I thought I might do something a little different with this article. In “Why I Loathe Manga Chapter Reviews“, I mentioned that one of my biggest issues is the use of scanlations. The question that follows might be “Where do I read these manga legally?”. I spoke before about how I personally prefer physical releases but I cannot dispute that many people choose to consume media digitally. Therefore, I thought I might make a list of legal services where you can read manga digitally. I used to subscribe to the digital English language version of Weekly Shonen Jump. Since then,…
Category: 2020
There is no doubt that Studio Ghibli holds a legendary status amongst anime companies. From their first film, Castle in the Sky to their most recent film, When Marnie Was There, they have released, not only some of the best films that anime has to offer but also amongst the best that animation has to offer. From being the first (and, as of this article, only) anime studio to receive an Oscar for Best Animated Feature to being the first animation studio to win Best Picture in the 1998 Japan Academy Film Prize, their legendary status cannot be disputed. When…
I am a big fan of the Dark Souls games. Huge fan in fact. I consider Dark Souls and Dark Souls III to be some of the best games to have been created in recent memory. As a fan of these games, it is understandable that I have tried to seek out games similar to these, the term Souls-Like being coined to describe games similar to Dark Souls. Let’s start by defining what a Souls-Like is. Being such a new term, there can be disagreements on what defines Souls-Like games but commonalities typically include: Dark Souls has undoubtedly had an…
When I first began making content for YouTube, there was (and may still be) a strong trend for manga youtubers to review manga chapters as they came out. I ultimately resisted this temptation and, as time went on, I began to feel repulsed by chapter reviews, viewing them as meaningless content as well as actively damaging to the manga industry. I will try to make my viewpoints clear in this article. Let us start with a question. What does it mean to review? I want you to take a moment and think about what that means. Done? To me, reviewing…
I love the idea of Noitamina. If you’re unaware of what Noitamina is (animation spelled backwards for one), it started as an anime programming block in 2005 on Fuji TV, one of the major television networks in Japan. Its stated goal was to expand anime’s viewership by producing shows that appealed to audiences outside of the standard anime demographic. As I stated before, I love this concept. I believe that for anime to thrive, we need to expand the demographic to include more people of different ages and genders. The desire to create shows aimed at different demographics also means…