February 2007

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Writing soundtrack reviews is hard

Writing soundtrack reviews is hard

So, I made the foolish “promise” to the staff that I’d somehow write a soundtrack review for Death Note’s (awesome) OST. Soundtracks is a bizarre section we have on our site. It’s the most neglected and I’d say far and away the toughest section to maintain. The link between these two postulates [...]

Mixed opinions of long running shounen series

Sometimes it can be difficult to find the motivation to write about anime, whether articles be reviews or blogs or whatever. I think anyone who’s been involved in anime-writing, or any sort of writing, professional or amateur has probably felt that at one stage. Really, it should be far too early for me [...]

Winter 2007 mid-season review

Winter 2007 mid-season review

I had a few options of possible post topics this week, some based on discussions I’ve been having in the Shuffle! board and Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! thread on the ASuki forums, and even a possible semi-facetious ed piece on Marimite being a moe anime. They’ll make for possible future post topics. This, [...]

No update this week

No update this week

I just got back from Sydney, and I’m totally stuffed.  Maybe later this week.  In the meantime, have some lesbians:

An optimistic outlook on modern anime

Over the course of this week I had a discussion with a fan of old-school anime about modern anime and its current fandom. Most people who have follow my reviewing and other written trails on the internet on anime have probably guessed that I’m heavily into newer anime. In fact, I’d approximate that [...]