I didn’t expect the prettiest anime of Winter 2015 to be a mecha anime, but life is full of surprises. Circumstances outside my control led to this not being such a great week for blogging, but the Internet was as lively as ever.

• When I’m not watching sparklebots, I am still reviewing two other sports anime. On Yowamushi Pedal, a lesson in confidence, and on Kuroko’s Basketball, two major reveals.

• If you weren’t at Katsucon, BeatDownBoogie’s video is a good cross section of the fabulous cosplay that was on display.

• I’ve seen a lot of t-shirts depicting anime, but this is the first time I’ve seen anyone make an animation for a t-shirt. Anime-inspired apparel artist Boomslank is promoting their latest design with its own video. Here’s my own review of a Boomslank shirt.

• Ever been curious about otherkin? I loved Gavia’s longform research article into this unusual online community.

• For better or worse, video game animators spend a lot of time animating female characters’ breasts. Here’s why that so often goes wrong.

• Heard the one about the guy cosplaying Satan who runs into nuns in the hotel elevator? Anime anthropologist Charles Dunbar traced this popular piece of con lore back to the ’80s. This is an old article worth rereading about the oral tradition of anime conventions.