Fall 2018 Season Overview

Well here we are, the new season has started. It already has some clear winners and losers, so lets see whats up.

Summer 2018 End of Season Overview

Well, I never did a mid-season review this season, mostly because I’m not watching much and I was really busy around that time. But now that the season is drawing to a close, lets take a look at the good and the bad(o).

Also there will be Revue Starlight ending spoilers.

A Genre by Any Other Name: What Makes Something “Yuri”?

So recently there’s been some discussion going around about whether Banana Fish, an adaption of a classic 1980s shoujo manga, is properly considered to be a “Boy’s Love” work. Unfortunately I can’t really comment much on that due to not being in that space at all, not watching the Banana Fish anime or having read the manga. But it did bring to mind something I’ve thought on more than once: just what is a “yuri” anime?

Summer 2018 Overview

We’re halfway through the year already, isn’t that amazing? With that comes yet another season of anime, one that is shaping up to be quite interesting. So what do we have in store for the summer months?

As always, shows are alphabetical within their tier!

Spring 2018 End of Season Overview

Whew. Sorry for the long break from blogging but we’re back to wrap up last season and then shortly to move on to Summer. So lets see how spring shook out.

Spring 2018 Mid-Season Review

Halfway or a little more through the season, and as the (American, at least) school year draws to a close, lets take a look at how all of these shows are shaping up for us!

Spring 2018 Overview

Yet another anime seasons is upon us! Spring is traditionally one of the two busier seasons, so lets how things are going to stack up here on Flip Flapping!

As always, within each tier shows are listed alphabetically.

Feelings Under the Stars: Friendship and Romance in Yuru Camp and Sora yori mo Tooi Basho

The two best shows of Winter 2018 had a couple of things in common; they both involved outdoor activities away from civilization, both were heavily invested in friendships between girls and both placed their romantic aspects along the edges. Instead of centering on the idea of romance, like so many stories, both Yuru Camp and Sora yori mo Tooi Basho placed the emphasis elsewhere, but in the process let the aspects of romance they were interested in shine through.

Spoilers for the entirety of the Yuru Camp anime and Sora yori mo Tooi Basho.

Shiny Feelings (iDOLM@STER Shiny Colors, Shirase Sakuya/Tsukioka Kogane)

Shirase Sakuya is an idol, who is also in love. With the center of her own unit!

Also available on Archive of Our Own and Fanfiction.net.

Winter 2018 End of Season Overview

Well, the first season of the new year has come to a close, and what a season it was! With two shows that are easy contenders for best show of the year it is a heck of a way to kick things off.

So lets go camping at the ends of the universe!