Ode to Anime Studios – Kinema Citrus

Another day, another anime studio based in Suginami… (…did I use that pre-cut line before?) Kinema Citrus is a relatively recent anime studio having started in 2008 – March 3rd of that year, to be precise. These days (they got bought out, but the managing director Muneki Ogasawara still has a big stake in things),...

Why is Back Arrow So Fun?

Squeezing this in just before Mecha March. I have professed I'm not the biggest fan of mech anime. However, in the past few years, I've been paying attention to them more. Partially, that is the fault of a certain mech-loving anime club media manager, but because the seasonal circuit makes you sit up and pay...

Must-read Monthly Monday (Feb. ’21 ed.)

If it's not specified, the time period covered in this post is from the 25th of January 2021 to the 22nd of February 2021. 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…...

Animage Jan. 2021 Interview: Wataru Komada (Translation)

I was gonna postpone this to the 3rd of March's weekly slot, but to celebrate the MTC/FP battle, I moved it up a bit. Part 1 here. Highlights: Jyuto going to the supermarketMTC in bathrobes, particularly Riou in a black bathrobe, sipping wine You can find the interview on Bookwalker if you pay to read/purchase...

Anime Valentine’s DLC Pt 2

Even I didn't expect there would be a part 2 until I finished all the Valentines... Part 1 here. So, from part 1, you already know how I made the base design. However, after seeing some other Valentines on my Twitter feed, I was inspired to make the rest of the HypMic divisions...meaning I had...

Anime Valentine’s DLC

This is part of Jon's server event. K occasionally has a "DLC" post to show how things went behind the scenes, hence the name of the post. Basically, I spent a few hours over 2 days perfecting these and almost threw everything out at one point because I was worried people would take the lines...

Peer Pressure (Tag Post)

Thanks to Phoenix for the tag. Rules of the Peer Pressure Tag Post Link back to the creator, which is Random Thoughts of My Fandoms.Provide a link to the person who tagged you.Answer all questions honestly.Come up with 5 questions of your own. (4 have to be about peer pressure; 1 can be random and about...

A New Challenger Approaches!

...okay, this is actually just a big ol' play on K's post. This "who can you defeat in a fist fight?" meme has been going around for a bit. So, I figured I'd split it into a list post of sorts - 5 characters and 5 bloggers in a situation like this - and let's....