• 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 job, airbrush with the black-and-white technique, build a 1980s vintage kit, and more!
• My Brother’s Husband and Jellyfish Princess: Two manga with LGBT characters that are getting live-action adaptations. For Japan, this is pretty revolutionary. (HT Zoe!)
• URAHARA and the Crises of Creativity. Alex dives into this fantasy show’s take on the real dilemmas that creatives face. By the way is anyone else still watching this? Because the show just let loose a major twist in episode ten (spoilers behind link!).
• Andrea wrote a well-reasoned and emphatic explanation for why you shouldn’t use the term “trap” to refer to a character. Send this to anyone who still doesn’t get it.
• The Digital Ruins of a Forgotten Future: the powerful story of a woman who uses Second Life as an escape from her difficult real life.
• Tumblr’s 2017 Year in Review is out! Here are the top anime and manga (and manhwa, I see you Killing Stalking) that Tumblr users talked about this year. Number one won’t surprise you.
• Anime and Cartoons Help Me Write Through Bad Times. The freelance life can be tough. Angely reflects on combining her passion for anime with her work this past year.

Photo by Vincent for Gunpla 101.