No post, can’t brain.

I had a short game-related post planned and mostly drafted for this month, but stuff happened, life threw a massive curveball right into my face, and I just don’t have the energy to finish it right now. But I also have a sixteen year unbroken record of posting something on here every month, so forgive this filler episode of a non-post while I rest and recover!

Spring 2026 End of Season Rankings

Another very strong spring season! Nothing quite on the same level as last year’s Apocalypse Hotel, but that was always going to be a tough act to follow… unless there was something that good and I somehow missed it? As always, let me know if there’s anything not on my list here that you’d recommend. 🙂

500 Word Game Reviews: Might and Magic IX

WordPress reminded me today via it’s ‘Blast from the Blog’ feature that it’s been exactly five years since I published this 500 Word Game Review for The Shapeshifting Detective… and it just so happens that posting a new game review was the reason I dropped by today to begin with!

You see, I finally retired my old struggling desktop PC in favour of a flashy new gaming laptop, a machine capable of running pretty much any modern AAA game I could throw at it. And I plan on doing that eventually! But for now, the ancient gaming backlog still calls, and I’ve put off this particular bug-ridden mess for long enough.

Might and Magic IX (2002) – RPG, PC

Winter 2026 End of Season Rankings

Here are my belated thoughts on the previous anime season! Winter certainly feels like a long time ago now, as I sit here in the middle of an uncomfortable heatwave… Definitely a stronger lineup than autumn’s, I enjoyed all fifteen of these, but do let me know as always if I missed out on any other good shows. 🙂

Cosplay photos (Minamicon 2026)

April has been pretty chaotic (new job, lots of other big life events, computer failure, and more), so I’m nowhere near finished with my winter 2026 anime rankings. In the meantime, cosplay photos were a thing I used to post on this blog, so here’s mine from Minamicon last month! The character choice this year shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. 😛

Studio photos were taken free of charge and uploaded by Nert (https://www.manylemons.co.uk/index/category/minamicon-31-2026-studio), be sure to check out that link to see some of the convention’s other wonderful costumes.

AngryJellyfish’s Top 12 Anime of 2025!

The first anime season of 2026 is nearing its end, but before I get to that, here’s one final post looking at my favourite series that aired last year, along with a few honourable mentions, and a few that I didn’t watch but hope to go back to at some point.

To clarify, I’m only including anime that ended in 2025, so ongoing autumn series like Fumetsu no Anata e S3 won’t feature, but series that carried over from 2024 are fine. Such as:

Autumn 2025 End of Season Rankings

Okay, I’ve put this post off for long enough… did everyone else find the autumn season anime really underwhelming on average, or did I just skip the good shows? Propped up by reliable sequels and one or two new gems, for me. But please do let me know in the comments if there’s anything you’d recommend that isn’t on the list below!

2025 Anime – Top 12 ED Themes

“Ending theme post to follow… sometime, hopefully in December!”… meh, close enough. 😛 Happy New Year!

Here are my top 12 ending themes from anime that aired this year that I’ve watched – I had a hard enough time whittling down the list as it is, without looking into all the other unknown endings for anime I skipped! But if you do think I’ve missed out on any good ones, do share your own faves in the comments~

2025 Anime – Top 12 OP Themes

It’s end of year anime theme list time again~ In short, here are my top 12 opening themes from anime that aired this year that I’ve watched – but it’s entirely possible I’ve skipped some good series with epic OP themes, so please do share your own favourites in the comments!

Ending theme post to follow… sometime, hopefully in December!

AngryJellyfish’s Manga Purchases (2025)

Time for a manga post! An event that seems to only happen every 3 years or so nowadays, but I’ll keep it to a selection of the series that I read in 2025, as they’ll be fresher in my mind. 

A full list of what I’m currently reading, or finished earlier this year, can be found here~