So, you may or may not have noticed that I didn’t do a Spring Compendium this year. I actually haven’t stopped doing them since Fall 2011, so to suddenly not have one up might have been…weird, to say the least. You will also see a bunch of Impressions up…and without my name on there?!? W-what’s going on??
Welp, it finally has happened: I’m taking the Spring Season off.
Well, almost. I am picking up Stardust Crusaders, I plan on watching Baby Steps if I remember to (because sports), and might consider watching one of the NoitaminA shows, probably the one by the director of Bunny Drop (such a shame he’s been stuck on terrible material since then. I cry!). But that is it. If there are any Spring shows out there to look forward to, I’ll just hear about them later. Right now, my focus is on my backlog!
I think one of the reasons why I barely put a dent into my smallish backlog is because I wasn’t actually committed to finishing my backlog. When I took the Fall 2013 season off, it was really half-off, as I watched 5-6 shows. When the winter season started, I ended up picking up 7 shows. 7! Well, I did watch two shorts (Wooser S2, and Tonari no Seki-kun, which I’m still watching), but whatever the case, in trying to go half-way, I didn’t commit myself to actually finishing my backlog. Maybe other people can manage to do both. Maybe I will be able to someday. But not now. So, I decided to stop cheating and go all the way.
How? By not even looking at the AniChart for spring. To not doing the Compendium. To not doing impressions. For this spring. I really, REALLY don’t want to stop doing any of that for summer, so I’ll attempt to do my due diligence and finish my backlogged shows, hopefully well before the summer season starts.
(I should also add that it’s not just taking a half-off of the season that stalled me from completing my backlog, but I’ll consider that a personal matter though.)
Anyways, I’ve wasted enough time preaching to you guys. You all came here for some good reads and fun tweets this morning! So let me provide them:
- Have some shit you might want to know about manga genres and demographics!
- Well hey, Manjiorin let people know what publishers want to license when it comes to manga. So doing a list like this is probably helpful in someway.
- Shinmaru would choose a title like he chose to represent the first episode of Stardust Crusaders. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy oh wait wrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
- Have a list of all the anime and manga that’s been recently announced. Oh hey look more GTO…
- Oh hey, it’s the OG-Man’s third anniversary as a blogger!…Wow, has it really been three years??!?
- There goes Charles, looking at the names/puns in Kill la Kill that make me go, “Hmm,…oh I see…now I think about it this way…”
- I think this is the perfect lead in to Frog-Kun’s post: “THE TOPIC OF ELITISM IS 2ELITIST4ME.“
- An interesting guide that explains how newcomers can import Japanese games as practice.
- EmperorJ managed to watch waaaayyyyy too much anime over the Winter season. And in reading some of the descriptions of them, they were all mediocre (well some of them stood out for him).
- “Being behind on anime is actually alright” *giggle* Like Marow actually believes that–*gets arms chopped off by a chainsaw*
- Apparently it was time to take a peek into Lauren’s apartment. Geez Lauren, did you have to share THAT with the public?!?
- Finally, don’t normally link to Reddit, but I thought this thread was fun since it’s 2014 and we still have this issue: “Reactions you get when people learn you’re an anime fan?“
Tweets That Have Nothing To Do With Backlogs
I DON T DESERVE TO BE CALLED SENPAI
— Persona ebooks (@Persona_ebooks) April 5, 2014
there's an option to fuck him with a bike??? HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK pic.twitter.com/HWwRRppyFM
— ??????????? (@uke_butts) April 1, 2014
Seems legit pic.twitter.com/CvMQYzOQxh
— damonx (@damonx) March 31, 2014
Translation of interview with Kaoru Mori! – One of my favorite mangaka, Kaoru Mori, was invited to the… http://t.co/Acxm7PHB64
— JERKbert (@kimbert) April 4, 2014
anime: the only medium where people will handwave sexual assault being used as a running gag
— Zac Bertschy (@ANNZac) April 5, 2014
OMG The NYU Bookstore is playing the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure theme
— Erin Finnegan (@erinf) April 4, 2014
Studio WIT animators when they heard about the #shingeki recap movies: pic.twitter.com/tyfacy6xnX
— N?ØNT?ST?R (@neontaster) April 3, 2014
Kill La Kill: How the year's most polarizing anime became a smash hit http://t.co/izyipUDBgT
— Aja Romano (@ajaromano) April 3, 2014
DON'T DO STUPID THING.
— PKMN VIETNAM BOT (@pkmnvietnam_bot) April 3, 2014
Our wedding anniversary was a few days ago. We played "Borderlands 2" all day >_>… yep. Best day all year. I kid you not.
— Kuroneko003 (@KuronekoOO3) April 4, 2014
pic.twitter.com/qPKnCXikeS
— qt Brennan Williams (@GREATBLACKOTAKU) April 2, 2014
what kind of woman leaves her husband for anime?
— Craigslist Personals (@craigslistlove) April 4, 2014
Today I got maybe the best comment form submission ever on #animeplanet: "u idiot shut up" @_@
— Anime Planet: sothis (@AnimePlanet) April 3, 2014
for Titans they got this pic.twitter.com/PATzVM0mYR
— Kraker (@kraker2k) April 2, 2014
OMG comments o_O
— Kuuki (@kuro_yuki) April 2, 2014
(This is a reference to this post btw)
Old guy reading manga tankoubon on the train. This is what @to_aru_Oni will look like in 40 years
— Chase Emory (@ChaseEmory) April 5, 2014
@HPbasketball we're toast pic.twitter.com/zADiwGdM22
— BraveMufasa (@teamrobhogg) April 5, 2014
Kill la Kill eps 1-3 >>> this is the stupidest, grossest thing Kill la Kill eps 4-24 >>> omg how did this become my favorite anime
— Faith Erin Hicks (@faitherinhicks) April 5, 2014
Whether you watch Jojo's or Mushishi first will say a lot about you as a person (aka if you watch neither, you have crap taste in anime)
— Scamp (@5camp) April 4, 2014
Anitwitter is so misinformed about feminism that I just don't even say anything.
— Kevin Batista (@Lowww_Power) April 3, 2014
UNEXPECTED BONUS VIDEO INCLUDED!
Thanks, 4kids. Thanks!
