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My Favourite Anime “Box Art”
I don’t actually know what the proper name for it would be. Promo art? Cover art? Thumbnail? With everything being increasingly digital we don’t have that many DVD…


My New Favourite Anime Opening Style
Bit of a break since the last post, but here’s something I can write about, and that’s anime openings. I’ve written about this before, but may as well…


My 5 Least Favourite Anime Tropes
These are my top 5 Least Favourite Anime Tropes. I guess bottom 5 really. Let's see if we have the same tastes?


My Favourite Plot Twist in Anime
Plot twists are always fun when they’re done right. One of my favourite plot twists I’ve seen in an anime is from Yuri on Ice!!! I wasn’t expecting…
My 5 Least Favourite Anime Tropes
These are my top 5 Least Favourite Anime Tropes. I guess bottom 5 really. Let's see if we have the same tastes?


My Favourite Anime Of The Decade
This is basically just a list post. However for posterity, I’m going to link the top few posts of the End Of Year retrospectives I do every year…


My Favourite Anime: Bungou Stray Dogs
Leshy from Raving Otaku gives us the lowdown on why Bungou Stray Dogs is their favourite anime. If you’re not already a fan, you probably will be after…


My Favourite Quote
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster,…


My Favourite Anime I watched in 2021
This is not a best anime of 2021, it the best anime that I personally watched in 2021... So it's a useless list but I really enjoy putting…


My Favourite Anitubers 2022
Happy new year bb's. I got lit New Year's Eve and made a list of my favourite creators within the anime/gaming community and some of the content they…


My FAVOURITE Manga Scene
A big thank you to UnVale for sponsoring the video, you can find the website here: https://unvale.io/ Thank you to everyone for supporting the channel, since the last video…


My Favourite Baki Characters!
Hey there! Didn’t think you’d hear from me so soon? well… I recently just finished the third series Hanma Baki: Son of Ogre and I absolutely loved it!…


My New Favourite Yuri
I enjoy a good webcomic and I enjoy a fun yuri. Isn't it great that I found something that is both and I want to tell you about…


My Favourite Anitubers 2023
Hny besties ٩(^‿^)۶ Some of the creators that I was feeling through 2023. Forneverworld 00:20 Domo Senpai 03:05 Animebackwhen 04:20 Manga Crash 05:15 Shaybs 05:50 Joey 06:21 Inakyu 07:25 Doofy 08:32 Trentinart 09:31 Weeb Jail 10:23 Johnny Star 10:58 Chibi…


My Favourite (and Least Favourite) Books of 2024
I read a lot of books in 2024 and decided to share my top favourite books of 2024 along with some dishonourable mentions.
My Favourite Top 5 Surprise Anime Dance Numbers
This is an odd top 5 list I know. But I feel like we can use a bit of levity right now and what better way to get…


“So what is my favourite anime” project begins
I don’t know what my favourite anime is. I used to know. I even found a word document I made in 2009 where I had a list of…


My Favourite Books of 2023
I love to read. Especially Japanese and English novels with good stories. Here are my favourite books of 2023.


What is my favourite season?
Summer isn’t my favourite season, so which is it?


My favourite SGT — Majestic Japan
Here to entice you to book your next trip, is our expert, Chantel. She’s led countless tours and has developed a real love for Majestic Japan.
Some of my favourite openings!
I’ve probably mentioned it before, but in case you didn’t know, I don’t generally give much attention to openings. I know there are all sorts, and some are…


My Favourite Books of 2023
I love to read. Especially Japanese and English novels with good stories. Here are my favourite books of 2023.
My 5 Favourite JRPG Franchises
Lately I have really been in the mood to play a classic JRPG series. Here are some of my favourites from years past.


Toradora Wasn’t My Favourite Romcom
This is what people will want to do to me when I’ve spoken my words. haha So Yo, Toradora is not a favourite romantic comedy of mine.


