Anime Blog Tracker

The 9 Interest Articles I Wrote For Anime News Network

This past week, I've been writing some of Anime News Network's Interest articles. Here they all are for your perusal!

Biggest In Japan

Feb 12, 2023 • Subscribe

ANN's Most Read News and Interest Articles of 2022

We bid one last goodbye to 2022 with our top stories from the year.

Anime News Network - Views

Jan 3, 2023 • Subscribe

ANN's Most-Read News and Interest Articles of 2024

These were the stories and events that shaped the anime community in 2024.

Anime News Network - Views

Jan 8, 2025 • Subscribe

I wrote Fanfic for the first time

Writing is hard!

Dawn of the Second Day

Jun 7, 2023 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Home is the Battlefield for the Young 86”

Non-management: Scrawny as I was, then and even now, I used to fantacize a lot about playing soldier. With an escrima stick or two in hand, I’d imagine myself…

therefore it is

Dec 29, 2021 • Subscribe

How I wrote my first article for the Washington Post

As my friend Samantha of Anime Herald said, “Strange times breed strange opportunities.” Anyway, today I’m sharing my first article in the Washington Post.  All dressed up with…

Otaku Journalist

Jun 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Blue Mondays Episode 7: I Read ray=out for the Articles

We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings…

The Glorio Blog

Apr 14, 2025 • Subscribe

Eureka Seven

I Wrote an Isekai Novel!

Hi, it’s me: that guy who watches way too much isekai anime and sometimes complains about how they’re not as detailed as their novel source material.I wrote a…

Please, no hate.

Sep 27, 2025 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Anime Helped Save Superman”

Non-management: I’ve been getting very busy with my new full-time job. It been demanding more of my time and focus than my previous one, which has unfortunately led me…

therefore it is

Feb 16, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The History Behind Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo”

Non-management: I wrote before in a previous article that I thought Land of the Lustrous had the makings of a modern Buddhist classic. Well, I got a second story…

therefore it is

Apr 1, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Horror and Romance of Rural Higurashi”

Non-management: Before coronavirus really took off in Japan and everyone started taking it seriously here, I was able to manage a trip with a friend to rural Shirakawa-go in…

therefore it is

Mar 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – Yuri Network News April 30, 2022

Yuri Literature Mark Your Calendars! By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga pre-orders officially open up on May 2! I’ll launch a page…

Okazu

Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Anime Openings Of Interest

Anmitsu Hime It’s a Koji Nanke animated OP (and ED) that I hadn’t seen before. Which is always nice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmvLoC77PM Araiguma Rascal When we did a Dynamite In…

AWESOME ENGINE

Nov 21, 2015 • Subscribe

Princess Anmitsu, Raccoon Rascal

[Anime News Network] “Welcome Back, Spice and Wolf”

Non-management: Spice and Wolf is such a blast from the past. It’s not the first anime I watched, but it is one of the first I enjoyed back when…

therefore it is

May 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Spice and Wolf

[Anime News Network] “The Enemy Within in the War of 86”

Non-management: Japan is fairly experienced with making anti-war stories, given the sheer devastation it suffered in the Pacific War and the pacifism it adopted afterwards. It is not so…

therefore it is

Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

No Yuri Network News Today

Beautiful summer day, I’m taking off. Be back in the office later tomorrow. ^_^  

Okazu

Jul 24, 2021 • Subscribe

That Time I Wrote an Isekai Short Story

Hello, folks! I’m back with another blog post. This time, it’s not about a light novel I read – it’s about something I wrote myself! I wrote what…

Frog-kun's Blog

May 13, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “The Ultimate Madoka Recap and Homura’s Lost Paradise”

Non-management: I know it’s been so long since the film came out (and just thinking about it gets me thinking “God damn, that was literally over a decade ago-OW…

therefore it is

Feb 18, 2024 • Subscribe

10 Articles for Your Next Chapter in Japan

Spring is the perfect time to start something new. Here are some of the best articles for your next chapter in Japan.

