The Winter 2025 season is upon us and we’re ending 2024 with few recommendations for those watching this season in the new year. In upcoming/ongoing works to consider watching this season, I (Peggy Wood, Editor of The Anime View) recommend: Ore dake Level Up na Ken Season 2: Arise from the Shadow / Solo Leveling Season 2: Arise from the Shadow It’s no surprise that I … Continue reading Winter 2025: My Anime Watchlist
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Last July, I posted about CLAMP’s xxxHolic movie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and since then I’ve been revisiting some of my favorites from the CLAMP team. The stories crafted by the CLAMP team share in an extraordinary ability to immerse readers in their fantastical worlds. While there may be occasional overlaps in artwork, character designs, and names across their … Continue reading [Recommended Read] CLAMP’s “Wish”
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Continue reading “[Analysis] Antique Bakery: Forgiving Yourself for Being Helpless”
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting TL/DR: Overall, Yama-Con is a solid convention. It’s a small to mid-tier convention in terms of size and scale for the South and well managed given the size of the location. Outside the convention there is also lots to do. Maybe not worth the travel if you dislike mountain driving though… Last weekend, I attended Yama-Con in Pigeon Forge, … Continue reading [Event Review] Yama-Con 2024: Attendee Experience & Panelist Experience
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Last Thursday, I attended the 9:40 PM release of Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, which has been described as a “bridge” between Seasons 1 and 2 of the Solo Leveling anime. Essentially, it’s the Season 2 premiere, and I was hyped going in. After a long week at work—and knowing I still had to go in the next morning—I bundled up … Continue reading [Short Review] Solo Leveling: ReAwakening (Spoilers!)
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Check, Please! (previously known as OMG! Check, Please!) was, and perhaps still is, a popular webcomic series created by Ngozi Ukazu. It follows the story of Eric “Bitty” Bittle, a former figure skater turned college student and competitive ice hockey player at the fictional Samwell University in Massachusetts, USA. The comic primarily focuses on Bitty’s experiences as he navigates … Continue reading [Recommended Read] Ngozi Ukazu’s “Check, Please!”
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Continue reading “[Review] Dan-Da-Dan: What The Hype Doesn’t Mention”
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting In the ever-growing world of reincarnation stories, it can be tough to find one that truly stands out. Most of these tales follow a familiar formula: a girl is reincarnated as (or transmigrates into) a villainess, meets a love interest, discovers that the original heroine is actually the main antagonist, defeats said antagonist, and eventually finds love and happiness. … Continue reading [Review/Recommended Read] Not Your Typical Reincarnation Story (Spoilers!)
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting It’s challenging to recommend a series that hasn’t been officially licensed for translation, particularly an older one that may never be translated in our lifetime. This is especially true for the works made by creators who have often been underappreciated in Western fandom, despite having some works adapted into an animation and how popular the work itself may be … Continue reading [Recommended Read] The Works of Asumiko Nakamura
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting I believe people often underestimate the significance of purpose within individual scenes in a story. I wouldn’t go as far as to suggest that every single aspect in a story must directly contribute to the overarching narrative–that would be overly restrictive and neglect the importance of other elements, like dialogue, in shaping reader comprehension–however, purpose remains a crucial factor … Continue reading [Analysis] Purpose of a Scene: “I’ll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History” (Spoiler)
