This is it, folks! The final installment. We didn’t quite make it to 13, and there was no beach episode, but otherwise, we hope we were able to do justice to the tone, heart, and charm of slice-of-life in our summertime special devoted to this beloved genre. Thank you for joining us on this laid-back… Read More The Things We Learn from Slice-of-Life
Were you ever told by your teachers or parents “Hey, you had better hit the books and study hard; you don’t wanna be flipping burgers at McDonald’s or be a garbage man, right?” Heaven knows I have. What would be the 2070’s equivalent? “You don’t want to be a DEBRIS HAULER, right?” Well, in the… Read More Summer of SoL: Planetes and Taking Pride in your Job, However Humble
Hey guys, Josh here! You know, Valentines Day (Or if you’re me “Singles Awareness Day”) is coming up, and I found myself thinking about that famous piece of scripture from 1 Corinthians 13…you know the one: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.… Read More Love and Soul: 12 Anime Couples for Valentine’s Day Out of Song and Scripture
One of our Twitch streamers, negativeprimes, recently tagged a number of our staffers on a Twitter post that’s making the rounds asking users to name their five favorite non-shonen anime. Non Shonen anime that are excellent: A Place Further Than the UniverseHinamatsuriJuni TaisenInterviews with Monster GirlsGATE Turns out there's quite a few! https://t.co/JLlaIXAyKH — Black… Read More What Are Your Five Favorite Non-Shonen Anime? Here are Ours!
The readers have voted! A couple of weeks ago, we posted a poll asking for you to choose the shows that we would watch and blog next. Revolutionary Girl Utena won easily; it was followed by Xam’d. So, we’ll be watching these series as a couple of others that placed highly as well. TWWK and… Read More Readers’ Choice: Utena, Umineko No Naku Koro Ni, and More!
I’ve been blessed to converse with a ton of interesting individuals in the short time I’ve been aniblogging. One of the more unique people that I’ve come across is DrmChsr0, who hasn’t blogged consistently in quite some time, but remains a known voice in the community. Also, he’s a Christian, though as he wrote, he’s not your… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Simple and Profound