Seasonal Anime Advisory (Summer 2022)

Late to the Summer 2022 anime season? Fear not! This specially curated list features 10 titles catered towards diverse and exquisite tastes. Read on! 10. Fuuto PI Studio: Studio Kai Episodes: 12 Genres: Action, drama, comedy Synopsis: Fuuto Kamome is a genius with a 9-year winning streak at the International Pi Memorization Contest. His talents…

Jon’s Creator Showcase: August Edition

Welcome to the August Edition of the JCS 2021! For those who are new, this showcase features content from various creators around the web, summarized up here for your convenience and enjoyment. Submissions were accepted primarily via Twitter, and include content created during the month of July. A confession about this month's showcase: I was…

[Controversed] Week 2: Critical Voices

What is your blogging voice, and how do you challenge or stay true to it?

Ranking the Mermaid Princesses in Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

Nobody is going to read this because the number of people who have seen this show is surprisingly small, but what else do WordPress anime bloggers do? Mermaid Melody is a classic magical girl/idol show from the 2000s. Now that I think about it, I'm quite puzzled that nobody ever talks about or draws fan…

Anime x Lit Crit: Toradora! Episode List

Following our wrap-up of the project with Toradora!'s last episode, here's a master list of all the episodic reviews that NegativePrimes and I did for Toradora!. To briefly recap what this project was about, it's a conversation-style collaboration that focuses on analyzing characters and themes in the anime Toradora!, from a vaguely literature-informed perspective. Compiling them has…

Stranger Things Book Tag (Strange Reads Indeed)

As usual, I am about a year late to a tag (that's better than average, actually), but Keiko, I do hope you get to read this when you're back! If it wasn't for the fact that you were the one tagging me, I would have gotten lazy and turned this tag into one about anime/manga,…

10 Best Things: Tower of God

It's been forever since I've done a "10 Best Things" post, and I'm not exactly writing one now because Tower of God was more outstanding than anything else I've seen recently, but just because I've remembered how much low-effort fun this kind of post is. You will find that this list consists of oddly specific items,…

[Tag] 9 Underrated Female Characters – Anime Edition

I always love it when book blogger tags make it to the anime blogging world, and I often have Angelica to thank for this! The Bookish Mash tag on which I based a weird anime satire also came from Angelica. This is from half a year ago, and I'm stuck between feeling sorry for not…

Spring 2018 Anime: Drop, Watch, or Review?

I had a taste of 10 first episodes from this season, and here are my very brief thoughts on everything. I had the audacity to rank them all in order of enjoyment after just one episode. Enjoy. *Verdicts subject to change 10. Nil Admirari no Tenbin: Teito Genwaku Kitan Verdict: Drop Did not know it was…

Colour-Coded Kalafina: Blue

A continuation of my Kalafina song recommendations. Read Colour-Coded Kalafina: Red here if you're interested. Lyrics are from canta-per-me.net with some translations modified by me. Sky Blue Light, soothing, angelic. "heavenly blue" (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H-aIImBg9s Associated work: Aldnoah.Zero Colour justification: "何処までも眩しい heavenly blue" (dazzling wherever it reaches, heavenly blue), what other colour can it be? Highlight: [2:41-2:56/3:45]…