• For the next few weeks, I’m going to start these out with my weekly reviews, which go live on Wednesdays. Here’s Free! Eternal Summer episode 10, Bakumatsu Rock episode 10, and Nobunaga Concerto episode 8. If you have any thoughts on them, let me know in the ANN forums!

• Since there have been so many new readers lately, I wanted to plug Musehack again. Musehack is a career site for geeks that doesn’t just focus on writing like I do. If you’re interested in a geeky career field, check it out.

• Much has been said on the Full Metal Alchemist/Brotherhood split. Here’s Mary’s take on why Brotherhood did it better.

• No, you’re not a bully if you liked Watamote, the tale of a misfit highschooler. Serdar wrote about why we feel bad when we laugh at Tomoko.

• Ten reasons to visit Japan in the fall. I had no idea that it was this easy for tourists to get into high school cultural festivals, and now I want to go to one.

• Mike introduced me to Welcome To The Fandom, a YouTube series about OTPs, cosplay, and other things we geek out about.

• This #gamergate stuff still isn’t over and I’m wondering how long I should keep not mentioning it. It’s becoming the elephant in the room. One thing I’ve been referencing often is Leigh Alexander’s guide to actually doing something to help people who have been victims of online harassment.

• I love sharing readers’ blogs, so here’s another: The Thin Black Line. Like me, Matthew reviews anime and the difference in our reviews shows how subjective anime watching is, and the review that should matter most to you is your own.

Screenshot via Bakumatsu Rock. I keep giving it Cs, but not because of the visuals.