2021 Update: Guest Reviews on Okazu are paid at what is currently an industry standard. As a result we are more strict about Guest Review applications and submissions. Please read and follow the process below carefully: 

If you would like to write a Guest Review for Okazu, please begin here before you contact us!

1) If you have never been a Guest Reviewer before, please email me *first*. Introduce yourself. “Hello, my name is _____ and I am writing to discuss a possible Guest Review for /name of series and media/.” Anime, manga or games only please. Games and Visual Novels are especially welcome. 

Please send a request for *one* series to review. (Folks have been known to send suggestions for multiple series. Please do not. Thank you.)

Please also do a quick search using the search function on the righthand sidebar to see if the media you’re contacting me about has already been reviewed. We have a lot of content on Okazu, we may have covered it already. ^_^

If you have previously Guest Reviewed and are suggesting a review, you can begin here:

2) Suggest a series that you have legitimately purchased or watched on a legal stream. No subs or scans or games that were downloaded illicitly. Remember, at Okazu, we support the industry and the creators. 

3) What should follow is a short discussion of *why* that series suitable as a review topic for Okazu – i.e., where’s the Yuri or Queer content and why it is of interest to Okazu readers. This is the meat of your “audition” so please, I beg you, keep your email relevant. Spell check it, make sure the grammar is correct. It is upon this section that I will be making my decision. (This is unnecessary if I have specifically solicited a review for a series from you.)

If you have have been solicited to write a review you can start here:

4) DO NOT EMAIL ATTACHMENTS. I hate, loathe and abhor attachments. When you email the review, you MUST send it as inline text, so I can cut and paste it. If you make me open an attachment I will be very grouchy. 500 words is average for a review, but we’re not counting, so you don’t have to be anal. If you can write a succinct review in a couple hundred words, feel free, or go longer if you have a lot to say.

5) Please use the format I use for Okazu and include ratings as I do. The format is, roughly: 

– