It has been a little over a year since I was first featured on Crunchyroll News, gushing over how GJ-bu charmed me to no ends. Being able to have my texts published on the largest English legal streaming website for anime made me incredibly happy.
Having the opportunity to reach out to others and see my writing yield results was something I never could have been able to imagine before; not on such a large scale. It was, in a sense, a dream come true. For the first time in my life, something I truly wished to do was an actual possibility.
As time passed more texts were accepted. I did not send in many – after all, I wanted them to fit (i.e. many older ones on time-specific topics were not sent in) – but essentially all of of the ones I did were accepted.
Nothing in my writing was ever affected by this relationship, as I first and foremost wished to represent my actual opinions. I would never write if I could not be honest and open about it. You could call this my writer’s integrity.
Here is a full list of all my texts featured on Crunchyroll next to the original texts on Anime Viking:
A total of ten texts spread over ten months, with the start in March 2013 and the end in December 2013.
Unfortunately, I have as of April 2014 decided that I no longer wish to write for Crunchyroll. This is a conclusion I completely reached on my own based on my beliefs.
Considering the lack of consent from the person(s) involved, I cannot shed any light on the details surrounding the situation. What I can say, however, is that I would not be able to stay the same person as I am today if I were to continue writing for Crunchyroll.
This last year has been a lot of fun. To have had the chance to be published on Crunchyroll makes me nothing but thankful. I may have only been a “Guest Author” instead of a full-fledged contributor, but it still makes for a unique period of my life to be treasured. It is a period I will fondly remember. To me, it means a lot.
Anime Viking will no longer be featured on Crunchyroll.
Some things are just not meant to be.
Anime Viking 
Hopefully your next adventure will be an even more successful one. Take what you learned from this experience and see where it goes next time.
Hopefully! It’s been a good experience.
It’s interesting that you will stop writing for Crunchyroll because “you’ll no longer be the same person”. We never remain the same person compared to the day before regardless what we do, let alone writing.
I’m glad that this has been a pleasing and memorable experience for you though. I’m looking forward to where you’ll be heading next.
Life never stays the same, and gracefully embracing the change is one of the main themes of Aria the Origination.
Well, interpret it however you want. But you are correct that you never remain the same person with each new day.
As for where I head next… we’ll have to see!
And that’s why I love it. 🙂
One door closes, another opens- according to what you said, it was better things came that way. I wish you the best in the future. Nice hearing from you again!
You just got to find the new door, right?
Thanks for the best wishes! 🙂
We still love you all the same.
And I love you all the same!
Welp…I know you’re talking about your experience with CR, but the sidebar thing’s fairly ominous…
To quote for future readers wondering what you mean:
Do you mean that my writing experience was soured? I’m not sure what you mean otherwise.
Pretty much. Well, maybe not ominous, but unfortunate I guess.
To be fair, “ominous” is a fitting word. I’ll have to leave it at that for now, however!
I got a pingback on Otaku Journalist. I spoke with her about this matter. She’s great and I’m glad to have talked with her.
You can read it here: http://otakujournalist.com/otaku-links-long-week/
Sounds like they wanted you to censor your thoughts, so I respect that you refused to do so. At least that’s how I interpreted the whole thing.
Thanks for posting your articles there. I really enjoyed reading them. It’s just too bad the comments always got so heated. Sometimes, people can’t accept any criticism of their favorite shows.
Thanks for the kind words 🙂
I do understand some criticism regarding the seasonal posts, though, as they felt more like checklists in my opinion (hence why I’ve stopped doing them for now, while trying to think up another format). But I do agree it got very heated…
Not sure what happen there, but good luck with any future endeavors.
Thanks! And good luck with your mascots.
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