- How To Teach Someone A New Game, in a way that they’ll actually want to play it with you again. John and I had a Memorial Day board game party. I wish I had read this first! HT Greg.
- About our “broken” fan culture. Aja had a lot to say about that one article that equated writing fanfiction with threatening content creators if you don’t like how a show ended.
- Also, if you like reading about fandom (and getting recommendations for new fanfiction to read), check out The Rec Center newsletter by friends/journalists Elizabeth and Gavia. They haven’t had much anime fandom news—yet, but recently had a guest-curator write a great introduction to Kuroko’s Basketball fandom.
- The people who make anime don’t make enough money to live near animation studios, leading to lots of wasted gas, time, and money, an insider claims. I was surprised to see the scenes in Shirobako where Aomori drives to animators’ homes to pick up drawings, and I guess there’s truth to that. HT Zoe.
- Get ready to watch some OLD anime! Funimation acquired the rights to the first anime ever, a clip designed to raise Japanese children’s spirits during WWII.
- How to Worry Less About Being a Bad Programmer. We got a new intern at my office! I’ve been taking him under my wing to teach him CSS, and he was surprised about how often I google things I don’t know. Like this article states, I used to think that meant I was a bad web developer. Now I realize nobody has it all memorized, and this is the easiest way to find solutions.
- I was on ANNcast last week fighting about video games and chatting with Zac and Jake about an anime I just started, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. I love Jake’s article introducing the show to people wondering if it’s just an Attack on Titan clone.
- I’ve spent HOURS these past two weeks watching Gundam X and Gundam ZZ, the glamorous life of an anime reviewer! My Gundam X DVD review is here; my Gundam ZZ review… well, I’m about to go write it.
Screenshot via Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress