Hello and welcome to East Asian Curiosities!

My name is Demelza Ward, and I am a writer who primarily writes about all things related to the Japanese media scene. Most of my professional work can be found on Anime UK News or Anime Atelier, but East Asian Curiosities is my personal blog. This is a space that primarily homes my reading logs, but it’s also a space for me to write about things that don’t quite fit in a more professional setting. Needless to say, the opinions expressed here are my own and not those of my employer, past, present or future.

If you’ve found your way here and don’t already know me, I am a big fan of light novels, manga, anime, J-drama, Japanese video games and, well, I guess pretty much anything else that comes out of Japan! So those are what you’ll find me writing about here. I don’t use this blog as much as I used to back in 2014, when I created it, but it’s still an important space to have.

I’ve been learning Japanese since March 2018 and have fought my way up to the point of being able to read, watch and listen to a variety of Japanese media without being totally lost. So, I write about a lot of works that haven’t yet made it into English here.

If you want to get in touch with me or find more of my ramblings, then you can find me in a variety of other places through my Linktree. I promise not all my taste in media is as bad as being a fan of Rent-A-Girlfriend, honest.