A Guide to Anime Social Media

You can get all sorts of new sides to both the fandom and the anime if you interact with the official social media, such as seeing exclusive illustrations for merchandise before it comes out. Note of advance warning: Since this is originally Japanese entertainment we're talking about, you might need knowledge of Japanese to navigate...

#AniTwitWatches Rd. 10 – Kanon 4 – 6

  Previous post in this round here. Impressions Kanon 4 These random narration scenes are meant to be ethereal, but…if it’s just narration over snowy scenes, it can get boring after a while.Why does small!Yuichi remind me of…Syaoran from CCS…?Did Ayu become addicted to taiyaki like this…? (LOL, wut.)If Kanon got done over again, like...

#Controversed Week 3

I have...lots of thoughts on one of this week's prompts. Previous weeks Week 1Week 2 Check out this Stack Exchange post: Why isn’t anime critically analyzed like other forms of literature or entertainment? Do you agree with this observation? What are some of your thoughts? I have to disagree with the Stack Exchange post. Hugely. See, I've...

…Did Somebody Say “Husbandos”?

Due to popular demand - by which I mean "only Nabe" - here's another husbando post. (If you don't remember, I already did a series of husbando posts while doing that one collab with Lina, Arthifis and Mel, plus the thing you could call a "waifu post".) https://twitter.com/MagicConan14/status/1322831107251933184 Obviously, mine is the top one. Nabe...

#AniTwitWatches Rd. 10: Kanon 1 – 3

This is another round of Jon Spencer's project. If you don't know how it goes, consult one of the other posts on it, such as this one which introduces it. Episodic Impressions Kanon 1 I don’t have (m?)any expectations going into this anime. I know it’s a Key anime and I’m meant to cry at...

Charting a Course in Appare-Ranman!

In times where most of us can't go to America, the next best thing is entertainment set there. Appare-Ranman's got it all - it has fun, it has adventure and it has a huge race. In fact, it kind of reminds me of the Amazing Race, although the original incarnation of the show (just to...

#Controversed Week 1

Let's get this post sorted out before I forget to do it entirely. This is part of Moya's workshop. Seeing as I got one of my posts tagged as an example of "controversies you can approach", it seems rather natural that I would feel some level of obligation to join (although there is no actual...

The Curious Case of Otomate

Otomate is, like you would expect from a company with "otome" in the title, oriented to make stuff for women...but that's obviously not the end of the story. Okay, slightly ranty post incoming. Once upon a time, I started this anime called Hiiro no Kakera while it was streaming in my region...and never finished it....

#TheJCS: Fantasy Quest Edition (For Oct. 2020)

The world of Social Media was in strife. There was a great beast with an indescribable form, known as the Showcase! The king whose lands JSReviews were ravaged by the Showcase was distraught, having dealt with it for almost three years now, but he managed to negotiate with the beast. Now, the beast has been...

Ode to Anime Studios – PA Works

Appare-Ranman knocked my socks off and this studio is busy with Kamisama ni Natta Hi this season anyway, so it's a good time for a look-see... PA Works was started on November 10th 2000 by Kenji Horikawa (PA Works 2019)...heck that would make it about 20 years old as I put this post out! Geesh,...