s nowhere close to meeting its goal, but I’m curious about how…
Welcome to Otaku Journalist 3.0
So long to Otaku Journalist 2.0. After nearly two years, I thought it was time for an update, both in my blog’s look and direction. Over the last two weeks…