Anime Detour 2018 has a great first year in new hotel
I've been attending Anime Detour for ten years now. Eight of those years were at the same location, the DoubleTree by Hilton in Bloomington,...
And you thought there is never anime in 2016
The second half of 2015 brought on many positive changes. But I didn’t make it out of the darkness unscathed. Years of jumping financial hurdles, clinical depression, and more than one existential crisis left a blackness under my eyes that persists to this day. Things weren’t perfect, but they were the best they had ever been.
It’s complicated — my relationship with Toonami, the anime gateway drug for a generation
Jason DeMarco and Sean Akins were in their 20s when they pitched the idea to Cartoon Network using a mashup of skateboarding clips, giant robots, and bootleg footage of Dragon Ball Z.
In defense of Katsuki Bakugou
My Hero Academia has a huge ensemble cast of heroes in training and professional heroes. Without a doubt, if you asked a dozen fans...
Does Pop Team Epic have mainstream potential?
A popular topic that comes up in anime discussion is whether a show can garner mainstream success outside of the nation of Japan. In...