100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Forty – Key Frames #1 21 Jul 2018 Terminology and fanspeak are handy tools for reference, but I've realized I've started to name drop studios and creators a lot so I've decided to start doing some short posts…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Nine – Toonami 20 Jul 2018 Back in 1997, Cartoon Network was just coming into its own. What a Cartoon! had just spun Dexter's Laboratory into its own show the year before, and Johnny Bravo and Cow and Chicken would both debut…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Eight – Samurai 7 19 Jul 2018 I first saw Samurai 7 sometime around 2011 when I first went looking for a new anime to watch. I wanted to find something that I hadn't really heard other people…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Seven – More Anime Resources 18 Jul 2018 After spending most of a week researching and writing a brief history of anime post-by-post, I've decided to work on building up a little bit of buffer for the blog.…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Six – Hanebado! & ISLAND Three Episode Trial 17 Jul 201818 Jul 2018 My anime list may not be as full as some fans, but I know what I like. I'm not normally a fan of the three episode test. I can tell…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Five – Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Review 16 Jul 2018 Note: This show came out over 10 years ago. I generally try to avoid spoilers in my reviews of new shows, but I'm not going to worry about that for…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Four – A Brief History of Anime Part 6 15 Jul 2018 In 2008, Geneon USA, one of the major U.S. distributors for anime, would shut down. In 2009, it was followed by Central Park Media and AD Vision. Toonami was off…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Three – A Brief History of Anime Part 5 14 Jul 2018 It is the dawn of a new millennium. Japan is still struggling to recover from the economic downturn of 1992. Anime has recovered from its early '90s stumble and has…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty Two – Anime Vocabulary Unit 3 13 Jul 201813 Jul 2018 My intention was to continue with the Brief History of Anime posts today, but unexpected matters at my day job require my attention so my time to write is limited.…
100 Days of Anime 2018 100 Days of Anime: Day Thirty One – A Brief History of Anime Part Four 12 Jul 2018 "Today, animation in Japan is considered to be in a creative doldrums. Due to the sheer volume of the output over the past three decades, the good ideas have 'all…