Tag Archives: The Apothecary Diaries

The Apothecary Diaries is a Japanese light novel series with a setting based on olden China. For NLJ purposes, the tag is more focused on the anime adaptation of the novels.

April 11, 2025

Apr 2025

Choosing the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards

Nicholas A. Ferrell

After choosing my own 2024 anime awards, I offer my take on the Crunchyroll awards and nominees (their nominees differ greatly from my overall selection).

September 8, 2024

Sep 2024

A “Well-Liked Anime” I Didn’t Care For

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I respond to the following prompt: “What’s a well-liked anime that you didn’t really like?.” After defining the question, I work through a list to find a good answer.

March 5, 2024

Mar 2024

History of My Anime Hair Color Project

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I commemorate the unexpected dominance of my first two articles about hair color in A Sign of Affection in our February article ranking with a history of my anime/manga/game hair color project. Let’s start in 2012…

November 15, 2023

Nov 2023

Hair Color in Raven of the Inner Palace

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Examining the significance of Liu Shouxe’s naturally silver hair in the Raven of the Inner Palace anime series.

November 15, 2023

Nov 2023

Hair Color in The Apothecary Diaries Anime

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Examining unusual hair colors in the main characters of Ming China-inspired The Apothecary Diaries.