More like this


Tsukimichi Shows How to Write an Overpowered Hero
This season’s TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-, takes a different route towards building drama—but a no less effective one: making our overpowered hero have clear and obvious weaknesses.


How to Write Effective Translation Comments
Why do we write translation comments and how do we write effective comments to make our coworkers' lives easier?


How to Write a Japanese Resume
Follow this handy guide on how to write a Japanese resume when applying for your next job in Japan.


How to Write Effective Translation Comments
Why do we write translation comments and how do we write effective comments to make our coworkers' lives easier?
How to Write an Anime Blog Post When You Don’t Know Much About Anime and Can’t Write
I have always approached life with the idea that I know next to nothing. You see, for me that makes things way more fun. I get to occasionally…


How to Get Yourself to Write More (Maybe?)
People who know me personally know that I spend quite a bit of my free time scrolling Reddit (possibly to my detriment at times, but because I curate…


Idolmaster, or How to Write Multiple Perspectives
Last month, the anime series ‘Shine Post’ finished airing and I shared my impressions of it on this blog. While doing so, I couldn’t help but wonder when…
How to Write a Sailor Moon Episode
Sailor Moon is the longest series I’ve ever watched, and the source I was using, for whatever reason, stopped supplying dubbed or subbed episodes after around #160, so…


These Shonen Jump manga are having an INCREDIBLE 2023
Today we take a break from the insanity of One Piece's phenomenal 2023 run to discuss some of the other manga in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine and how…


how doping ruins sports
Okay, I’ve been busy with real life so I haven’t had time to review or watch anime. But these past three months I’ve done my best to catch…


OUT – An incredible delinquent story
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…


OUT – An incredible delinquent story
Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post.…


How to Break an Egg
In an earlier piece, I wrote: “seeing the work of Kyoto Animation, with its lovable characters and environments that practically glow with warm nostalgia, I couldn’t help but…


How to ruin an anime
In this video I talk about several problems with anime and critique anime like , gintama , one piece , one punch man , devil is a part…


Write Like an Eagle: Cobra Kai
I’m one of those people who wrote off Cobra Kai back when it was first announced. I’ve always liked the movies well enough, and the premise of a…


5 Shonen Sports Manga to Ignite Your Passion
Are you looking for the best sports shonen manga? Explore the thrill of competition, teamwork, and dedication through these must-read sports manga series. Perfect for fans of sports…


Too Tired to Write
So, like, November is National Novel Writers’ Month, right? Take 30 days, write 50,000 words, right? (If you’re not sure what I’m babbling about check out nanowrimo.org )…


How to Write a Terrible Manga (In Just One Chapter): Engan no Cyclops/ One Eyed Cyclops
Disclaimer: You can be a great writer/ better than others at a task & still be a bad person, duh. Spoilers ahead as this analysis is intended for…
How To: Write a WordPress Post Using the Gutenberg Block Editor
It feels like it’s time for another post on the “new” WordPress post editor: Gutenberg. I’ve written about Gutenberg several times before (first this, then this). At first,…


Pure TokyoScope Podcast 103: How We Write!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!


Motherhood changed how I write about anime
This will be my third Mother’s Day as a mom. This time last year, I was still recovering in the hospital after giving birth. (It had been an…


How to Adapt an Unadaptable Story
About 'Night on the Galactic Railroad.'
How to Ruin an Anime Adaptation
I chose my headers gif as the opposite of ruining an adaptation. Alarm sound and Fog Horn!!! I don’t know anything about adapting a written work for an…


Top 10 Underrated Sports Manga
Be warned this list is my personal opinion and might rub people off in the wrong way. But do I care? no…Anyway, this list features short snippets from…


New Manga How-To Book
I have GOT to get my hands on that thing. Edited by @TeeHallumsYT SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@totallynotmark
How To Not Write Mysteries, Twists, or Characters – Occult Academy Spoiler Review
“Picture of a man, a weary dreamer in a mundane world, and thus like many steeped in occult matters and fantasy diversions. One harmless enough after all, indulging…


McCarthy’s Ability To Write Villains
One of the highest honors that can be bestowed on an author is the Pulitzer Prize. It, much like many awards spanning different arts doesn’t necessarily fully encapsulate…


