Diary of an Anime Lived

The Diary of an Anime Lived project began in mid-2009, and has taken off into a large series of posts spanning many different blogs. It began with the thought that life sometimes imitates art – every so often, we see something in anime that reflects our own lives and resonates with us on a personal level. Be it a situation, a character, or the entire experience of the show, sometimes it can all feel eerily familiar, and sometimes it can be very hard to talk about. Many authors have used this post series to get important things off of their chest, while others have used it to tell heartwarming or intriguing stories of their past. I strongly feel that this is my favorite blogging project to have ever undertaken, and it’s made me very happy to watch it grow and expand over time.

Diary of an Anime Lived Posts:

21st Century Digital Boy –  Shinji and I – Diary of an Anime Lived: Neon Genesis Evangelion

A Day Without Me (GAR GAR Stegosaurus) – Diary of an Anime Lived: An Intersection of Shoujo and Real Life via Aquarium

21st Century Digital Boy – Massugu GO! Diary of an Anime Lived – Hitohira and Manabi Straight (w/ Others)

A Day Without Me (GAR GAR Stegosaurus) – Diary of an Anime Lived – Revolutionizing a World

2DT (2-D Teleidoscope) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Coping With Video Girl Ai

Saturnity (Boku no Bibletoads of the Rebellion) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Air and Emotional Closure

A Day Without Me (GAR GAR Stegosaurus) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Loss and Melodies

Ghostlightning (We Remember Love) – Moments of 2009: One Summer Night Senjougahara Gives the Sky Away (Bakemonogatari Non-Finale)

UltraEternalBlackout (My Sword is Unbelievably Dull) – Diary of an Anime Lived – Toradora in the Mirror

ETERNAL (Memories of Eternity) – Fate/Stay Night and a Diary of an Anime Lived

Sunrider (Love in Space) – Diary of an Anime Lived – Clannad After Story

21st Century Digital Boy – 5 Centimeters is a Very Short Distance From Iriya in My Heart – Diary of an Anime Lived Crossection – Don’t F This Up (6)

Chii (Oishii Anime) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Now and Then, Here and There

Ghostlightning (We Remember Love) – Revolutionary Girl Utena – A Diary of the Akio Car Arc Lived

A Day Without Me (Gar Gar Stegosaurus) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Hell and the Maiden

21st Century Digital Boy – The Sky Crawlers – I Need Something Good To Die For, To Make It Beautiful To Live

2DT (2-D Teleidoscope) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Toilet Shy with Sora no Woto

Jacob Martin (SNAG Vs. World) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Lucky Star

Shinmaru (UNMEI KAIHEN) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Kamina is My Bro

21st Century Digital Boy – End of Utena: Apocalypse of Adolescence – Diary of an Anime Lived

Ghostlightning (THAT Anime Blog) – My Life in Anime & Manga

Ghostlightning (We Remonstrate Love) – The Comeuppance of a Coward: Ito Makoto and School Days

21st Century Digital Boy – [nsfw] “I Wish I Had A Dick!” – Ninomiya Hikaru and the Diary of a Manga (Or Two) Lived, and Ready To Be Lived Again

2DT (2-D Teleidoscope) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Spicy Wolf Meets Quarter-Life Crisis

Yumeka (Mainichi Anime Yume) – One Journey Leads To Another…

Aorii (Major Arcana) – Diary of an anime Lived: The Twelve Kingdoms, Life, and Retaking Control

Aorii (Major Arcana) – Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai: Diary of an Anime Lived

TWWK (Beneath the Tangles) – Diary of an Anime Lived: The Selfish/Selfless Daddy

Celeste (Batsezi Anime Blog) – Let’s keep what I’m about to sing between the two of us, okay?

21st Century Digital Boy – Pocket-Diary of an Anime Lived – My Tastes Can’t Possibly Be This Harmful

Canne (Canne’s Anime Review Blog) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Ocean Waves and my High School Rebellion + Part 2

Kylaran (Behind the Nihon Review) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Tohoku Magnitude 9.0

21st Century Digital Boy – Diary of an Anime Finished – Gatekeepers 21 and the Boogie-pop Worldview

Rakuen (Borderline Hikkikomori) – Diary of an Anime Lived – Moshidora and the Fine Fight

Mike (Anime Diet) – Diary of an Anime Lived: The Slice of Life Age (Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three)

Baka-Raptor – Diary of a Manga Lived: I Saved the World

21st Century Digital Boy – First Serial Experiment–[Lain]–Religion, Layer: 04–Lain the Connected

ajthefourth (The Untold Story of Altair and Vega) – Diary of a Manga Lived: Dreams, Parental Pride, and Twin Spica

21st Century Digital Boy – Diary of Usagi Drop Lived – Kindness is Real

Myna (Something Eternal) – Seeking solace was harder than it should’ve been

kitsune and neko (the beautiful world) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Porpourri Part One (Part Two)

summersatellite (Anime Is Life?) – Diary of an Anime Lived – Ano Natsu De Matteru: “We Did It For Us”

Kai (deluscar) – Diary of an Anime Lived: K-On! – Life and Separation

Myna (Something Eternal) – Diary of an Anime Lived: Falling In Love With a Rock Star

Digibro – a tale of memories – diary of an anime lived