Do You Love Your Family and their Anime Antics?

We all talk about getting non-anime fans into anime, but what about the opposite...? I've fallen behind on the new season again (because my Funimation subscription is running out in a few months) and that means I don't really want to blog anything else. So, the real topic here is: what are the problems which...

Wrapping Up Winter 2021

Spoilers below, as always. Sk8 Wrapped itself up neatly. I'd dare to say it was maybe a bit too neat, but that doesn't stop it from being heartwarming anyway. I was also following Sk8: Chill Out!, the chibi manga which accompanies the series, on Young Ace Up and that put a bit more details on...

The Quest for an Anime About Hacking Continues (AKA Summer 2022 First Impressions: Yurei Deco)

Details can be found in this post. It's said there's an anime or manga about everything on occasion and that seems to be right to some degree...except for hacking/coding, which ends up being massively sensationalised to the point most of the time it's depicted, it's not particularly realistic. (Plus translation/interpreting, but that's 1) extremely meta...

Aria’s Original Sin

...It's funny how karma comes to bite you in the butt sometimes, yeah? (Also, minor spoilers ahead for the Hypnosis Mic drama track Mixed Up.) Hear me out: one day, I was translating this Hypnosis Mic fan comic: https://twitter.com/mikan__888/status/1538493875102175232/photo/1 ...That should be the end of the line, really. An open-and-shut case. However, the punchline for...

Summer 2022 First Impressions: Tokyo Mew Mew New

I had my reservations about this series, but since it's a reboot and not a sequel (...so far...), it should be safe...right...? If I could make this post incoherent screaming of something to the effect of "Magical girls rule!", then I would. However, you want more words from me than that...so if you've seen the...

Summer 2022 First Impressions: Phantom of the Idol

This anime kicks off the summer 2022 season, so check over there for some more notes on this series. Look, HiDive - if you're going to advertise me your newest anime on your front page, at least link to it properly somewhere? I mean, I had to figure out what the link slug for Phantom...

Hyping Up Summer 2022

Here we go again! To be honest, there's a bit to be nervous about...first of all, real life caught up to me, so I'm a few episodes behind with Spy x Family. Secondly, I'm going to cut myself off from Funimation come early October, so summer is my last (legal) chance to watch stuff that...

Anime and Manga Budget Buys – eBay Style

Now that I've wandered eBay and started trying to offload books and unwanted anime discs there, I have some eBay-specific updates to this ol' OWLS post. On eBay, as with other content on a budget, remember to keep your eyes out for signs the content is pirated, such as "rainbow stripes" where the photocopier failed...

Reviewing What to Do With Reviews

Inspired by Lyn. https://twitter.com/Lyn_Journal/status/1517399662394675202 Why are reviews so common? Reviews have their own built-in audience: people who are on the fence about the contentpeople who want to know things like content warnings for themselves or otherspeople who've already consumed the content and want to know others' opinions on it 2. tends to get the least...

What Makes Ya Boy Kongming Tick?

I didn't think I'd like Paripi Koumei for this long, to be honest... In some ways, Paripi Koumei is not a series I'd particularly like. Ancient Chinese history bores me, to be honest - all that stuff about war strategy and tradition is more my dad's domain. Despite that, I love it - which is...