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I like Teen Titans Go. It’s fast, sloppy, dynamic, full of good gags and great acting. I think I can say that because I’m not especially wedded to…
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SEAN: This may be the first time I’ve ever picked as Pick of the Week a book I not only plan to not read but plan to actively…
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Gravios & Basarios, Titans of Stone | Monster Hunter Ecology
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Pick of the Week: Magi, Skyscrapers, and Titans
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The 20-Gay-Teen Sequel Hype
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The Teen Brain and Anime’s Appeal
Teen brains sit on an important stage of brain development. Adolescence isn’t just a cultural construct; it’s a period of drastic rewiring. I will be using Robert Sapolsky’s…
The Teen Brain and Anime’s Appeal
Teen brains sit on an important stage of brain development. Adolescence isn’t just a cultural construct; it’s a period of drastic rewiring. I will be using Robert Sapolsky’s…
Writing For ANN
So hello everyone. I have not shared this here yet, but I have an article on Getter Robo on Anime News Network right now. You can read that…
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Okay, “in hiding” is way too dramatic. There have been writers who have actually had to hide out of fear of being harassed or even murdered (as we…
Writing in Buses
I'm writing this in the bus and that's all really. I'm not sure why you would want to, but you are more than welcomed to join me.
Introverts Who Feel like They’re Being Eaten By Titans
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Interviewing Anime Titans: AkiDearest and Joey, The Anime Man
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LGBTQ+ Writing from Japan
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Currently Writing on Revue
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Try Angles: My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU Climax!
My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU (aka My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected) is the modern light novel anime that reminded me to never judge a…
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Reading and Writing Blog Comments
Do you struggle with comments? As in answering or even leaving them? Do you respond to all the comments on your blog? (If you have one obviously) Do…
Writing Prompt Rapid Fire (4)
It’s time for another rapid fire edition of writing prompt, where I choose to be lazy and answer questions without much elaboration!
Episode 23: Writing from Okinawa
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To preface, turns out that writing that little epilogue as a blog post after my Porco Rosso piece was quite serendipitious. So I’ve decided to make this as…
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It’s Monday night as of this writing, and the week is already hell. Normally I’d be too exhausted at the end of a long day to write anything,…
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As you may have noticed, JP was down for few days. My webhost migrated to a new, faster server and broke a bunch of things. I think they…
Writing Prompt Rapid Fire (2)
Let’s power through another one of these, because just like before, I’ve got some questions that I can’t see myself writing a full post for. That, and because…
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Today I wanted to talk about Unorthodox, probably one of the best shows to come out on Netflix this year. But as with anything successful, I find myself…
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Race is a challenging subject to discuss, and I almost didn’t write this piece, but it seems like a hard topic to ignore if I’m going to continue…
Writing as A Stress Reliever
Since no seasonal anime came out this week, including Attack on Titan, I was wondering what to write about today. Well, I think I got an idea from…
Setting a Daily Writing Goal
Hello everyone! Who’s never heard of the “you should write everyday” mantra? This old adagio has been told thousands of times by professors, coaches and fellow writers: “You…
Public Writing and Self Censorship
As JP has increased in views and approaches the 7 million total-views milestone, I’ve become even more aware of how what I write can influence people. Of course,…
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Both of these are used by people as criteria which they rate anime on. But which of these is more important to a series. The answer may vary…
Writing Prompt Rapid Fire (1)
There are a lot of questions that I see on the Internet that I like to answer on my blog, often because I feel like my answer would…
Writing Prompt Rapid Fire (#5)
Been a while since I’ve done one of these. Sometimes the prompts just don’t merit a full post, and other times they’re just ridiculous. The users on MAL…
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Hi guys, I hope all of you are safe and well out there! Thought it might be interesting to share some of my thoughts about that latest essay…
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My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu is a bit of an odd duck. I don’t recall there being a whole lot of fanfare before the first season aired, but…
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Beyond the wall of Titans – Hajime Isayama Panel [50th Angoulême International Comics Festival]
Transcript of Hajime Isayama's panel about Attack on Titan and his work at the Angoulême International Festival.
Wordy Wordiness – My Blog Writing Process
It’s hard to write blog articles regularly. Over the years, I’ve developed a loose process I thought to share with you. It may not work for you, and…