The Otakusphere: Video gaymes, bad romance and punching the heavens

Good morning, afternoon or evening to everyone out there in internetland. It’s Sunday in my corner of the hinterlands, so that means it’s time for another trip around the Otakusphere. So it’s nearing the end of the spring anime season, and with summer shows just around the corner, we have nearly everyone wrapping up their […]

The Otakusphere: Politics, gatekeeping and anime hair physics

I’m not sure if you noticed, but I’ve got a sweet new masthead for this feature, done by my friend Jon Spencer. At least that’s what I assume his name is. I just wanted to give him a shout out. It’s gotten me jazzed about getting revving up the engine and taking a tour around […]