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…
Eight Years of Otaku Journalist, Part 3
I honestly can’t believe Thanksgiving is this week. November goes by so quickly when you’re writing 1,667 additional words a day! I’ll save my NaNoWriMo impressions for the end of the month…
Otaku Links: The gang’s all here
Chic Pixel’s 2017 holiday guide is live. Great ideas for the gamer or anime fan on your list. Why Black Men Love Dragon Ball Z. Good followup to last week’s…
Eight Years of Otaku Journalist, Part 2
Tomorrow is November 14, 2017—eight years to the date that I started this blog. I was 22 then, getting my Master’s in Print Journalism at American University. I had temporarily…
Otaku Links: When you assume
Why Dragon Ball Z appeals so powerfully to black Americans. Cheyenne Ewulu has her own theory: “For me, I always looked at Saiyans as black people.” Finding your voice after…
Eight years of Otaku Journalist, Part 1
Eight years ago in November, I pressed “publish” on Otaku Journalist for the first time. My first post, “Welcome” is so laughably vague compared with how specific I’ve gotten over…
Otaku Links: Keeping up with the industry
A new season of Free! is coming this summer. Listen, I liked Free! and its sequel (and even reviewed it for ANN) but I feel like this is a little…
How I’m silencing my inner critic
It’s a lot easier to critique than create. I should know. It was in August 2014 that I started as a weekly streaming reviewer for Anime News Network. There are…
Otaku Links: Past, Present, and Future
How Netflix Is Disrupting, Empowering Japan’s Anime Industry. It’s always interesting to see how general film industry sites like Hollywood Reporter regard anime. On that same note, Teen Vogue wrote…
Every Anime I’m Watching As Described Through My Neuroses
Ancient Magus’ Bride I interviewed Kore Yamazaki, the creator of Ancient Magus’ Bride, at Crunchyroll Expo. It was one of the worst interviews of my life. Yamazaki kept deflecting my…