9 Years of Manga (10th Day of Anime 2019)

Okay, here's the scenario. I was young - far too young - in late 2010 and borrowed a volume of manga, after having been introduced around that time to the Wii game which brought me back to anime. (Well, there might still be records from 2009, but 2010 is the date of the earliest records...

Animanga Festival #5 – Taking a Journey through the Anime and Manga Worlds

Yes, I'm part of the Animanga Festival. Meta context: I skipped #2 because in 2015 - that is, before I made the jump to WordPress - I made a Tumblr post on this very topic and it reflects both my naivete and its rather fillery nature in the context of the blog it's hosted on. I'm not...

12 Manga I Want Adapted into Anime (and the Odds of That Happening)

Inspired by Cactus Matt's list. These are ranked by likelihood of happening (as of their stats as I type this post, so the 6th of July 2019 in my timezone) and personal preference for what I want adapted as a tiebreaker. If I haven't stated in the discussion where it's available from, you'll see that...

Boku no Hero Academia: Past, Present and Future

One of Boku no Hero Academia's myriad strengths is what it's held up by - it's a love letter to the past, a proponent of thinking about the present and keenly (yet optimistically) aware of the future. Past Boku no Hero Academia (henceforth abbreviated BnHA) is heavily based on the legacy surrounding comic books in...

We All Have Our Quirks, But Maybe They’re Not These…

Even though Boku no Hero Academia has the superpowers known as Quirks (kosei), there’s something very group-oriented about it… I was reading an academic piece on how Japanese people are taught from youth about how to distinguish between different social groups and categories in general (often broadly put into the distinction of “inside” - uchi...

Why Should You Read Boku no Hero Academia: Vigilantes? (2nd Day of Anime)

Welp, admittedly ever since I mentioned this series in my award post it wasn’t a secret I love this series, but here it is! A post on the series I’ve been hyping up since the Animanga Spellbook began! For the uninitiated, Boku no Hero Academia: Vigilantes (English licensing name) is also known as Vigilante: Boku no...