When I started this blog, I knew very little about blogging. Not just about being a blogger but about blogs in general. I had participated in some forums but when it came to blogs, I generally read the post and moved on. To be honest, it took me a while to notice that blogs even…
Category: Essays
Making Anime Buddies
Guys, I have a story to tell you. It’s about me more than anime so you might not be as interested. Consider this your warning. I have mentioned many times on this blog that I do not have a large circle of anime-loving friends in real life. I have one but we don’t see each…
How Much Do You Need To Know About Anime To Write A Blog About Anime?
I know what you’re thinking, if you go by my example, then you don’t need to know all that much at all.
I Did a Poll on English Manga Publishers and This is What I found Out
This post is going to give you an idea of just how much in advance I write my posts. If I was to post once a week instead of once a day, I would have the next year and a half covered. That might be relaxing… should I do that? Should I switch to a…
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Anime Becoming Mainstream
I’m not sure this post is going to reach the intended audience. I think most of my readers either don’t care if anime is mainstream or not or are happy if it is. Still, I have been reading a lot of comments, and even some think pieces about how anime is becoming too mainstream and…
So many words, So little thoughts – Reviewing shows you have nothing to say about
For those of us who write anime reviews, especially those brave souls who do so on an episodic basis, there will come a time when you are faced with a show you just don’t have that much to say about. You know…it was fine. I can hear some of you already, just don’t review it if…
Why (and how) I Post Every Day
I’m sure a lot of you already know what I’m going to say in this post. After all, this is a republishing of an old post! So I ran out of inspiration, because I post more or less daily, and decided to call on Lita for help since she did mention once that she pretty…
Existential Drift in Anime
I first published this post years ago but I thought I would give it another chance to get read. I don’t know if the expression “existential drift” actually exists. Ha! (Cause existential…never mind…) I think I made it up but I not infrequently think I’ve coined a new term or expression just to realize it’s…
I’m noticing a new trend in anime ladies, and I like it!
I finished watching Backflip!! not that long ago. It’s June right now. I liked it. Maybe my review for the show is out already! There is one aspect of the show I didn’t talk about it much in that review. It’s not a very important part of the show. It’s about Asawo Kurikoma.
Will Anime Ever Die?
Welcome to a guest post by Anime Dunes. We cover a wide range of anime content to clarify every Trivial Concept, Rankings, Development of Characters & their roles in the series, Anime Reviews, FAQs, Quotes, Concepts, Deep & Hidden Meanings, Guides, Watch-Orders, explanations of Abilities & everything there is to anime. There’s no doubt that…
When Hobbies Use To Be Hobbies
In case you didn’t know, I consider this blog a hobby. I do it for fun. Just for fun. I don’t ever plan to have a carrier in anything remotely related and I didn’t study in a connected field. When I created the blog the possibility of making any sort of profit from it never…
Ranty rant rant (about buying manga)
Before I start here I think it’s only fair to let you all know what you’re in for. So get ready for a deluge of disclaimers and trigger warnings, I guess. I’m about to get really whiny about problems that are so first-world they don’t actually qualify as problems anymore. Most of you probably have…
The History of the Term Fujoshi – A Reclamation Victory
A little while ago, I wrote an odd little post that was exploring the relationship between Moe and Fujoshi. If you are interested, you can read it HERE. And what I found out through the comments is that a lot of my readers weren’t all that familiar with the term Fujoshi so I thought I…
Learning Japanese : But Not Really!
This is going to be a tough post to explain… Like many anime enthusiasts and Japanophiles, I have at some point entertained the idea of learning Japanese…but not really. What I mean is that I know a few languages already and I have a pretty good idea of what it takes to not only learn…
Why Aren’t Anime Movies Musicals?
This is going to be a very weird post. Very very weird post. The other day I was singing We Don’t Talk About Bruno, just like everyone else was in February/March of this year. And I thought to myself wow Encanto has some really good songs. And this made me tumble down a wishing well…