So my put-put engine got itself in gear, and I’m back to blogging. 2020 was a rough year for me in real life, and when the going gets rough, I generally turn to video games; escapism at its b…
Jan 23, 2021 • Subscribe
More like this
The Otakusphere: Love, love, love and loneliness
It looks like I’m doomed. I simply can’t escape Valentine’s Day this week. Love (or at least cards and romance shows) is in the air across The Otakusphere…
The Otakusphere: Education, media and pretty pictures
It’s Sunday again, so I’m back for another tour around the Otakusphere, and I feel like every time I start looking around, I come up with a bevy…
The Otakusphere: So many controversies and Eva
Good morning, afternoon or evening where you are in the world. It’s Sunday in my corner of the Hinterlands, which means it’s time for another trip around The…
The Otakusphere: Good romances, bad detectives and realism
Good morning or afternoon or evening or whatever time it may be for everyone out there in Internet-land. It’s Sunday here in my corner of the hinterlands, so…
The Otakusphere: Mecha, coronavirus and too many beers
I normally limit myself to a single beer in one 24-hour period. Mostly, this is because I’m no longer 23 and can’t just bounce back from a night…
The Otakusphere: Censorship, cultural exchange and reckless fire
Good morning and welcome to another beautiful day in the Otakusphere. Today is a great day. First of all, we had snow. I was worried we were just…
The Otakusphere: Controversy, more controversy and FIVE ALIVE!
Good morning, afternoon or evening to everyone out there on the internet. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, which means it’s time for another trip around…
Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Flowers of Evil, Mirai
The Otakusphere: Pride, Feelings and APPLE PICKING BEAM!
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are in the world. By my count, today is Sunday, so it’s time to take another trip around The Otakusphere. It’s…
The Otakusphere: Politics, gatekeeping and anime hair physics
I’m not sure if you noticed, but I’ve got a sweet new masthead for this feature, done by my friend Jon Spencer. At least that’s what I assume…
The Otakusphere: The XXL version
For the first time in a long time, I binged an anime series. I started watching Bunny Girl Senpai on Friday night after wrapping up Gargantia. Then on…
Gazing at the Star Next Door Volume 1 Review
Gazing at the Star Next Door Volume one sets the stage for a childhood best friends to lovers romance with a twist.
The Faraway Paladin – 10 – Kicking Despair in the Face
When last week ended with the sour note of Prince Ethelbald considering killing him, Will does what Lugh Tuatha Dé would have done when he first entered the…
The Otakusphere: Polyamory, School Days and beware the grease apocalypse
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are in the world. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, so that means it’s time to see what is…
Fruits Basket, School Days, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
The Otakusphere: Video gaymes, bad romance and punching the heavens
Good morning, afternoon or evening to everyone out there in internetland. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, so that means it’s time for another trip around…
The Otakusphere: Speculation, space trains and fezes are cool
Here we are again at the end of the latest week of coronavirus craziness. We should coin the term coronavirus cabin fever because alliteration is awesome. Or cool…
The Otakusphere: Inside baseball, Christian symbolism and neat blogs
Yes this is another Sunday morning. Do people still take Sunday drives anymore. I got to thinking about this after listening to one of my old favorite AMVs.…
The Otakusphere: Rooster tails, odd taxis and runic empires
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are in the world. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, which means it’s time for another trip around The…
The Otakusphere: Free markets, Artsy films and fine hats
I’m a man of many habits. Some — like going to work — are very prosocial and make sure I can continue to survive. Some — like playing…
The Otakusphere: Burning justice, long titles and eyebrow judging
So here we are at the end of another week and at the end of my vacation. Overall, I give this vacation a B+. I managed to finish…
The Otakusphere: Dead Women, Con Reports and Happy Holidays!
Over here in the states, we’re just wrapping up Thanksgiving and heading into my favorite time of year. That’s right, it’s holiday shopping time. It’s the time of…
The Otakusphere: Kyoto, Nendroids and let’s all be nice
Here we are on another Sunday in the early afternoon getting ready to take a casual tour around the Otakusphere. My week has been pretty good. I’m now…
The Otakusphere: Mecha, magical girls and my own shortcomings
Good morning, afternoon or evening where you are out there in internetland. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, which means it’s time for another edition of…
The Otakusphere: Let’s get personal
It’s the beginning of March. The days are getting longer. It’s getting warmer here in the Northwestern U.S., and I can see the dreaded summer months just past…
The Otakusphere: The mindworms are here
You ever have one of those songs that you love, but if people caught you singing it out loud they’d give you some weird looks. I’ve got a…
Gazing at the Star Next Door Volume 1 Manga Review
Gazing at the Star Next Door takes on a coziness and warmth that many other series lack. If you like sweet shoujo goodness, this is a series to…
The Otakusphere: Blizzard, Taco Bell and shows I’ve actually seen
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are. It’s Sunday in my little corner of the hinterlands, so that means it’s time for another trip around the Otakusphere.…
Akudama Drive, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, ODDTAXI, Time of Eve
The Otakusphere: Eldritch abominations, broken hearts and it’s almost Christmas?
