Demelza Ward
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Writer by day, hero of fantasy worlds by night. Bookworm. Talks about Japanese media. Writes for @animeuknews.net & @anime-atelier.com. A founder of @otakuarchivists.bsky.social. Opinions are my own. She/her. 日本語OKでもまだ勉強
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A Ten Year Review: AUKN Edition
As I write this on October 23rd 2025, it has been ten years since my first AnimeUKNews review was published. Which I think makes for the perfect opportunity to look back on some of the things IR…
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Figured I'd take the chance to write up a (warning: long) blog post highlighting some of the work I'm particularly proud of over the years for AUKN. I'm surprised I found the energy after being at work, but I was feeling inspired today I guess.
First impressions of Miyano’s new album are largely how has he not had a collection released in so long that Quiet Explosion and Sing a Song Together ended up here. There’s definitely a noticeable difference in direction for the songs written prior to Face and those for this album.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
First impressions of Miyano’s new album are largely how has he not had a collection released in so long that Quiet Explosion and Sing a Song Together ended up here. There’s definitely a noticeable difference in direction for the songs written prior to Face and those for this album.
Probably going to take it easy this week and catch up with stuff I missed over the weekend. I don’t know if I want to know how many YouTube videos I need to watch to catch up… nor anime… I did at least watch some of my J-dramas while away and I’ve only missed yesterday’s Yoasobi at least. ^^;
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Probably going to take it easy this week and catch up with stuff I missed over the weekend. I don’t know if I want to know how many YouTube videos I need to watch to catch up… nor anime… I did at least watch some of my J-dramas while away and I’ve only missed yesterday’s Yoasobi at least. ^^;
Well that sure is a pile of stuff to come home to 🤣
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well that sure is a pile of stuff to come home to 🤣
I’ve read like half of Bookstore Girls now and at first I figured it was going to be a lot of relationship drama since it sets up that way, actually the book lover / book sellers aspect kicked in not long after and has been a very engrossing read.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’ve read like half of Bookstore Girls now and at first I figured it was going to be a lot of relationship drama since it sets up that way, actually the book lover / book sellers aspect kicked in not long after and has been a very engrossing read.
I finished the book I brought on the trip up to Edinburgh so that justifies me buying several more to take home, right? Also cool thing, all written by female authors which was not intentional on my part but a nice coincidence. (None of these were the book I went looking for tho…)
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I finished the book I brought on the trip up to Edinburgh so that justifies me buying several more to take home, right? Also cool thing, all written by female authors which was not intentional on my part but a nice coincidence. (None of these were the book I went looking for tho…)
Labyrinth sure is a film. Social media bad, sentai rabbit fight good.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Labyrinth sure is a film. Social media bad, sentai rabbit fight good.
Thought Lupin was at 11 so got up a bit earlier than necessary. Will do what all good weebs should do and watch this weeks HeroAca
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Thought Lupin was at 11 so got up a bit earlier than necessary. Will do what all good weebs should do and watch this weeks HeroAca
I bought a new model kit while out today, rip my several unbuilt ones. Couldn’t see a Lelouch one to match tho. Also I have to use glue in places, which I have never done before so potential uh oh.
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I bought a new model kit while out today, rip my several unbuilt ones. Couldn’t see a Lelouch one to match tho. Also I have to use glue in places, which I have never done before so potential uh oh.
Love Ouji Suzuka as an actor, was not a good choice as a seiyu for Cha0’s lead
November 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Love Ouji Suzuka as an actor, was not a good choice as a seiyu for Cha0’s lead
Skipped Gundam in favour of a nice dinner at Bread Meats Bread. Pudding especially was very nice (sticky toffee pudding)
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Skipped Gundam in favour of a nice dinner at Bread Meats Bread. Pudding especially was very nice (sticky toffee pudding)
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Starting November 25, the manga 『Fatal Game』 will begin serialization on KMANGA!
There have been many unauthorized reposts of the translated versions, so from now on, please read it there.🙇♂️
kmanga.kodansha.com
There have been many unauthorized reposts of the translated versions, so from now on, please read it there.🙇♂️
kmanga.kodansha.com
K MANGA - You can read the latest chapter on the Kodansha official comic site for free!
K MANGA - You can read the latest chapter on the Kodansha official comic site for free!
kmanga.kodansha.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Starting November 25, the manga 『Fatal Game』 will begin serialization on KMANGA!
There have been many unauthorized reposts of the translated versions, so from now on, please read it there.🙇♂️
kmanga.kodansha.com
There have been many unauthorized reposts of the translated versions, so from now on, please read it there.🙇♂️
kmanga.kodansha.com
A miracle happened and I actually read the book I packed last minute. But I regret not picking something thicker since we still have another hour and a bit to go
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A miracle happened and I actually read the book I packed last minute. But I regret not picking something thicker since we still have another hour and a bit to go
Tired, weather is miserable here, but excited~
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tired, weather is miserable here, but excited~
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Tokyo Aliens Volume 9 Review
Akira has been kidnapped and is set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder! With no idea where he is, Sho is left with no choice but to visit informants Yuen and Meimei who can hopefully point the AMO in the direction of our protagonist.
Akira has been kidnapped and is set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder! With no idea where he is, Sho is left with no choice but to visit informants Yuen and Meimei who can hopefully point the AMO in the direction of our protagonist.
