• Now I’m back in the swing of fall anime reviews. Here’s my reaction to Yowapeda‘s attempt to redeem Midousuji, Gundam Build Fighters TRY‘s triumphant equality, and Denki-Gai‘s sweet/sexy balance.

• For over a year, the Fandom Post has been taking a look at some of anime’s most enduring series ten years after their launches, and analyzing whether or not they’ve withstood the test of time.

• Nathan Meunier, author of several fantastic guides to games journalism, just publicized his decision to no longer practice games journalism now that he is also an indie game maker. I thought his take showed the personal side of the ethical games journalism discussion.

• Speaking of games, my Anime News Network editor Hope just launched the Kickstarter to her horror/romance visual novel, Lovely Little Thieves. Also, my friend Katriel launched her game, a survival RPG called Die Nachtblum, on Kickstarter earlier this month. So many scary games to choose from!

• Why is it called Attack on Titan? It doesn’t take place on Saturn’s moon and, to be honest, it’s more like the Titans who are attacking. This is a lengthy and scholarly analysis of one of modern anime’s most confusing translations.

• Minimum Viable Personal Branding for Writers and Journalists. Elizabeth Spiers nails it: if you don’t have a reputation yet, you need to have clips.

• At Ganriki, Serdar tackles why pricey anime collector’s editions aren’t sitting well with him: they confuse consumption for devotion. I had a bit of sticker shock this summer when I bought Daily Lives Of High School Boys for a whopping $70, after finding that it couldn’t be had for less than that!

Illustration by Michelle Henderson of Pango Dango Games