GaijinPot

Apr 7, 2025 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A Song of Refugees and Fire”

Non-management: I work at a school in Japan, at the moment of this writing. I assist in teaching English, and one of my English teaching colleagues here loves…

therefore it is

Jan 26, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Everything Changes in Folktales and Frieren”

Management: Hi, it’s been another while since I’ve written something. After 5 years, I’m back from Japan and back in America. I felt melancholic about leaving, feel melancholic…

therefore it is

Nov 29, 2023 • Subscribe

Anime News Network Tokyo Game Show 2022 Coverage Roundup

Head on over to Anime News Network to read up on all the games I got to try out at TGS 2022!

Biggest In Japan

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Some Fall 2022 Shows I Like (Besides what I wrote about)

I know that the season has passed already. By quite a bit honestly because I am writing this when the Spring season has literally just started. At the…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

May 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Akiba Maid War

I Wrote A Stupid and Now I try To Fix it

I’m probably going to make it worse…orz A few days ago I published a post about, well actually it was a spoof on the concept of coolness and…

I drink and watch anime

Mar 30, 2020 • Subscribe

Articles By Month

A simple, automatic archive of everything I’ve ever written on this site, month-by-month, going back to January of 2020.

The Magic Planet

Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “A History of Takarazuka Revue Influences in Anime”

Non-management: I’ve always been fascinated by the intersectional synthesis of cultures, which partly explains why I find the Taisho period such an aesthetic delight. Western culture meets Ja…

therefore it is

Sep 16, 2021 • Subscribe

No, Anime News Network, Rising of the Shield Hero’s Premise Isn’t Misogynistic

After casually running an advert for a dangerous far-right Japanese cult, Anime News Network has returned to the realm of controversy with their preview guide for Rising of…

Unnecessary exclamation mark!

Jan 7, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Urobuchi, History, and the Wuxia Hero of Thunderbolt Fantasy”

Non-management: “Urobutcher” is a name that’s stuck onto Gen Urobuchi, for better or worse. One of his earliest camps of detractors accuse Urobuchi of torturing idealistic hero ch…

therefore it is

May 31, 2021 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Roleplaying in Re: Zero, the Dark Souls of Isekai”

Non-management: Re: Zero partially inspired that Dark Souls fanfic I wrote a while ago, an influence that lives on in all the Dark Souls comparisons I made in…

therefore it is

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Kadokawa World Entertainment agrees deal to purchase Anime News Network

Kadokawa Corporation, Japanese media conglomerate, announces the purchase of Anime News Network's media business, via their US holding compa...

Otaku News - World Edition

Nov 9, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “How Similar is Beastars to Zootopia, Really?”

As more and more people watch, come to like, and recommend 

therefore it is

Jul 4, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Starting Over: Regrets and Redemption in Reincarnation Isekai Anime”

Management: The idea for this article has been drifting in and out of my head for a while since last year, and it’s only now that I’ve had…

therefore it is

Dec 12, 2023 • Subscribe

I Wrote Mini-Reviews of Every Game in UFO 50

UFO 50 is a bizarre and ambitious game design experiment that I got completed obsessed with late last year. Contained inside this $25 Steam game are 50 (that’s…

Ani-Gamers

Mar 24, 2025 • Subscribe

mono, Pokémon, Wizardry

[Anime News Network] “Log Horizon, Undertale, and the Tales Game Mechanics Can Tell

Non-management: I really don’t have that much time for the older hobbies I enjoyed back in college, what with  newer priorities like Japanese and a full-time job. I…

therefore it is

Apr 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Log Horizon

[Anime News Network] “Through One Piece, the Golden Age of Piracy Lives On”

Non-management: So I really did, at first, wonder why pirates were such a beloved icon in American culture. Small kids have traditionally dressed up as pirates for Halloween…

therefore it is

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

One Piece

Mono magazine articles, 2024

Just before the release of REBEL 3199 Chapter 1 in July 2024, Mono magazine No. 942 (published by World Photo Press) became the first to carry a Yamato…

CosmoDNA

Nov 6, 2024 • Subscribe

The Anime Ministry Network Launches!

