Hello again friendos. If this is your first time landing here, this is the Animanga Spellbook and this is Aria (<- pseudonym). You might have seen me wandering around the OWLS blog doing promotion things as of late and that’s just what happens when you’re stuck in seemingly never-ending lockdown…Speaking of stuff done in lockdown,... Continue Reading →
A Magical 2018 (yearly rankings)
I've put in 2017's details into the post so don't worry about keeping this post open in another tab. Top 10 (or 11...?) Worst Dropped Anime 2018 As According to their Rating on My AniList Akkun to KanojoIslandMarchen MadchenHarukana ReceiveAs Miss Beelzebub Likes.A Place Farther than the Universe (tie)Dances with the Dragons (tie)Nil Admirari no Tenbin (tie) (may... Continue Reading →
Winter 2018 Wrap-up
Let's wrap this up. For some reason, my "seasonal rankings" tag became a "seasonal wrap-up" somewhere along the way, so that's the new tag for the final takes on the season. Also, due to the special debut Crunchyroll are doing with Mahou Shoujo Ore, I had to get these posts out about a week or... Continue Reading →
A Magical 2017 pt. I (yearly rankings)
It's the end of the year...and since this is the first year of doing end-of-year rankings on the Spellbook, I'm doing things a bit differently this time. ...Scratch that. It's very different, and thus a lot longer than usual. It's so long, in fact, I'm posting part II (Spellbook Awards) in 24 hours' time. I... Continue Reading →
Look Forward Before You Look Back (winter 2018 predictions/1st Day of Anime)
It's the end of the 12 Days of Anime. Now, we'll be looking to the future... Carryovers We have the extremely strong Mahoutsukai no Yome and its less-than-stellar accompanying short series MahoYome. I discovered one day that Garo - Vanishing Line - is available to me on Crunchyroll (even though at the start of the... Continue Reading →
The Darkness and the Light (10th Day of Anime)
I have a problem with some of 2017’s anime. Between Katsugeki Touken Ranbu, Ancient Magus’ Bride and Girls’ Last Tour, the visuals of 2017 have been pretty dang good. However, the problem with that particular trio of anime is their overall colour scheme. They’re all visually dark at points, to the point of almost not... Continue Reading →
Fall 2017 Anime (and Why I Didn’t Get To This in my First Post)
I bumped Weekly Wednesday up to its proper weekly schedule instead of biweekly because I found myself way too willing to write more on a biweekly schedule. I know, I know. It’s three quarters into the season and my second week on Weekly Wednesday. Why didn’t I start with this? Well, there’s a few reasons... Continue Reading →