Hyping Up Spring 2021

I'm not even finished with winter yet... As usual, this goes from best to worst. Bold is Funi and friends, underline is CR, strikethrough is everything else I can't access (Netflix, Amazon, HiDive etc.). There's a lot to get hyped for this time, but also a lot to say "no" to. Fairy Ranmaru: The more...

Railgunfan75’s Anime Favourites Challenge (Tag Post)

Kudos to Irina for the nomination. Rules Pick a favorite series/movie for each letter of the alphabet. For titles starting with “a” “an” or “the” use the first letter of the next word of the title. Since many titles have multiple names based on the language that you are using please pick one language for...

The Leading Ladies of Zombieland Saga [OWLS Mar. 2019 Blog Tour]

Wassup, friends of OWLS? …you can tell I don’t listen to much rap now, don’t you. Silly attempt at rap aside, the name’s Aria of this here Spellbook. > Yeah, yeah. I came here because I heard you had owls. (Gah! I thought I got rid of that 4th-wall-breaking voice after the last post!) No...

Fall 2018 Retrospective

I was thinking about what to write during my update post, but amidst my backlog worries, I forgot the wrap-up post! (Well, that's what happens when you go on a road trip on New Year's Day and start said update post at 12 am on the 2nd...) Just listing out the shows makes me realise...

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...

Plot Twist: Not Everyone Wants Spoilery Post Titles

Over the past few weeks, I've already had one episode of both Double Decker! and Zombieland Saga spoilt by people who put the plot twist into their post titles... ...so beware, this is gonna get ranty. Spoilers. They're inevitable in the line of anime blogging, but for latecomers this means a lot of dodging, as I've...

Finalising the Fall 2018 Lineup & Learning to Love (Backlog) Anime Again

I wonder if I even needed to hit refresh on my enthusiasm levels... Due to Han Gyaku Sei Million Arthur being a no-show and the show being pulled out of my seasonal lineup being Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken (due to the adventure genre's typical slow pace for worldbuilding's sake, it won't really matter if I...

One Liner Challenge

Thanks to Scott for the invitation to do this tag post. Rules, schmules... 1) Accept and thank your challenger(s) by linking back to their post. 2) Make a post of one-sentence summaries and/or roasts of at least five anime. 3) No spoilers! 4) Link back to The Awkward Book Blogger so she can see your...

Fall 2018 First Impressions Pt 2: Pretty Boys, Pretty Girls and Pretty Production Values

Doing these impressions in batches is a bit of a new experience, really, since I’m so used to ranking shows as I go…hence the cumulative ranking. Just to get some details out of the way quickly: since I tackled part 1 (RErideD and Double Decker) as one post, here's a new format for the rest of...

Hyping Up Fall 2018

As we move into the final stretch of the year, it's time to run some shows down...but for some reason, I seem kind of disappointed at this lot. 2018 was best in the spring, methinks...to the point where even though the situation isn't as dire as when I used to throw all hopes at 2...