Do you use anime to reach people for Christ? Do you have a community of other believers who do the same? Would you like to join one? A…

Beneath the Tangles

Feb 15, 2024 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Vivy: a Robot Ode to Life Vividly Lived”

Non-management: I love me a good story about existentialism, and Vivy is one of the better written ones in anime. Most people don’t usually think about why they…

therefore it is

Jul 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Summaries of the Very Promising, Absolutely Fantastic Your Name Posts I Never Wrote

Warning: Contains spoilers! Your Name. What a great movie, huh? Lauded as an emotional tour de force and quite possibly the film that propels Makoto Shinkai into the…

Bobble Anime

Apr 12, 2017 • Subscribe

Your Name.

35+ Superhero Cosplay Ideas for Women

View this post on Instagram A post shared by KHAOS (@tokyomunchkin) 1. Bumblebee from Teen Titans View this post on Instagram A post shared by olkaalklo (@olkaaklo) 2.…

cosplayadvice.com

Apr 18, 2025 • Subscribe

Idea, Sailor Moon

35 Disney Costume Ideas for Girls

1. Jane from Tarzan 2. Mirabel from Encanto View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elyn (@elyncosplays) 3. Vanellope from Wreck It Ralph 4. Tinkerbell from…

cosplayadvice.com

Apr 16, 2025 • Subscribe

Idea

35+ Comic Con Ideas for Women

1. Padme from Star Wars 2. Raven from Teen Titans View this post on Instagram A post shared by Stellar Cosplay (@stellarcosplay) 3. Chani from Dune 4. Astrid…

cosplayadvice.com

Apr 16, 2025 • Subscribe

Idea

Crowd Sourcing Ideas: I Wrote a Light Novel. What can I do with it?

Hello friends and fellow bloggers, I know this is a bit outside of my anime blogging, but I like to write stories on the side. I have a…

Fortress William

Feb 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Idea

Spiraken Manga News Ep 35: Feburary 10th -16th 2022

Let's find out the latest manga news with our latest podcast    In this episode, Xan discusses the latest news in the manga world, goes over the A Bride Story…

Spiraken Review Podcast

Feb 17, 2022 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “History and Momotaro in One Piece’s Wano Country Arc”

Non-management: I think it was one of my Japanese language college courses when I first got acquainted with the actual story of Momotaro. It was told in kami shibai style,…

therefore it is

Aug 27, 2020 • Subscribe

One Piece

AnimeNYC coverage on Anime News Network! (Gundam’s 40th anniversary & Dr. Stone interview)

Coverage of Gundam’s 40th anniversary panel and an interview with the creators of the Dr. Stone manga.

Thoughts That Move

Dec 5, 2019 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network Article] “‘Gekokujo’ and Revolution in Ascendance of a Bookworm”

It’s a recurring trope in history and fiction: outsiders are salad tossed into a pre-established society. Due to a whole world of difference, these immigrants arrive with fresh…

therefore it is

Jul 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm

Top 5 Anime Debates I lost Interest In and What I Wish We Would Replace Them With

I like debates. Actual debates… I do believe ideas become better and sharper when they are challenged. Throughout the years, I have had a lot of wonderful and…

I drink and watch anime

May 8, 2020 • Subscribe

[Anime News Network] “Hunter x Hunter and Dragon Ball Z: the Fall of the Shounen Hero”

Non-management: Hi. It’s been a while since I’ve written anything anime-related, but I’ve been busy with my day job and Japanese studies, and now that Japanese test day is…

therefore it is

Aug 21, 2022 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Hunter x Hunter