In My View: When anime isn’t the right word

I remember pretty clearly when I first encountered the word “anime.” I was in a college dorm room in 1996, and I was talking with a couple of people I was in a Rifts game with. I don’t remember how it came up, but I mentioned “Japanimation.” It was a word that I had come […]

In Search Of … Boogiepop Phantom

Hi, all you fine folks out there in the Otakusphere and beyond. It’s time once again for me to take another pick from the anime people have submitted to me as I go In Search Of… my next favorite anime. So what is this feature? Every month, I pick out an anime that has been […]

From the New World and the problem of unused weaponry — an #Anitwitwatches post

The rest of the #anitwitwatches crew and I finished From the New World, and I have some thoughts. Oh, boy. Do I have some thoughts. Wait. You out there reading this may be wondering what #anitwitwatches is. It’s a project started by Jon Spencer Reviews where a group of us watch a show and tweet […]

To push the rock or not in Galaxy Express 999

Sometimes it’s best to start at the beginning with one of these posts. I don’t really have a clever anecdote or a personal revelation to start this with. I just have a quote. A perfectly nonsensical quote stuck sideways in my head. It comes near the end of Episode 52 – Artemis of The Transparent […]

Impressions: Honey and Clover and a story about love

Nearly 20 years ago, I had a crush on a punk rock girl. She was the coolest person I had ever met. She had a near-encyclopedic knowledge of music that was staggering. Not only that, but she dyed her hair, and had cool stories, liked cool movies and had lived in California. I was entranced. […]

In Search Of … The Great Passage

Hi, you fine folks out there in the Otakusphere and beyond. It’s time once again for me to take another pick from the anime that people have submitted to me and give something else a shot as I go In Search Of… my next favorite anime. Yes. All of that was a lead-in so I […]

In Search Of … Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

(Note: I updated the title after I decided to name this feature In Search Of …) Welcome to a new feature here on In Search of Number Nine, where I invite other people to recommend shows to me. I’m thinking about something clever for a title, like “The Search” or “In Pursuit.” Hopefully, by the […]

The Otakusphere: Burning justice, long titles and eyebrow judging

So here we are at the end of another week and at the end of my vacation. Overall, I give this vacation a B+. I managed to finish rewatching Solty Rei and Ergo Proxy. I got a lot of the barn shoveled out, but I didn’t finish. I listened to all of the Fall of […]

In My View: Anime and gaming media

Since I started really paying attention to the anime space again in 2019, I’ve noticed, in general, people don’t like it when gaming websites blunder their way into talking about anime. And don’t get me wrong, they most certainly blunder their way around. Even as a mildly invested fan, I can see the inherent flaws […]

In My View: It’s not censorship, it’s editing

A long time ago, I watched the first section of Sword Art Online. My wife had started the series on Netflix and I viewed it over her shoulder. Overall, the show was acceptable. As someone who suffered through the BeeTrain-disaster that was .Hack//Sign, it was miles ahead of that. But a cat that’s been dead […]