After skipping last year, I’ve resurrected my yearly Games of The Year feature for 2019. Truth be told, I haven’t had much time for gaming; a partial combination of some soul searching and pursuing my writing interests, coping with a few real world issues, and engaging in some other weird activities/write ups with some very strange company. 2019 was … Read more
Welcome to a very special edition of my seasonal anisong round up, a list of some of my favorite openings, endings, and soundtracks of the season. Normally, I publish this closer to the end of the season or start of the next one, but I’m starting this one slightly ahead of schedule as we have … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-25) SHE IS HERE. Even the Nesos get in on the fun! But Santa Alter and the other Santas want in too! As an aside: I’m a terrible person who needs more of the FGO: Learning With Manga anime, because Gudako is best. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All! I hope … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-24) So for today’s 12 Days of AniTAY, I wanted to get back in the fun side of things, and post some of my favorite themes from bad, crap, or trashy anime series. Maybe they’re catchy, or have good energy, or who knows, but these were themes that were probably better than their … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-23) So, I’ve already looked at Kyoto Animation and P.A. Works shows of the past decade as part of my 12 Days of AniTAY, and now I get to one of my other favorite studios – Doga Kobo. Ahhh, Doga Kobo, the studio that produces many, many “Cute Girls Doing Cute Things” shows. Yet another studio whose … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-22) So, this year, I added another personal anime “first” – I saw an anime movie in a theater. In fact, I saw two. Over the summer, I saw Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon: Arrow of the Orion, and then in the fall, I caught KonoSuba: Legend … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-21) So, yesterday, I took a look at KyoAni shows of the past decade that I’d seen. Today, I want to do a similar look at another of my favorite / respected studios, P.A. Works, as part of my 12 Days of AniTAY. I haven’t seen nearly as many P.A. Works series as … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-20) On July 18th of 2019, a man walked into Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1, and used 40 liters of gasoline to set the building on fire, leading to the deaths of 36 people, and the injury of another 33 people, as well as the loss of much KyoAni material and work, current … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-19) So, for today’s 12 Days of AniTAY post, I was originally going to just pick some of my favorite anime themes from the past decade that I hadn’t already highlighted. Then I looked at it, and realized I’m pretty sure I can do at least one theme per year from a show that … Read more
As I write this, 2011 was only 8 years ago, approximately 56 in dog years, or something closer to three-and-a-half millennia in anime years. Given the typical demographic of anime fans, many reading this may have little idea what came out in 2011, much less if any of it was any good. I hope to … Read more