As the days count down to Christmas, get yourself in the mood – or, at least, *a* mood – with these little-known gems of anime Christmas.
Anime Industry Reality Check: Translation Troubles
What can be better than a word-perfect translation of an anime or manga? Turns out quite a lot.
Animated Horrors: M’s Picks for Top 5 Creepy Anime
What are your favorite scary, creepy or horrific anime titles?
Fanservice, the Card Game: Review of Tanto Cuore
Moe and maids makes for an explosive and appealing combination. They also make for a surprisingly deep and engaging card game.
Playable Anime: Review of Catherine
From the minds of Atlus comes one of the most thought-provoking psychological horror anime in the past year… except that it’s actually a video game.
Come Hell or High Standards: Why Anime Hasn’t Ruined “Real Girls” For You
A random Googler sets m on the warpath about anime women vs. real women, and how to stop comparing one to the other.
Darn You Kids, Get Off My Shibafu: Ramblings of an Old Anime Fan
Being an anime fan certainly used to be different than it is today. M breaks out the walker and the rocking chair on the porch and shakes her cane at those dagnabbit young otaku that have it so good.
Whose Genre Is It Anime? Cross Audience Appeal and “Labelling” Anime
When watching a show about virgin superheroes learning the power of friendship between attacks by tentacle demons, one has to wonder… who is this anime for, anyway?
Anime Terminology 101: Moe
Professor M steps up in front of the class to teach a beginner’s lesson on Moe.
Top 5 Worst “Super” Jobs in Anime
Being an anime teacher or waitress might suck, but it could be far, far worse. When someone says these jobs are soul-sucking, they might be being literal!
