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I began watching Slayers, starring Lina Inverse about two weeks ago. I've listed to the OP song, Get Along, for years, maybe decades now. Finally, I dove in. My initial reaction, was that it wasn't quite what I expected. I knew that Lina is a mage-- a sorcerer, a powerful one. But I wasn't...

"A kindergarten romance" is how this anime, originally began as a manga in 1988, had a major television animation adaption in 2001 (with a five episode OVA in the late 90s), is still one of my favorite anime series. There are a total of three seasons (I believe, but I haven't had a chance to...

I've written quite a bit of fan-fiction through the years. Much of it isn't online however. I find that I can write longer-form content (if you can believe that!) better with a pile of spiral-bound notebooks and a few dozen pens. One of my first (completed) stories was one entitled "Answering...

I remember years ago, back in my browsing days of IGN, stumbling across a guy who uploaded a bunch of anime intros videos, and one of my favorites was one of the APACCGNN (I know you can figure that one out)-- if I remember, let's see.... (alright, after re-watching half of the first episode, a...

Sailor Moon is THE anime that defines the Magical Girl genre. It completely altered the concept in Japan, and then when the Western world was exposed to it, seemingly we couldn't get enough of it. But, because this is such an old and popular series, it can be difficult, and even intimidating...

The Japanese have a lot of different Holidays that they celebrate in addition to some of the more common International days. Let's start a list here so we can be sure to honor these days appropriately! These are the 16 official holidays celebrated in Japan every year (from Wikipedia): January...

I'm an ancient Otaku (GenX). I love many of the newer anime classics within the genre of romantic comedy, science fiction, and absurd humor. Some of my favorite titles include Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Ah! My Goddess, Tenchi Muyo!, Ranma 1/2, All Purpose All Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku...