“Bloom into You Illustration Works” Review There’s only one word to describe Nakatani-san’s new picture book, “Bloom into You Illustration Works.” GORGEOUS. It’s a full-sized 81/2 by 11 paperback with 128 pages on heavy, archival, semi-gloss paper, packed with very high density, full-page color panels by her. Unusually for a paperback it’s Smythe bound! The
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First Anime Crushes
November 23rd, 2020 
AstroNerdBoy First Anime Crushes Sometimes, I see silly little things going around social media. A recent one was, “Without stating your age, name your first anime crushes.” And it was limited to four. So I thought I’d play along, via the blog. I really don’t have 2D crushes, though as a teenager, I really liked Magik
Fate/Extella Link: Trying Out Tamamo
October 5th, 2020 AstroNerdBoy Fate/Extella Link: Trying Out Tamamo Hey gang! I’m still really overrun of late. And I’m still not getting enough sleep. 😴 But enough with the whinging. 😅 Because I have paying subscribers to my Twitch channel, I continue make my twice a week Twitch streaming a priority. And though it only shows up briefly in
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Some Housekeeping
October 1st, 2020 AstroNerdBoy Some Housekeeping Hey gang! As you guys already know, I haven’t had time to do much in the way of blogging. But, I haven’t forgotten about A Certain Scientific Railgun T, nor have I forgotten about Fruits Basket S2. I will continue to episode blog both of these titles, but it will just be a
More “Fate/Extella Link” Fun
September 27th, 2020 AstroNerdBoy More “Fate/Extella Link” Fun Hey gang! I’m really overrun of late. I’m still not getting enough sleep, which really hurts me all over the place. But, I continue to do my weekly Twitch streaming since I have paying subscribers. And one of my Friday night PC games has become Fate/Extella Link. This allows me to
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Returning to “Fate/Extella Link”
September 21st, 2020 AstroNerdBoy Returning to “Fate/Extella Link” Hey gang! Things have been NUTS of late. And to be honest, I haven’t been getting enough sleep. So it has been hard for me to be focused enough to do many things, especially writing. Heck, that lack of focus spilled over into my recent Dishonored video (YouTube link here). But
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Akamatsu-sensei Worried About Foreign Regulation
August 16th, 2020 AstroNerdBoy Akamatsu-sensei Worried About Foreign Regulation A lot of stuff happened while I was on my road trip. I did notice that Amazon had started banning some manga and light novel titles because they no longer met Amazon’s unclear standards. And in this vein, I more recently became aware of Steam banning a PG English port
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Birthday Time
August 4th, 2020 AstroNerdBoy Birthday Time Hey gang! Well, it is that time of year again, leaving me one less to my last. 😅 Haha! I had the song “Pull Me Under” by Dream Theater going around in my noggin, so it just came out as I wrote. Still, the last year has been as wild as I can
