The Red Bird in The Penguin Tribe: My Life in the Past Year

Do you want to know what happened to me during the past year?

New Year, New Perspectives

A Collection of Unpublished Thoughts from 2013: The Wind Rises, Good-versus-Evil tropes, Game of Thrones anime and 6th year anniversary!

2013 is drawing to a close and despite all the bad things that had happened, the world somehow keeps spinning. It has been a crazy year for my life but rather slow year for my blog. I have always tried to avoid publishing too many meta posts or posts that carried too little contents. So this is a good opportunity for me to publish all those things I wanted to say but could not fit them into a proper post. Enjoy and feel free to share your thoughts!

Why do I watch anime? And how to avoid giving boring answers!

I am late to Kai’s party, like I usually do. But her project is interesting and I believe that timing is not a factor in this case. Discussion about why we watch anime may sound obsolete but it is always strangely relevant. I have read several opinions on this matter over the years. There are many reasons we watch anime. Some reasons are so generic that they can be applied to any form of media and thus, these reasons carry little weight. So you see, ‘Why do we watch anime?’ is never an easy question to answer. Still, I am going to try. (Warning: heavy sarcasms ahead!)

Life can always start anew: 2012 wrap-up and 5th year anniversary!

Life can always start anew. The same goes for anime blogging…right?

How can I determine the gender of anime bloggers?

How often did you mistake male bloggers for a female bloggers and vice versa? Without looking at their MAL profiles, how can you tell if the bloggers are female or male just by looking at their blogs? Here’s the solution!

Canne joins the Anime Blogger Interrogation Game

 

It felt good to be tagged by the lovely Starburst-chan. Despite my acting relatively low profile in the past month, it’s great to be regarded as part of the community. The Anime Blogger Interrogation Game was started at Nabe!! and I suspected that it would go viral around the blogsphere soon. Everyone loves jumping on the bandwagon :)

Stumbling across new anime blog: it is a matter of destiny!

Foxy Lady came up with this idea of ‘animanga blog carnival’ post series. I think it’s interesting and easy to respond to. From what I understand, I have to write something about how I approach to a new anime blog and what I expect from it. I’ll make this post short and precise since no one likes wall of text including myself.

The Seven Tyrannies that Crush Anime Fandom

Anime is our escape, where any dreams are possible. Anime is our freedom, the door that leads to a place beyond our mortal senses. Anime is the wings that fly us to the world so large and yet so private. Of course, we can live our lives without it. But life with anime is much more interesting. Am I exaggerating? Maybe I am. But I tell you now, I am not lying. But why does it have to end?