12 Days of Anime 2019 – the Year of Fluff

I’ve changed a lot over the years. I recently wrote about how maternal I was becoming. I suppose that growing more sentimental goes hand in hand with that! I used to hate cutesy, romantic fluff. As far as I was concerned, it just got in the way of the good stuff (if you know what I mean)… In fact, one of my very first posts on WWB (waaay back in 2012 – dear God, don’t try to find it) was on that very subject. But, over time, as sex dwindled in importance to love, friendship, and commitment, I’ve slowly come to love fluff! This is reflected in the anime I loved most this year. 

The Second Annual WordPress Anime Awards Have Arrived!

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Hello and welcome to the second annual WordPress Anime Awards! An awards ceremony created by fans for fans!

Eleven of us have come together to bring you all our favorite anime nominations from 2019. I would like to thank Ty-chama, MechAnimeReviews, Matt Doyle, Karandi, Star & Luna, Jon Spencer Reviews, Lethargic Ramblings, Ano_Nora, Alexie the Great, and Bodell for all participating in this years nominations! You guys rock! Be sure to show some love to everyone who was involved with this years project by following them on Twitter or their blogs ❤

For this year’s awards we have changed things up a bit and added three new categories for you all; Best Duo in Anime, Best Original Soundtrack in Anime, and Best Still or Stylized scene in Anime. Fan favorite categories such as Best Girl/Boy, Breakout Anime of the Year, and Most…

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12 Days of Anime 2018 – the Year I Was Pleasantly Surprised

2018 was a year chock-full of pleasant surprises! Miraculously (given how busy I’ve been), I managed to find the time to watch approximately 80 anime. Of this number, the shows that I enjoyed the most were often the ones that surprised me the most.

12 Days of Anime 2018 – I Hop onto the Bandwagon of Several Amazing Franchises

This year I made it a priority to finally get myself caught up on some of the biggest, most popular ongoing anime franchises. This has included the latest entries into the Food Wars!, Haikyuu!!, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Legend of the Galactic Heroes (LoGH), Made in Abyss, and My Hero Academia franchises. This has been a pretty big undertaking (especially in regards to LoGH), but one that I’ve had a lot of fun doing!