Who’s a Critic Now?

I didn't realise Kim Morrissy was a woman. For the longest time, I swore the person who posted about light novels and used the pseudonym "Frog-kun" was a dude... ...but enough of my misconceptions, I want to talk about a piece of hers.  These days, it feels like everyone's a critic, or at least has the...

Can “Pretty” Really Carry a Series?

This is somewhat related to the issues raised in this post. Meta context: Another posts found in the depths of my drafts folder, except this one actually had the start of something I wanted to say anyway due to it being relevant this season (you'll see why in the post itself). As per the opening...

Spring 2021 First Impressions: Catering to the Niche Crowd (i.e. Me)

There's a lot to get through this time - so much so that I cut a bunch of it from my list without even trying to write it up...so you'll see a lot of things on this list that weren't on the list...because I rushed putting it out... This is a list of anime I...

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

If it's not specified, the time period covered in this post is from the 22nd of March 2021 to the 19th of April 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…...

Spring 2021 First Impressions: Back From the Vault

There's a lot to get through this time - so much so that I cut a bunch of it from my list without even trying to write it up...so you'll see a lot of things on this list that weren't on the list...because I rushed putting it out... This is a list of anime I...

Trying to Find One Anime to Represent You is Too Hard!

Inspired by Zainou's post and the subsequent anecdotes. Meta context: This incident in this anecdote - and most of the text being written up - happened pre-COVID, so you can kind of date it based on that. The scheduler says it's from late July 2018. Imagine, if you will, a building inspired by Japanese architecture....

Rating All the #AniTwitWatches Anime

An idea started by Cameron (Iniksbane). I’ve been around for every #ATW which was possible for me and which I hadn’t watched already. A lot of my memories of these anime are vague because...let's face it, I watched some of this stuff up to 6 or 7 years ago. Spoiler warning: Spoilers for Gridman are...

#AniTwitWatches Rd. 12: Shin Sekai Yori 1 – 2

If you've seen one of these posts around, you know the drill already. See this post by Jon for more details. Episode 1 I’ve watched an ep. of SSY (the 1st) before, but I’m going to rewatch it because I was distracted during the screening.First impressions: Reminds me of KagePro.The papers are called shide.Akizuki is...

Colourful Stories Tag

Thanks to Phoenix for the tag. Rules #1 Share your favourite stories—movies/books/anime/manga/drama/songs—by classifying them on these seven colours’ traits: red: passionate, exciting, invigoratingblue: peaceful, calmingpink: romantic, caringorange: warm, motivatingblack: mysterious, thrillinggreen: fresh, unexpectedwhite: random #2 Send this challenge invitation to at least one of your friends. Let them fear your superiority, as you—decide their fate. #3 Link back to the...

Hyping Up Spring 2021

I'm not even finished with winter yet... As usual, this goes from best to worst. Bold is Funi and friends, underline is CR, strikethrough is everything else I can't access (Netflix, Amazon, HiDive etc.). There's a lot to get hyped for this time, but also a lot to say "no" to. Fairy Ranmaru: The more...