#AniTwitWatches Round 5: Wandering Son 1 – 2

Hello again, friendos - it's time for more #AniTwitWatches. If you don't know what that is since you've never had enough time until our buddy COVID-19 set in (or even if that's not the case), check this. I skipped round 4 because it was another (!!!) show I'd watched, but School Days was round 3...

Ode to Anime Studios – 8-bit

Stars Align’s put my eye towards these guys. If I wanted to catch the seasonal train on Stars Align, I’m a bit late, but…welp, the post in this series that I want to write on ID: INVADED’s studio NAZ is not going anywhere. There’s just not enough info out there for it, not to mention...

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken, But Keep Your Gaze Locked on It!

One show I don’t think I’ve talked about in this blog much is Eizouken.   Let’s just get this explanation out of the way first (it’s a question that’s been around all season, so I really want to put it to rest) – eizouken (映像研) is short for eizou kenkyuu doukoukai (映像研究同好会), or the “video...

Must-read Monthly Monday (Mar. ’20 ed.)

 If it's not specified, the time period covered in this post is from the 24th of February 2020 to the 23rd of March 2020.Navigation: Other People's Reads | Spellbook Offerings|Current Obsessions|Coming up next...Other People's ReadsIt wouldn't be a round-up post without them. However, since I scour people's archives on a regular basis, these may not even...

A Practical Guide to Cosplay

I'm no cosplay nut, but certain anime have made me rethink my potential for such an art... Since I miss Irina already (she is around, but in a reduced capacity), let's have a discussion about cosplay costumes...outside of Halloween season, because why not. I used to think cosplay was basically impossible, since I can't sew...

Fate/Stay Winter: The Project Stops Here

...Yup, what I thought would happen did happen. Basically, Prisma Illya went hardcore with its brother-loving, loli fanservice plotlines...using lesbian kissing. I'm fine with lesbians (although I obviously don't swing that way enough to enjoy that), but the fact this goes into much nastier territory than even Cardcaptor Sakura makes it hard to stomach. Synopsis...

Fate/Stay Winter: It’s Not Winter Anymore…

...not that anyone cares. Welp, I was hoping to avoid this outcome by finishing Illya season 1 quickly, but...like quit a few of the other posts, I was up until 1 am working on this because of the spring 2020 post. Those have already started springing up like daisies (even though the season is 2...

Sending in Spring 2020

Hey, people! Where'd you take winter 2020? In amongst all the Fate/ stuff, it feels like it's been nothing but Fate/ this entire season and the simulcasts were happening on the periphery...until Iruma-kun came to an end. The people who normally alert me to the end of the season started, for me, about 3 weeks...

The Mystery Deepens in ID: INVADED

Ever since the last time I checked in with ID: INVADED, stuff has only gotten more layered and confusing. Yes...if you didn't notice, I'm using all-caps for the title now. If you read the katakana under the English in the logo, you'll find the name of the series is actually Ido: Inveideddo, meaning it's meant...

Pledging Devotion in Fate/ and Its Spinoffs [Mar. ’20 OWLS Blog Tour]

“The path of devotion is a great labour. Do not ever mar it.” – Gilgamesh to Waver, Fate/Zero Hiya again. If you’re not familiar with this blog, this is the Animanga Spellbook, this is Aria (pseudonym) and you’ve probably been brought here by OWLS, the Otaku Warriors for Liberty and Self-Respect. This month’s OWLS prompt...