Why We Don’t Have Enough Horror Anime

Bear with me...the intro's a bit long. Prior to my trip to Japan, me and my family were working through a storeroom so we could find things to sell (to scrounge up extra souvenir money). One thing I found was a copy of The Bachman Books and, having previously known of the reputation of Stephen King...

3 Days 3 Quotes #3

This is the final quote, following on from this post and this one. Once again, thanks to Lina from Tiny Ugly Animal for the opportunity to do this series of quote posts. So, here's today's sagacious quote: "Believe in the world you cannot see." – Shigeru Mizuki (one of Mizuki's 7 maxims) Hmm...hey, wait a...

Just Because An Anime’s For Kids Doesn’t Mean You Have to Dismiss It…

The world is an unfair place sometimes...like when a new show comes up in the simulcasting schedule and it turns out it's for kids (younger than the shonen and shoujo demographics - i.e. the kodomomuke genre). That's pretty much a surefire way to ensure a show is niche when it comes to the English-speaking anime community....

Ode to Anime Studios – Toei Animation

Due to other commitments, I’ve been holding on to the same library books for a few months now, including the same anime reference books I keep using for this segment…Thank goodness for loan renewals. Toei is one of the biggest companies in the history of anime – to start, it’s one of the oldest anime...

Spring 2018 First Episode Impressions

Since I have the New Year’s resolutions this year, I’m trying to be as forgiving as I can to all newcomers (hence putting a lot of stuff on hold). However, that does mean more to clean up in 2019… HiDive is not letting me get at a few shows, but as a tradeoff watching Crunchyroll...