It’s three days until Christmas. Three. Days. Until. Christmas. Every time I look up from the madness swirling around me, it feels like time raced past me. Wasn’t…
The Otakusphere: Semantics, Internet culture and a dash of anxiety
I have zero theme for this week in The Otakusphere. It’s a combination of exceptionally personal posts next to posts about what you need to know to be…
The Otakusphere: Code Monkeys, Cool Japan and other people’s stuff
Here we are at the end of another week, and I’m thinking about AMVs. Do people still make AMVs anymore? Not to sound like grandpa on his porch…
The Otakusphere: Shinsengumi, old news and pining for an acorn
It’s a bright, shiny Easter morning, and I have been gifted with chocolate and a week off from work. The start of my vacations always have so much…
The Otakusphere: Recommendations, history and a whole lot of reviews
Here we are at the end of another week or the beginning of one depending on how you look at the passing of time. Personally, I’m not thrilled…
The OtakuSPhere: Snail Love, Relaxing fishing and he did what?
Good morning, afternoon or evening out there in the internet land. It’s Sunday here in my corner of the hinterlands, which means it’s time to take another cruise…
The Otakusphere: Likes, dislikes and that’s just your opinion, man
It’s another week, and I have, by all measures, managed to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune without shuffling off of this mortal coil. So let’s…
The Otakusphere: Battle goats, Higurashi reborn and piles and piles of shame
We’ve made it out of the sucking hole that is the post-holiday season, and I’m starting to get ready to do all of my other work. That said,…
Gravity Rush Review – Dive-Kicking Superhero Fun
Many years ago, I played the original Gravity Rush on the PS Vita. I remember having a good time with it, but I ended up forgetting pretty much…
The Otakusphere: Coronavirus, coronavirus, coronavirus everywhere
I usually try to make these Otakusphere openings snappy and quick, but this week it’s all about the novel coronavirus. I worry about being too flip about a…
The Otakusphere: It’s still Sunday, right?
I’m always impressed by the amount of effort the various anime bloggers put in. I have a list of about 150 blogs that I peruse when I start…
The Otakusphere: Pac-Man Tetris, bad plots and it’s the pandemic, man
Well, it’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m running a bit late for my cruise around the Otakusphere. I wanted to write about Ideon, Eva and influence yesterday, so that’s…
The Otakusphere: Spring reviews are in the air and watch more anime
Good morning or afternoon or evening or whatever time you’re reading this. I think I’ve covered it all, so let’s start over. Good day to you! GOOD DAY!…
The Otakusphere: Anime tiddies, Saiyans aren’t apples and the struggle is real
It’s been a rough week in my real life, so I ended up finishing my week off with a couple beers and playing Judgment. That’s why I’m late…
The Otakusphere: Good tunes, sad times and some Sailor Moon fighting
I’m glad there are people in the world that still like Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad. With all the talk about sports anime going around, I’ve been thinking that…
The Otakusphere: Crime dramas, travelogues and what you should be watching
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are, or whenever you are. It’s Sunday here in my section of the hinterlands, so it’s time again for another trip…
The Otakusphere: Different perspectives, #anitwitwatches and I can’t stop copying Crow,
I got some good news this week. After bemoaning that normally the anime films only come to Spokane or Seattle, I learned Weathering with You is actually playing…
The Otakusphere: Wonder Egg, Dino King and can anyone stop Goku
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are in the world. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, which means it’s time for another trip around the…
Classroom of the Elite, RahXephon, Sword of the Stranger, WONDER EGG PRIORITY, X-Men
The Otakusphere: Cheese and what am I doing with my life?
Good morning, afternoon or evening wherever you are in Internet-land. It is Sunday out here in my corning of the hinterlands, so it’s time for another trip around…
The Otakusphere: Reckless fire, Keeping a schedule and so many reviews
It’s happening. Goro Taniguchi is coming back with an anime about … figure skating? I’m breaking with my normal intro format to mention this article about Taniguchi teaming…
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Episode 8: The Dream Gazing Trap Review (Spoilers!)
Plot: Towa, Setsuna and Moroha pursue the four-eyed owl demon, Yotsume, who is fleeing back to Kyuki in a panic. She instructs him to use the power of…
Kicking back to some ’17 tunes – 11th Day
Traveling around during holidays to get together with family and friends, it can be as good a time as any other to enjoy some fine music along the…
The Otakusphere: Good numbers, African cartoons and OMG the Dutch Angles they’re everwhere!
It’s that time of the week again. The time that I pull up my reading list and start perusing the rest of the ani-blogging community. Yep, it’s time…
The Otakusphere: Genres, heroes and all of the shows I should have watched
Welcome! Welcome! It’s another Sunday afternoon, and like usual, I have a curated collection of anime- (and some not anime-) related blog posts for you today. It’s been…