I am the father of a 6-year old son. Although I’ve been watching anime off and on for the past 15+ years, I’ve been the most actively watching it since my son was about 1-2 years old.

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Typically, an anime series whose length edges towards 400 episodes would lie so beyond “casual” that the mere suggestion of such a thing would be casual. Yet with my experiences hopping into and out of Gintama, either from dropping in on certain arcs or through being shown some standout episodes, I would say it fits…

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It’s fair to say recent times, particularly the 2010s, have proven rather... eventful.

I had several ideas for mini-topics, that weren’t enough for a full article, so I thought I did this in a quick-hit, omnibus style. Let’s do it!

Welcome back to Warped Pipes, the series where I look into the stories and lore of Mario games in order to create a timeline of events. This time around, we’ll be journeying into the land of dreams in...

Something funny happened in the orbit of Sword Art Online this year. In a world rife with fantasy RPGs, it was the post-apocalyptic science fiction shooter that became the official comedy game of the whole enterprise, all thanks to the anime for Keiichi Sigsawa’s Gun Gale Online spin-off. Honestly, I can’t even argue…

Before I started watching anime, I never thought about reading manga or light novels. (Heck, before I got really into anime, I never even *knew* about light novels.) Now I’m gathering a nice little collection, although I’m generally with Hirotaka above on how I buy/read it.

Man, when it comes to the anime movie business, I sometimes get the impression that almost everybody’s ultimate goal is gunning for that Studio Ghibli mantle. It seems to taken over famed director Mamoru Hosoda, that’s for sure; his latest film, Mirai, isn’t even his first go at this kind of thing. This time, however,…

In 2016, I attended my first anime convention, with wife and son in tow. We returned to the same convention in 2017 and again this year. While not the largest of conventions, it’s still a pretty nice con not too far away, that will be celebrating its 15th year next year. It’s put on by the anime club of a nearby…

I caught bits and pieces of Dragon Ball Z back in Toonami’s old heyday, but I was never all that much into it. Yet even with such minimal exposure, little me still thought about, and badly wanted, the bonkers fighting game that I knew the series had in it. It’s not often that the world fulfills dreams so completely,…

The Ties Of Blood