Dimension W: Some Conflation Going On Here…

Dimension W, on paper, sounds like it makes sense, but after that, it sort of loses its way. My main issue with Dimension W is it tries to be lots of different things while wearing a sci-fi "mask", including things that are compatible with sci-fi but are not sci-fi (namely, horror, mystery and supernatural stuff,...

Ode to Anime Studios – NAZ

To be honest, I kept putting this studio off for this post series because I don’t have much information to go off… This is one of those instances where the studio is known under several names – the company website doesn’t refer to itself as “NAZ”, but rather “Anima & Company” (even in the URL,...

Hello Out There, Blogger Friendos! (Tag Post)

Thanks to Megan for the post which led to this one. https://ageekygal.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/totally-awesome-tomodachi-award-1.png?w=720 (Source: Megan's post, linked above) The Rules: Put the Totally Awesome Tomodachi Award logo somewhere in your post!Thank the person who nominated you or thank the person who won you a nomination!Nominate up to four bloggers but DO NOT mention them by name.Write about...

Sailing the High Seas

I ended up caving for a subscription to my region's main licensing company somewhat recently, which got me thinking, what drives people to piracy in the first place? (...and no, when I say "pirates" in this post, I don't mean those pirates.) Important note: This post is not to defend piracy as a practice -...

Hyping Up Fall 2020

I revealed some of my picks already, so it's time to make a full list! Now that the subscription means I don't have to wait a week on some anime, I'm making my list now (so then I can focus on finishing both my AWC monthly and simulcasts...from spring and summer...in time for the new...

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

 Other People's Reads It wouldn’t be a round-up post without them. However, since I scour people’s archives on a regular basis, these may not even be from the right time period… (I had to recreate my entire template from scratch because entire sections of my old posts were disappearing, thanks to the block editor...) [Anime]...

Human Lost: Cyberpunk Crossing the Divides

Much like I took a song and wrote a sci-fi out of it, Human Lost does the same to Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human... ...that means it has vignettes including some of the iconic scenes of the novel, but since it's a sci-fi, it's also gotta stitch those vignettes together, for better or for worse....

Knowing the Nuance is Critical (A Fugou Keiji Post)

Fugou Keiji is pretty straightforward - rich guy meets poor guy (in relation to him), rich guy works with poor guy, rich guy ruins poor guy's life...okay, I'm kidding about that last bit... ...but what's not so straightforward is the nuance hidden in Japanese, which often doesn't get conveyed even if the translation is what...

We All Live in a Pokemon World

Watching these Pokemon anime put on YouTube, such as Generations and Twilight Wings, reminds me why I grew up with and love the series. Twilight Wings is a nice bit of animated goodness. The Wooloo episode really hit a chord, so much I watched it a second time without thinking after watching it the first...

A Connoisseur’s Guide to Anime Cheese

(...Yes, I'm going out on an extreme limb here and dedicating an entire post to weird cheese metaphors. Sue me.) I mention the word "cheesy" regarding some summer 2020 anime (hence the summer 2020 anime comparisons throughout this post), but to be honest, I have several meanings when it comes to that word. Note the...