Otaku Links: From Mangirl to boy’s love
If you want to buy a more original gift than a Fruit of the Month Club, the Ostrich Farm on Etsy has a Narwhal of the Month Club. Going viral…
Announcing the Otaku Journalist e-course!
When I was in journalism school, the job I wanted didn’t exist. I wanted to write about my passions for a wider audience, so I built my own career from…
What is your fandom resolution?
This year, what are you going to do to make your fandom better? After spending my year reporting on fandom in all of its forms, I truly believe that what…
Otaku Links: a very anime holiday
TRazor wrote a guide to anime blogging based on his past 14 months as an aniblogger. We’ll miss you in the blogosphere! For more advice on aniblogging and related topics,…
How to get hired as a journalist when you lack experience
Every now and then, students and aspiring journalists write to me for advice about entering the field. Here’s an email I sent to a journalism student recently, published with permission.…
The bad romance of My Little Monster (and why I won’t stop watching)
One of the things you don’t think about before you get engaged is how different the holidays will be. I’ve been traveling ever since my birthday, but luckily always to…
Otaku Links: my 26th birthday
Happy Friday, everybody, and happy birthday to me! This year’s birthday has been especially interesting because it fell on the supposed Mayan apocalypse—everyone around me has been counting down the…
Nerima Daikon Brothers: the anime review you’ll want to read
On Monday I wrote about how to write an anime review people will actually want to read. Today, I tried to take my own advice. Did I succeed? You be…
How to write anime reviews people actually want to read
It’s been said that opinions aren’t special, because everybody has one. Actually, the phrase I hear the most is more vulgar than that one, but I’ll leave it to your…
Otaku Links: giant robots and sassy lolitas
Over at the Verge, a story about the progenitor of all giant robot anime: Go Nagai’s Mazinger Z. I loved playing the seemingly pointless Little Inferno. Here’s Kotaku’s spoiler-free review,…