As I’ve written more and more, it’s only natural that I broaden my horizons by reading what others have written so that I can absorb their thoughts and ideas about anime series and everything tangentially related to the medium. It’s been a long, continuous process in which I strive to educate myself by exposing myself to writers who encourage me to think critically and force me to question my assumptions. So here is a list of sites that get my nod for the content they’ve written. I daresay you may find some gems hidden here if you weren’t already aware of them. If I can write a blurb about you, I will.
Industry and News Sites:
Anime Expo – Inside
Anime Expo’s blog, which covers a gamut of anime news as well as upcoming events hosted by the convention.
Anime Blogs:
2D Teleidoscope
Our man in Japan bearing tales that ties in nicely with anime.
Abandoned Factory Anime Review
Joojoobees’s episodic bits and somewhat frequent forays into anime music with some talk on composers and various J-pop groups.
Altair and Vega – The Untold Story
Vuc and AJ finally team up to produce a sterling effort.
Ambivalence, or is it ambiguity?
Mostly a general editorial blog that gives us a reminder of where we’ve been and where we might be going.
Animenz con animato
A music blog around in the sphere that focuses its magic through piano transcriptions.
Atarashii Prelude
Shinn is out to amuse people with his DFC-loving lolicon antics and photoshop frenzies.
Baka-Raptor
One of the few people in the anime bloggosphere who is actually funny and each post of his is pretty much on the mark.
bananaMuffin
I heard bananas are a bit radioactive, but muffins are delicious. Their writings are similarly delectable.
Behind the Nihon Review
I’m biased, but I think they have very insightful postings that raise issues people may not have thought of or encourage people to think critically about the shows they watch.
Byakuya『白夜』whitenight!
Episodic blog that’s easy on the eyes to read while giving a good amount of overview without boring the reader with a barrage of details.
Canne’s Anime Reviews
Honesty in review writing sure is a virtue and that’s why I read them.
The Cart Driver
Apparently earns a lot of ire for not liking Gunbuster, which has been the source of the ongoing feud between Scamp and Jesus159159(ad infinitum).
Chikorita157′s Anime Blog
No pokemon included, but episodics and editorials? Most certainly.
Desu ex Machina
Especially good for those keeping tabs on SaiMoe and desu.
Eye Sedso
It’s an ISSS and that’s all you really need to know.
Fabrice Requin
Fresh like a breeze.
Fuzakenna!
Raw, unbridled passion contained in someone who’ll most likely explode in a burst of glory.
Ha Neul Seom (하늘섬)
Gaguri doesn’t know how to write crappy posts. And that’s just the truth.
Hey, Say, Anime!
A good group of episodic bloggers with much merit.
Hourai Neetwork
French readers only. Or run it through the translator.
lelangir’s anime music blog
Not as Nana Mizuki-centric like you might expect, unfortunately. He transcribes though.
Listless Ink
Very yuri-licious and I’m sure as hell not complaining.
Major Arcana
They’ve got some strong editorial stuff that’s relevant to my interests and that I can relate to even more if I actually watched more sci-fi animu.
Mechapot
Run by mshaydown, with contributions by azn86.jedi and ottocycle, all of whom are MALKeionbu folks of fine standing and merit. Talks about mecha anime, gunpla, but most importantly, anime and video game music.
Memories of Ephemerality
This young grasshopper has out-hopped me and still has interesting things to say.
Metanorn
The design is pretty mesmerizing…
NaNee???
Some shows, some music stuff, and photoshoots. That’s what.
NotCliche
It isn’t.
The Null Set
Steelbound delivers with his first impressions, but I mostly read his end-of-season editorials as that’s a great way to catch up on old stuff.
Oishii Anime
Determined to showcase a character a day and will no doubt succeed.
Omonomono
Omo’s thought process is where mine would be at if I had 10 years life experience and some more brain cells.
Open Your Mind
I like that Yoko Ishida song too!
Original Sound Version
I’m biased because I write for them (I seem to have my fingers in too many musical stuff lately) but they’ve got good stuff when it comes to being at the forefront of video game music. Like interviews!
Otaku Life: Anime Review
A new blog, with much merit, run by Arianna Sterling, and what’s this about a review of Yuya Yamashita I see???
Project Saber
Reltair’s stuff is as good as any and I get a good blurb to help me make up my mind what to watch.
Rabbit Poets
A lot of stuff on episodics and usually goes for the types of shows that I’d end up watching anyway, so it provides the kind of coverage I need.
Sekijitsu
Focus is mostly on episodics, but they sure do a good job of keeping you up to date.
Sunagaan’s P.A.A.S.
Compilation alert with a nice side dish of editorials to keep it enjoyable.
Super Noisy Rice Shower Goes Boom!!
J1m0ne is always at the forefront of the anime music and seiyuu scene, especially the latter.
The Brownie Post
Another anime music fan who likes to cover entire months worth of singles.
The Deathseeker
For the horde! And figures too, I guess.
UNMEI KAIHEN
Needs to be all caps because it’s that important with its combination of episodics and editorials.