My Favourite Jujutsu Kaisen Theories
MANGA SPOILERS AHEAD I love a good theory as much as the next person. Jujutsu Kaisen has risen in popularity by tenfold since the anime aired and with…


MY TOP 5 FAVOURITE CHARACTERS FROM EACH ANIME – Popular Anime Edition
This list may contain SLIGHT SPOILERS. Though I’ll try to make it as short and spoiler-free as possible. This list is made while taking both Manga and Anime…


10 favourite anime BGM
One aspect of anime that never ceases to amaze me (as a visual medium) is the superior quality of its music. Not just the OP and ED songs…
My Favourite 5 Character Design Elements
I thought we could all use a nice light post that’s just a general excuse for thinking about anime characters we like. And while I was thinking about…


My favourite manga reads in 2016
2016. What a year. It’s been a tough year for many of us and personally, it was a challenging one. I was so busy with the last…


AniTAY Podcast S7 E12: Roasting our Taste in Anime Protagonists
It’s a good idea to retread old topics. This week, AniTAY revisits its favorite and least favorite anime protagonists. Much roasting ensues
Artificial Chestnuts Roasting by the Fire
It's Fall television time for both anime and western faire. What's on my docket this year? Only the finest genderbending, fast-driving, space-faring adventures and more!


The Roasting of The Shield Hero
In which I spend 50 minutes analyzing how and why The Rising of The Shield Hero is a pretty okay Isekai anime. Mostly. Sponsored by Gfuel. By One,…
Editorial: My Top 5 Favourite Anime directors (that aren’t Hayao Miyazaki)
In the history of anime the director who is certainly the most famous and revered in the Western hemisphere is Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). He has made quite…


Is Redline still one of my favourite anime of all time
Redliiiine! I saw Redline in the cinema when it first came out. I then went and watched it again in another cinema. Then I went and watched it…


Is Baccano still one of my favourite anime of all time?
Baccano aired in 2007, right when the home video market crashed, the world as a whole was about to crash, legal streaming hadn’t taken off yet, and Crunchyroll…


Is Arrietty still one of my favourite anime of all time
I love Arrietty to bits. It might be my favourite Ghibli movie ever, or at least it was up there tied with Porco Rosso. I’d always figured it…


The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: My 12 Favourite Anime OPs, Revisited
I’m going to do something different today, especially after writing multiple posts reviewing anime and various reflections on certain characters with regards to the Catholic themes surroundin…


Is Berserk still one of my favourite anime of all time?
Berserk was the subject of one of my most effervescent, breathless, glowing reviews I’ve ever written, way back in 2010. I didn’t just enjoy Berserk. I thought it…


Is Akira still one of my favourite anime of all time?
Akira is the anime I’ve seen the most, albeit not intentionally. I first saw it as a young teenager since my dad owned it on VHS. My parents…
I no longer have any idea what my favourite anime is
I’m in a competitive Pokemon discord group (sorry ladies I’m already taken) that like seemingly all discord groups, had to open a separate anime channel to contain the…


My favourite Small Group Tour — Winter Highlights
Winter in Japan is a truly spectacular time to visit. So special, we put together a dedicated tour to give our travellers a cultural trip to enjoy what…


My favourite SGT — HyperJapan, JPop and Go
We caught up with Fergal, one of our tour leader experts, who ran three of his fave tours — HyperJapan, JPop and Go — in 2023.


Valentine’s Day Special: My favourite Romance anime’s
Hi, Guys and Happy Valentine’s day! and for this special occasion, I will give you my top 10 favourite romance anime/movies I’ve watched over the last 8 years.…
Fruits Basket, Junjo Romantica, Maid-Sama!, Kamisama Kiss, My Love Story!!


My Favourite Small Group Tour — Spring Elegance
Spring Elegance combines some of the finest things Japan has to offer into one complete package.


5 Of My Favourite English Voice Actors
This will be for another post but couldn’t help stick it here! I thought I had written a list about my favourite voice actors but apparently not.
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My Favourite Idolmaster Songs: [2] Secret Mirage
It’s fine like this, this is how it should beAnd yet, and yet – how I wish to touch youIf only we could remain pristine, retain our purity…


Falling into you: My new favourite drama
"Falling Into You" is my new fave Chinese drama! It features a rocky mentor-mentee relationship that grows into a deep emotional bond. Their journey of trust and healing…


My Favourite Reddit AMVs – The Early Years
Happy Canada Day everyone!It’s also the middle point of the year, so I thought it would be a good time to post this. A couple months ago I…


What’s Your Favourite Anime Genre?
There are so many genre within anime! I know that there seems to be a consensus that people who don’t watch anime assume it’s just all the same…