Fall 2018 First Impressions Pt 2: Pretty Boys, Pretty Girls and Pretty Production Values

Doing these impressions in batches is a bit of a new experience, really, since I’m so used to ranking shows as I go…hence the cumulative ranking. Just to get some details out of the way quickly: since I tackled part 1 (RErideD and Double Decker) as one post, here's a new format for the rest of...

Create a Story Tag

I was tagged for this by Mel a bit back, so let's get this out of the way, because I still have another tag post pending... You pick your first word, your setting, and your story genre from the list below. As individuals, your brand of creativity is unique to you, so we want to...

The Inevitable Politics of Anime About Police, Detectives and Everyday Heroes

This is partially inspired by Scott's piece on religion, money and politics and partially inspired by something Doug says at the end of the second episode of Double Decker. Writing about the world you're in or a fictional version of it is bound to mean you're making some meta commentary on the condition of said...

Why I (Still) Love Anime…A Tag Post, Believe It Or Not.

Of course I still love anime. Wouldn't be here if I didn't... Let's get these rules out of the way first: Write a post about why you love anime. It could be your favourite thing about it or one of your favourite things about it, it doesn’t matter which, but just pick one! You can...

25 Animanga Facts About Me

As of writing of this post, I've freshly discovered the Manga Maven, who participated in a tag of sorts, so let's keep it going. If I had to go back as far as I can remember, my journey begins with Cantonese-dubbed discs of the Pokemon anime. However, I don't remember what age I was watching those,...

Fall 2018 First Impressions Pt 1 – Double Decker and Rerided

Starting late as usual…I didn’t know Double Decker had debuted on CR for free users after its sudden appearance for paid users, so that’s why. Double Decker This-is-so-good! It’s basically Samurai Flamenco, right down to the unwarranted nudity, but without any of the tokusatsu trappings and wacko twists, plus taking “hardboiled detective, straight out of...

The Multiple Strands of Competition in Prince of Stride: Alternative

After axing pieces about Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine and Dances with the Dragons, here’s the post I decided to put up for Megane Day 2018. Prince of Stride: Alternative (henceforth POSA) is pretty much the only sports anime I felt I would ever like…before I started reading the Kuroko no Basuke manga on the 30th of...