Going Behind the Scenes (!!)

Due to serendipitous circumstances, I ended up getting the first volume of Behind the Scenes!!...but heck, my wallet is probably crying from the manga I've bought this year, even though I don't spend much on manga in the first place... Behind the Scenes!!, Urakata!! in Japanese, is in my eyes somewhat flawed. In some ways it suggests...

Ode to Anime Studios – Studio Pierrot

Astral really seemed to have it in for Pierrot for a particular episode of the Mahou Shoujo Ore collab a while back. In order to find out why that would be the case, I decided to do some investigation… Ever since I first came up with a list of potential studios I could cover in...

Must-read Monthly (not) Monday (November 2018 ed.)

You're probably wondering where this post was on Monday. Well...normally I'm good about these things, but real life got in the way for once... If it's not specified, the time period covered in this post is from the 22nd of October 2018 to the 19th 22nd of November 2018. (Hey, that's exactly one month!) Navigation: Other People's...

1st Blogiversary Day 7 – One Year of the Spellbook!

It's November 21st here and that means...par-TAY! It was hard to believe Aria had gone through this before...but here she was, one year from when she'd decided WordPress City was going to be her home for real. One year from the day she'd discovered what had appeared to be an ordinary leather-bound book, but it...

1st Blogiversary Week Day 6 – Blogging Tips #9 & #10

It's the final pair of tips today. Write as much as you feel like writing. Of course, if people expect you to do research for a topic because that’s the format of your post or that's the style you've built up, then take your time and cite properly. However, if you’re not feeling up to...

1st Blogiversary Week Day 5 – Blogging Tips #7 & #8

These aren't hard and fast rules all the time...there's always got to be an exception somewhere and they don't always work for everyone. Try not to always ground your posts in time-relevant issues. By “time-relevant” issues, I mean things like the Crunchyroll Awards, Kim Kardashian liking anime and things like that. Problems that will end...

1st Blogiversary Week Day 4 – Blogging Tips #5 & #6

Adapt your writing to fit a recognisable style. This is where I think people like Karandi and Cactus Matt succeed, because they have a format that’s easy to turn the brain off to and yet you can spot their style from ages away. For those of us that never gave a hoot about a distinctive...

1st Blogiversary Week Day 3 – Blogging Tips #3 & #4

...and so, the journey through the tips continues! Breaking under pressure. April and May were undoubtedly me at my worst – all the commitments I had kept crashing down on me and yet I still spent hours trying to figure out the perfect comment or get posts done…it got to the point where my nervousness...

1st Blogiversary Week Day 2 – Blogging Tips #1 & #2

There's never a shortage of good blogging tips, but you never know. Someone might learn from these. If you took a gander at the Unique Blogger Award, you’ll know I’m not as much of a rookie as a lot of other bloggers are when they get to their 1 year anniversary. That’s why the 10...

1st Blogiversary Week Day 1 – Headscratching Search Terms

One of my favourite things about celebratory posts with search terms in them is just how spontaneous they are. Occasionally, you'll see a post on people's WordPress search terms and, much like spam posts, they're an absolute delight to read every time. So to kick things off for the anniversary week, here's some search terms...