I’ve been writing “The Beginner’s Guide to Anime” column for the website On The Box since April 2013. Each week I take a different anime and try to explain a mainstream audience why they should (or shouldn’t) watch it. Here is a master-post of all the columns so far.
No. 1-50 (2013-14)
No. 3 – Ouran High School Host Club
No. 4 – Puella Magi Madoka Magica
No. 14 – The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
No. 17 – Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club
No. 18 – The Rose of Versailles
No. 19 – Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
No. 20 – IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
No. 21 – Neon Genesis Evangelion
No. 23 – Martian Successor Nadesico
No. 30 – The Irresponsible Captain Tylor
No. 38 – Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
No. 40 – Grave of the Fireflies
No. 49 – Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend
No. 51-100 (2014-15)
No. 53 – From Up on Poppy Hill
No. 60 – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
No. 64 – Robotech (aka Macross, Southern Cross and Mospeada)
No. 65 – Cuticle Detective Inaba
No. 71 – Humanity Has Declined
No. 85 – No Matter How I Look at it, It’s You Guys’ Fault I’m Not Popular! (WataMote)
No. 94 – Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!
No. 99 – Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z
No. 100 – Feline & Lupine (April Fool’s Article)
No. 101-150 (2015-2016)
No. 101 – Kimba the White Lion
No. 102 – The Little Norse Prince
No. 105 – Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
No. 106 – My Neighbours the Yamadas
No. 107 – Space Pirate Captain Harlock
No. 110 – Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
No. 111 – Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
No. 112 – Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water
No. 118 – Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi: The World’s Greatest First Love
No. 120 – Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions
No. 121 – Laputa: Castle in the Sky
No. 122 – Kiki’s Delivery Service
No. 124 – A Certain Magical Index
No. 125 – Revolutionary Girl Utena
No. 127 – A Certain Scientific Railgun
No. 138 – Howl’s Moving Castle
No. 140 – Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne
No. 142 – The Seven Deadly Sins
No. 144 – World Conquest Zvezda Plot
N0. 147 – Mirai Nikki (The Future Diary)
No. 151-Present (2016-Present)
No. 153 – The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
No. 154 – Prince of Stride: Alternative
No. 155 – Assassination Classroom
No. 164 – Momotaro’s Sea Eagles
No. 166 – The Garden of Sinners
No. 175 – Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist
No. 177 – Momotaro, Sacred Sailors
Updates, Corrections and Extra Articles
Updates and Corrections (As of No. 150)
Extra I – Going to Conventions
Extra IV – Yaoi: The World’s Most Feminist Pornography?
Extra V – Going to Japanese Cultural Events
Extra VI – Pornographic Anime and the Law
Extra VII – Race in Anime & Manga
Extra VIII – Will an anime or manga ever be X-Listed? (April Fool’s Article)
Ian Wolf: Odd Job Otaku 
Great job, mate! Only WHERE IS DAT GUYVER?