[OWLS Blog Tour] A Calligrapher’s Renaissance: Barakamon

Hey hey hey fellow ani-lovers and ani-friends!! It’s Archi-Anime’s turn to contribute to  the OWLS January blog tour. OWLS: Otaku Warriors for Liberty and Self-Respect, is a group that hopes to spread the important message of respect and kindness to every human being. Our monthly blog tours reflect this message of tolerance and self-acceptance, through …

[Tag Game!] 5 Flaming Hotties

Happy Monday everyone! It's time for yet another Man Crush Monday. This week's MCM is a bit different as I was tagged by one of my closest blogger-friends Mel   The rules Mention the name of the blog you were tagged by, as well as the creators of this game Realweegiemidget Reviews and Thoughts All Sorts to all blogs involved and …

Master Calligrapher: Handa Sei

Barkamon has such a charming, heartwarming story. As a designer that struggles with my own ideals of style, Handa’s character and story really resonated with me.  I especially loved how layers of Handa are peeled away as he rediscovers himself. Handa Seishuu, is a 23-year old calligrapher who is forced to take a break, at the advice …

Kicking off the Week with some Slow Rock

Good afternoon ladies and gents! I'm back with another song for the week!  This week I'm going to go with one of my top ten favorite animes of all time. This particular anime was one of the first Slice of Life's and I ended up absolutely loving this anime. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pffJj1Bca1s Title: “Innocence″ | Artist: NoisyCell | Show: Barakamon How …