Convention Tales #19: One Day At Comicon

One event that I've always overlooked on my schedule was Toronto's Comicon, which usually takes place around March. I never really bothered to focus on it before because for one thing, it took place in late spring, and experience dictates that the weather isn't ideal for conventions, being cold and possibly rainy in the mix …

East Meets West #27: Summer Wars .vs. WarGames

Before Mamoru Hosoda released Summer Wars, the concept of an "evil AI" is a trope that had been explored countless times in Western media over the past decades. Far from the benevolent computer program such as Knight Rider from the eponymous 1983 series, or JARVIS from the Iron Man franchise, this system is one that …

Convention Tales #18: Anime North Idol 2022

It's the dawn of a new year, and barring any freak accidents of nature or of a biological kind, Anime North will make its return in 5 months. I'm especially looking forward to attending this year's edition for several reasons. On one hand, I've been told from multiple sources that the mask/vaccine mandates from last …

The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Me, Myself And Manga

When it comes to the topic of manga, I quickly tap out because although I've been involved in the anime sphere since 2016, I haven't bothered to deal with reading a manga volume as extensively as most other people I know. I've already got a sizable-enough collection of random historical tidbits, software documentation, pre-Vatican II …

The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: My 12 Favourite Anime OPs, Revisited

I'm going to do something different today, especially after writing multiple posts reviewing anime and various reflections on certain characters with regards to the Catholic themes surrounding them. This time, I'm going to go back on a more personal note and talk about anime music! More than a year ago I wrote a list detailing …

The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Four-Year Anniversary Special

This past September 10, the feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, a Catholic priest who was most devoted as I aspire to be to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, also marked the fourth year since I started this very anime blog of mine, where I would review anime, and discuss certain reflections of it from …

Convention Tales #17: Fan Expo 2022, Lite Edition

After my past two attendances at Fan Expo in Toronto, where I mainly spent it roaming around the extremely-crowded Dealers' Room, crunching against tightly-packed elevators and passageways filled with 100,000+ attendees of all ages, sizes, and cosplays, while subsequently failing to experience any type of extra-dope activity there, I decided to skip out on going …