Ogiue Maniax wins 3rd place for the Bloggers’ Choice Rookie of the Year at the Anime Blog Awards. Congratulations to Borderline Hikikomori and Animanachronism for winning Gold and Silver, as well as all the other winners.

I’d like to thank Shingo of Heisei Democracy and Shiro of Toward Our Memories for giving me the opportunity to make guests posts on their blogs many months prior to starting my own. I’d also like to thank One Great Turtle of Anime wa Bakuhatsu Da! for blogging alongside me the whole way.

I’d also like to thank everyone who nominated and voted for me, and in fact everyone who reads Ogiue Maniax. There’s plenty of new blogs out there and I’m honored that you consider me among the best.

And of course I’d like to thank this blog’s namesake for being Ogiue and for letting me be a Maniac for her.

I started Ogiue Maniax back in November and it’s really been fun. This blog has challenged me to think harder about the anime and manga I enjoy, the industry which runs it, and the community in which I participate, and I’m all too grateful for it. This blog has introduced me to new friends and created opportunities above and beyond what I have deserved.

I hope that along with everyone in the community and beyond that we can every day reach a greater understanding of anime and manga through not only intelligent discourse but simply passion for the things we love.

Which in my case is Ogiue.