Coop Bicknell

Journalist | Features Editor | Localization Editor | Copywriter

About

Hello, I'm a freelance journalist and features editor who specializes in stories of Japanese media, the creators of these works, and those who make it accessible to the wider world. Through the process of sharing their stories, I’ve found myself diving headfirst into the world of localization as an editor, proofreader, and copywriter.My journalistic writing has been previously featured on Anime News Network, Anime Herald, Yatta-Tachi, re:frame, and Zimmerit.I am also the Features Editor of the MediaOCD blog.I've edited the light novel series Magic Stone Gourmet, Sister Mafioso, and To Another World... with Land Mines! for J-Novel Club.Additionally, I have provided copywriting for over 100 Blu-ray releases produced by MediaOCD for Discotek Media and AnimEigo.Notable titles include: Urusei Yatsura (1981), Berserk (1997), Belladonna of Sadness, Captain Harlock, Riding Bean, Otaku no Video, and Bubblegum Crisis.

Writing

Select Editions of Anime News Network's This Week in Anime

Anime News Network

re:frame

Yatta-Tachi

Anime Herald

ZIMMERIT

Discotek Media Newsletter Exclusive Essays (Advertorial)

  • Isao Takahata and Chie the Brat: A Blueprint for Making the Ordinary Extraordinary

  • Almost From Days Long Ago: All About Lightspeed Electroid Albegas

  • A Seven-colored Hidden Gem: Rainbow & It's Second Life on Blu-ray

  • An Amazing Life born from Sure Death: All About Urusei Yatsura & Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters

Anime News Network Reviews

Partnered Reviews - Product Provided by RightStufAnime

Personal Essays via Medium

Podcasting

Dude, You Remember Macross?

Co-hosted with Dylan Gregory
Key art by Chris Ekins
2019 - Present

Guest Appearances

Third Impact Anime

Unpacking the Shelf

Bomb Squad Movie Night

Giant Robot FM

Backstage Gaming

Contact

Please feel to reach out via BlueSky
Thank you for your interest!