Poll: Revolutionary Girl Utena Posts

Update: Thanks to everyone who voted! You can still vote if you wish, but it looks like the plan will be to just route the posts through the Utena Project page. You might see one or two pop up on the front page if I think the episode is really significant, but if it happens, it’ll be only rarely.

Hey, guys! This has been something that’s been bugging me the past couple days, so I thought I’d bring it up to you, my readers. As you hopefully know by now, I’m currently watching Revolutionary Girl Utena and planning to write episodic posts for each of the 39 episodes.

So far, the plan has been has been to just date the posts a while back so that they don’t all cascade across the front page of the blog, but~! I’m putting a lot of effort into these posts and I do want people to read them, if they’re interested. The posts are primarily for my own processing, but still! So, let me know via this poll—or let me know in the comments—what you’d like me to do!

 

EDIT: Oh, and don’t worry about hurting my feelings and voting that you don’t want to read them at all! Like I’ve said, these are mostly for me, so I want to know what you guys think about reading them.

Why Mage in a Barrel?

As I expect most of you have probably noticed, there’s a new banner at the top of my blog! You probably have also realized that the words scrawled across that banner by my barely sufficient graphic design skills say, “Mage in a Barrel,” not “Life and Anime.”

Take this as the official announcement: the name of my blog has changed to Mage in a Barrel.

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Announcement: Top Anime List is Live!

Hello, dear readers!

To commemorate the first day of this fine new month of September, I have an exciting announcement to make! I have finished my inaugural Top Anime List, numbering exactly 19 TV anime series. The reasons there are 19 on the list are 1) because there were no other shows that made the first cut that I felt I wanted in this list, and 2) because there’s no reason I need to get to 20 right away.

I fully expect the list to expand in the future, and as I continue to watch, review, and write about shows, I will be making note of any show that finds its way into my Top Anime List.

For now, you can read the list right here! I hope you enjoy!

Nisekoi

If You Are in America…

…stop reading my blog and go watch 花火 and light sparklers with your high school friends and the girl you like, but won’t tell, and your pervy best friend who has more of a personality than you do and the cute alien girl who transferred to your class this semester and somebody’s hot older sister.

Seriously, guys…

One Week Friends

Happy Fourth of July!

To everyone else in the world…happy Friday!

Blogging Hiatus

Hey all!

I just wanted to drop a quick note and let you all know that I will be taking a brief break from blogging. I am taking a two week trip around Europe, and I’m not bringing my laptop, so I won’t be watching anime or blogging about it while I’m away.

I have exciting projects in the works for when I come back, including my spring premiere reactions, an essay on the applying the critical process of media to watching anime and a review of Durarara!!

Stay well, and we’ll chat when I get back!

Best,
iblessall

Karen Wave

Until later!

EDIT: Oh, and don’t worry. I promise this isn’t a Togashi-esque hiatus. Really.