What To Look Out For in Fairy Ranmaru

Boueibu started as a gender-flipped Sailor Moon, the “Battle Lacklusters”. Now that it’s come and gone, what does it mean for this next magical boy anime from some of the same creators? As a magical boy show, it’s no secret I’m watching Fairy Ranmaru closely. It’s only doubly so when you realise the same studio...

Ode to Anime Studios – Silver Link/Connect

Found another weird situation where you can’t really separate one studio from the other…( Silver Link is one of those studios I don’t have much experience with, but while I roam around, from time to time I become aware of that name, so my knowledge of it and its work is neither here nor there....

The Write Process

Let’s talk about blogging for once. How I write, why I write and when I write. Long meta note: This is a prewritten post I had on my old computer, dated circa June 2019. I was hoping not to use it, since my process has changed significantly since then, but...I better come clean. Lately, aside...

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

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

What Kirill Got Wrong and What He Got Right: Words from a Genetics Major

I mentioned in this round-up I know an Honours student who's a genetics major, so I figured I'd see what she says about Kirill's information in episode 10 of Double Decker!. Meta context: I wanted to have this post checked over once more before I put it out, but...a year passed and I still haven't...

Characters On Parade

Something that can make or break an entire anime is how quickly a series introduces its characters. Even long-running anime have a problem of suddenly providing a group of characters and not elaborating until later, to the point where it can put some viewers off to suddenly get a chunk of cast they don't want...

A Guide to Nendoroids

These "guide to so-and-so" posts are pretty fun, actually. I have one on how to cheaply obtain (in some cases, access to) anime and manga, but I don't think I've done one on anything you can obtain firsthand before... Information about Nendoroids is somewhat widely available in English, but there's some things I wish I...