Asexuals and Aromantics in Anime and Manga

...it's still the 29th of October where I am as I write this. It's the end of Ace Week, but depending on your definition of "where your week ends", you may still have more than enough time to read this. You were probably thinking, "Hey, no Halloween post this year?" There is one, if you...

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...

Ne0;lation: What Does It Mean to be a “Jump Hero”?

Ne0;lation is a manga which is basically Death Note with hackers (well, "cracker" is the right term, but...you don't want to confuse a manga character with something else). However, in saying that, I think Death Note’s legacy opened up a conundrum – what is the quintessential Jump hero? Back when Death Note was around, people...

Should One Have to Quantify Whether They Are an Anime Fan?

This will be the last post before all the manga-themed posts come. Like I've said, it's merely that the series has to have a manga to be eligible for March, which doesn't actually constrain my usual boundaries too much... As for this post, this is a response to something of Lina’s. I've paid attention to the...