Anime UK News feature: A Guide to the Odagiri Effect

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My latest piece for Anime UK News is an in-depth guide to the “Odagiri Effect” – where TV shows and other piece of media gain a large number of women followers because the male actors and/or characters are sexually attractive. The article covers Hetalia, Free!, Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Yuri!!! On Ice, and some non-anime related things such as BBC drama Poldark and novel Fifty Shades of Grey.

Pictured above is Joe Odagiri, the actor after whom the effect is named after.

The Beginner’s Guide to Anime Extra, Part VI – Pornographic Anime and the Law

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A special “Beginner’s Guide to Anime“, this one looking at adult anime and its legal aspects, especially in the UK. This article covers yaoi, tentacle rape, shotacon and lolicon.