Tokyo Aliens Volume 9 Review
Akira has been kidnapped and is set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder! With no idea where he is, Sho is left with no choice but to visit informants Yuen and Meimei who can hopefully point the AMO in the direction of our protagonist.
animeuknews.net
November 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Tokyo Aliens Volume 9 Review
Akira has been kidnapped and is set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder! With no idea where he is, Sho is left with no choice but to visit informants Yuen and Meimei who can hopefully point the AMO in the direction of our protagonist.
Akira has been kidnapped and is set to be auctioned off to the highest bidder! With no idea where he is, Sho is left with no choice but to visit informants Yuen and Meimei who can hopefully point the AMO in the direction of our protagonist.
Argh I just tipped a full bottle of water all over me, my desk and my chair. I hadn’t even had a drink of it yet and I’d literally just used all the ice cubes for it. Luckily nothing damaged, but my chair is too wet to sit in for now and I had to change bottoms… I’d just put these on 20 minutes ago.
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Argh I just tipped a full bottle of water all over me, my desk and my chair. I hadn’t even had a drink of it yet and I’d literally just used all the ice cubes for it. Luckily nothing damaged, but my chair is too wet to sit in for now and I had to change bottoms… I’d just put these on 20 minutes ago.
Pre-trip stresssss.* But I am excited for a weekend of watching anime and seeing my friends~
*there is entirely no reason for me to be stressed I just am
*there is entirely no reason for me to be stressed I just am
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Pre-trip stresssss.* But I am excited for a weekend of watching anime and seeing my friends~
*there is entirely no reason for me to be stressed I just am
*there is entirely no reason for me to be stressed I just am
I spontaneously bought the new issue of Jump GIGA a couple of weeks ago, which is now finally in the UK! Now will it arrive tomorrow or just after we go to SLA...
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I spontaneously bought the new issue of Jump GIGA a couple of weeks ago, which is now finally in the UK! Now will it arrive tomorrow or just after we go to SLA...
So right is almost certainly Kenjiro Tsuda, but I wonder who the left is supposed to be (Mamo? Is that just my bias? 😅). From volume 1 of Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! (Which was surprisingly funny!).
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So right is almost certainly Kenjiro Tsuda, but I wonder who the left is supposed to be (Mamo? Is that just my bias? 😅). From volume 1 of Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! (Which was surprisingly funny!).
Every time someone suggests using chatGPT to help them or someone else with their language questions I get so annoyed by the prospect of them never learning anything because they’re just fed inaccurate information. It’s one thing if someone bothers to verify the answer, but absolutely no one is.
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Every time someone suggests using chatGPT to help them or someone else with their language questions I get so annoyed by the prospect of them never learning anything because they’re just fed inaccurate information. It’s one thing if someone bothers to verify the answer, but absolutely no one is.
Gachiakuta and Tougen Anki are probably the shows I flip flop on liking or not the most this season. I like both sets of characters, but sometimes the darkness of their stories is just too much I think.
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gachiakuta and Tougen Anki are probably the shows I flip flop on liking or not the most this season. I like both sets of characters, but sometimes the darkness of their stories is just too much I think.
I carved out the two hours to listen to Mamoru Miyano’s All Night Nippon 0 show. It was really great, a different atmosphere to his own show but still familiar and a lot of fun. You could tell how excited and honoured he was to do it. I hope they’ll let him host again in the future!
November 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I carved out the two hours to listen to Mamoru Miyano’s All Night Nippon 0 show. It was really great, a different atmosphere to his own show but still familiar and a lot of fun. You could tell how excited and honoured he was to do it. I hope they’ll let him host again in the future!
People who have ditched Grammarly, what’re we using instead? Free tier preferable, do not need bells and whistles just wanna know I have commas in the right place and some general spellcheck oversight. The AI crap I definitely don’t want.
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
People who have ditched Grammarly, what’re we using instead? Free tier preferable, do not need bells and whistles just wanna know I have commas in the right place and some general spellcheck oversight. The AI crap I definitely don’t want.
I’m looking forward to the break next week, but I need to catch up with my dramas first… Since I use TVer episodes are removed from streaming a week after broadcast, which is fine but I don’t want that happening while I’m away so I ideally need to be caught up. <- currently half a week behind
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’m looking forward to the break next week, but I need to catch up with my dramas first… Since I use TVer episodes are removed from streaming a week after broadcast, which is fine but I don’t want that happening while I’m away so I ideally need to be caught up. <- currently half a week behind
Gacha Lvl9999 anime has done nothing to make me want to go back to the source material, but I do appreciate the talent of the team working on this adaptation and they have done a fantastic job with elevating it. Also nice hearing Okamoto cast as a villain again, been awhile and he plays those well!
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Gacha Lvl9999 anime has done nothing to make me want to go back to the source material, but I do appreciate the talent of the team working on this adaptation and they have done a fantastic job with elevating it. Also nice hearing Okamoto cast as a villain again, been awhile and he plays those well!
This will only get worse before it gets better and I hope readers won’t just settle for it. Don’t buy the AI slop, don’t read it, don’t support it. if you really are too impatient to wait for translations then please just consider learning the language. Do not turn to AI.
As machine translation tools under the banner of AI become increasingly accessible and easy to use, the light novel landscape is at a crossroads. Do light novel publishers compromise their product for more speed, and if so, by how much?
Does the Light Novel Translation Process Need AI?
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This will only get worse before it gets better and I hope readers won’t just settle for it. Don’t buy the AI slop, don’t read it, don’t support it. if you really are too impatient to wait for translations then please just consider learning the language. Do not turn to AI.