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[Honey’s Anime Interview] Tia Ballard – Voice of Happy, Zero Two, Kagura Sohma, and More!

[Honey’s Anime Interview] Tia Ballard – Voice of Happy, Zero Two, Kagura Sohma, and More!

Mary Lee Sauder
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Tia Ballard has been in the voice acting business since 2010 and has voiced some of your favorite heroes in anime. She’s best known for bubbly and cute characters like Happy from Fairy Tail and Shao Mei from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, but she has recently branched out with roles like the mature Zero Two from Darling in the Franxx. We sat down for a chat with her at Colossalcon in Sandusky, Ohio, and she opened up about all kinds of things: her motherly instinct towards the characters she plays, the unusual route she took to become a voice actor, and even her love of gardening. Let’s hear what she has to say!

Colossalcon 2019 Post-Show Field Report

Colossalcon 2019 Post-Show Field Report

Mary Lee Sauder
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Midwestern con-goers know that summertime has truly begun when Colossalcon splashes onto the scene. This Ohio convention takes place at the Kalahari Resort, giving its attendees access to water parks, arcades, a spa, and frozen drinks overflowing from 45oz novelty cups. Cosplayers bring out their best swimsuits and sundresses to take full advantage of the tropical atmosphere, starting the season off right with an explosion of anime antics on the shores of Lake Erie.

Coming back for our second year, we at Honey’s Anime are here to give you the lowdown on everything that this unique convention has to offer. Let’s explore Colossalcon!

How Gay Are the Characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Really? – Part 2: Golden Wind to Jojolion

How Gay Are the Characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Really? – Part 2: Golden Wind to Jojolion

Mary Lee Sauder
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Last time, we explored the queer subtext in the first four parts of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Very few characters have been confirmed as LGBT, but there’s enough evidence in the text itself to imply that many others lie somewhere on the spectrum. This time, we’re focusing on parts 5 through 8 to see which characters could possibly be gay based on their personalities and interactions with their peers. Come join us!

How Gay Are the Characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Really? – Part 1: Phantom Blood to Diamond is Unbreakable

How Gay Are the Characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Really? – Part 1: Phantom Blood to Diamond is Unbreakable

Mary Lee Sauder
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Outside of the niche yaoi and yuri genres, the LGBT community doesn’t have much in the way of positive representation in anime. For every good character like Utena or Yuri Katsuki, there are dozens of stereotypical creepy flaming gay men or touchy-feely women. Can’t there be an anime where queer characters just exist and can kick as much ass as anyone else without their sexuality defining them?

What Fruits Basket Teaches Us About Abusive Relationships

What Fruits Basket Teaches Us About Abusive Relationships

Mary Lee Sauder
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Fruits Basket’s Zodiac curse sounds pretty silly when you first hear it: if a cursed person is hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they’ll temporarily transform into an animal. It seems like the perfect set-up for a wacky comedy, and the first few arcs of the story treat it that way. But once you think about it on a deeper level, it becomes clear that the curse prevents its members from forming any kind of intimacy with other people—from casual friends to even their own parents. And at the center of it all is the Zodiac’s “God”, Akito, whose iron grip on the Sohma family quashes any attempt at freedom with gaslighting and fits of rage.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Fan Game Review: Joestar Struck - Date Your Favorite JoJos!

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Fan Game Review: Joestar Struck - Date Your Favorite JoJos!

Mary Lee Sauder
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Joestar Struck is a fun little otome game that lets you date any of the first four JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure protagonists (Jonathan, Joseph, Jotaro, and Josuke) in a Japanese high school setting. The development team had previously released a demo of Josuke’s route about a year ago, but now we’ve got the full game to explore!

You’ll love this Ren’Py visual novel if you can’t get enough of these boys with just their canon stories alone. The player character has no set gender and the romance elements only go as far as kissing, so it’s accessible for all orientations and age groups.

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