An entire year of One Piece
In January 2017 I started episode one of One Piece. It’s January 2018 and I’m on episode 480. I didn’t set out to make “finish One Piece” a New Year’s…
Otaku Links: New year, new links
Happy new year, readers! Did you miss me? Regular posts resume Monday. Here are the people whose combined vision became the Land of the Lustrous finale. I love how SakugaBlog is…
2017 in Review: 9 questions to help you process and reflect
Thursday (Dec 21) is my 31st birthday. As a present to myself, this is the final Otaku Journalist post of 2017. This calls for some reflection. I love doing “year…
Otaku Links: What’s up with that?
Atlas Obscura asks and tries to answer: what’s up with anime’s obsession with power lines? They’re a symbol of everyday life, but that’s only half of it. (HT Joe) Amelia…
What I learned from writing a novel in a month
On October 30, I wrote How I’m silencing my inner critic to tell you about the ways I was preparing for National Novel Writing Month. Back then, I was a…
Otaku Links: Gunpla Galaxy
If you haven’t checked out Gunpla 101 in a while, it’s got a much more regular update schedule since I started hiring contributors. Learn how to do a galaxy paint…
Christmas gifts for anime fans, 2017 edition
I put my holiday guide together a little late this year, on account of giving myself time to finish up NaNoWriMo last week. But if you’re like me, you’re still…
Otaku Links: This could be the last time
I have to start by saying this was a huge week for me. I finished NaNoWriMo, my most ambitious goal of the year, and went immediately into cramming for the…
Eight Years of Otaku Journalist, Part 4
In eight years, Otaku Journalist has earned more than 1.1 million unique views. That means over a million people have seen this website at one time or another. A lot…
Otaku Links: Thankful for #content
An oral history of anime pen-palling. I didn’t know this was a widespread practice until Dawn told me in her Anime Origin Story. Now, with a fellow pen-pal, she’s recorded…