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…
When is it OK to write for free?
Being a freelance writer can be like hurling yourself repeatedly at a brick wall. Every day, I wake up and pitch the best ideas I can think of to half…
Otaku Links: Writers, slackers, bloggers, fighters
Anita Sarkeesian’s first Tropes vs. Women video, on Damsels in Distress in video games, is finally out. I’ve been waiting for this ever since I wrote about the project in June!…
Otaku Links: the gangster life and the freelance lifestyle
I just discovered MC Melody Doll, a Gothic Lolita gangster rapper. Her music videos are definitely tongue in cheek! Bronies might recognize the composer she works with, The Living Tombstone.…
How to interview celebrities at a fandom convention
The first big name I ever got the chance to interview was Nobuo Uematsu. The resulting article, Final Fantasy Composer’s Chocobo Cosplay Wishes, Avatar Scoring Dreams, is probably the reason…
Otaku Links: Friendship is Magic the Gathering
Did you hear the news yesterday? Otakon, the east coast’s largest anime convention, is coming to Las Vegas! There aren’t many details yet except that it’s happening, so I’ll be…