How To Be Reincarnated In An Isekai
isekai anime in another world art online #overlord #isekai 0:00 What the hell is an Isekai? 1:51 Is DBZ an isekai? 6:34 Isekai in prison 9:23 Isekai with guns Blink's channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Blinkehyo I 100%…


How to Find Great Manga to Read
We’re in an awesome time for manga reading in the West. Physical manga volumes are flying off the shelves in a time when digital reading is becoming more…
How to Japanese Podcast – S02E07 – Jason Coskrey – Immersion, Sports Writing in Japan
Jason Coskrey is a sports writer for The Japan Times. He previously worked at the Birmingham Post Herald and the Marietta Daily Journal before moving to Japan in…


How Much Do You Need To Know About Anime To Write A Blog About Anime?
I know what you’re thinking, if you go by my example, then you …
How Much Do You Need To Know About Anime To Write A Blog About Anime?
I know what you’re thinking, if you go by my example, then you don’t need to know all that much at all. And you may have thought that…


The One Piece Anime is about to deliver an INCREDIBLE stretch of episodes
The One Piece Anime is about to deliver an INCREDIBLE stretch of episodes Skippy The Robot's tweet - https://twitter.com/SkippyTheRobot/status/1688601669695574016 Skippy's Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffaaSOWdXqs Become a member! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xIqX93EXRtB4z58AbCarg/join Discord -…
My Hero Academia Shows Us How To Write Damsels (And Dudes) In Distress
It’s easy to think the best solution to any harmful trope is to avoid it altogether and, to an extent, in the short term, this is true. In…


The incredible manga that kickstarted my 2023
The incredible manga that kickstarted my 2023 Become a member! - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xIqX93EXRtB4z58AbCarg/join Discord - https://discord.gg/enRG5QR Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/thekingofrecons Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/OuterHeavenRecon/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/YoshidaShoyou Click here to Subscribe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xIqX93EXRtB4z58AbCarg One Piece Manga Chapter…
INCREDIBLE FIRST-EVER MANGA TRANSLATED IN 1971
( This post is part of a series I've tagged as " early manga days ", chronicling rare/weird gems from the beginning of manga's now 30+ ye...


Five More Underappreciated Manga with Incredible Art
List of five underrated manga with amazing artwork #manga


Thinking About How To Adapt Manga
Fall 2022 was an interesting season of anime. Mainly because there was a lot of good and interesting bits of anime to watch. A wide variety of material…


Kaiju No. 8 (Volume 6) – An Incredible Next Generation!
Kafka has been given a chance to prove his worth, but he’s finding it impossible to transform, which is really bad news as they are facing Kaiju No.…
#40 - Sports Go Sports!
YAY, SPORTS! WOO TEAM! SCORE THAT BALL. GOAL and stuff. Bill and Marisa discuss some of their favorite sports anime series', discuss the genre at large, why it's had…
Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Initial D First Stage, Kuroko's Basketball, Slam Dunk, The Prince of Tennis


Top 5 Lesser Known Manga with Incredible Art
List of five underrated manga with incredible artwork #manga #anime


Sports in Non-Sports Anime
Shohei Ohtani may seem like an anime character, but that doesn't mean I expect him to pop up in my favorite slice-of-life series. Yet sports and anime go…


My Top 15 Sports Anime and Manga
So, I watched 50 sports anime and manga and I was thinking of sharing what my top 15 out of those were. I think Ill make an update…


How I Disasterously Described a Sports Anime (Let’s Talk)
I’ve been thinking about how to tell you guys this story, this discussion I had with an IRL. I briefly considered just making a thread on Twitter but…


An Incredible Experience: The First Slam Dunk Anime Movie Review
I went into basketball anime The First Slam Dunk with minimal expectations. I didn’t predict it would be one of the best anime movies…
How I Write Reviews – Sorting My Thoughts & Airing My Feelings
Over the last few weeks I’ve slowly been easing myself in the blogging game, and it’s been a lot harder than I thought it would be. When I…


This Manga Teaches You How to LIVE
Colette Decides to... Die?? Is that really the manga title for a series that teaches you how to live your life to the fullest? WELL YES. Thank you Walt's…


Tamako Market is Hard to Write About
Kyoto Animation is a studio that I don’t enjoy as much as other people do because it is always a 50/50 sort of scenario. Will the next show…
I Try Not To Write Negative Reviews
A little while back there was a lot of hoopla going on about this little thing called Black Fox. A little anime movie that a lot of people…