Category: Editorials
-
Surviving as an anime fan
/
Read More →: Surviving as an anime fanIt’s easy at first. You just need to watch anime. That’s all it takes. For a few years, that’s all I did. I finished one anime and moved to the next. At some point though, things changed. I became curious and the sub-culture opened itself to me. Why anime? I don’t know. It’s been this…
-
When it’s easier to pay than to pirate
/
Read More →: When it’s easier to pay than to pirateEarlier this week, Netflix announced that it will begin streaming Neon Genesis Evangelion in April 2019. The 1995 Evangelion TV series is not only one of the most popular anime ever made, it’s also one of the rarest to own on US/UK home video. Since 2005, for various reasons, it has seen neither a home video release nor a…
-
Winning & losing, running & writing – Run with the Wind
/
Read More →: Winning & losing, running & writing – Run with the WindIf the end goal is to win, how easy is it to enjoy doing a thing? Be it playing table tennis, running in a marathon or just writing for your blog, we do things for complicated reasons that don’t always mean having fun. In Run with the Wind, Kakeru is a talented runner and the…
-
Exciting new anime coming out in 2019
/
Read More →: Exciting new anime coming out in 2019In the afterglow of last week’s Fruits Basket anime announcement, it dawned on me that 2019 is going to be a particularly exciting year for anime. Enthused, I dug a bit deeper into what 2019 has in store for us and, well, hold on to your hats!
-
The balloon scene in Made in Abyss
/
Read More →: The balloon scene in Made in AbyssA message in a bottle cast into a bottomless ocean.
-
Rediscovering Shonen Jump anime
/
Read More →: Rediscovering Shonen Jump animeWatching anime, I go through peaks and troughs. The start of the year was a peak, but throughout February, I’ve been in a bit of a trough trying to find something new to watch and fall in love with. At some point, I remembered that there’s a whole bunch of Shonen Jump anime that I…
-
A bright shining future
/
Read More →: A bright shining futureI can’t speak for Japan, but right now in England, young adults are having a hard time. Money seems harder to come by than ever for many who are working all hours to afford their month’s rent, let alone buying a home without a mortgage that’s loaded with high interest rates. It’s a scary, often…
-
For good anime
/
Read More →: For good animeThrough preference as much as necessity, the way I’m consuming anime today is different to how I used to, say, 10 years ago. Back then, I relied on downloading fansubs and watching anime as it aired in Japan, one episode per week. I was in deep. Today, I hardly rely on fansubs at all, because…
-
Pure Anime
/
Read More →: Pure AnimeHey guys. I know, I know. It’s been nearly 2 years. Putting pen to paper hasn’t been easy. I’ve been a bit jaded and distracted, but still, I think about writing. Every time I walk away, something brings me back. It’s because I love writing. I honestly miss it. This year I put down some…
-
Perhaps there is a part of me that wants to see more
/
Read More →: Perhaps there is a part of me that wants to see moreAfter a long absence, it is time for me to officially step away from writing here (just me, not the site’s other writers). As a parting post, I would like to share my thoughts on anime that stand the test of time. Even older titles that were created with a Japanese audience in mind can…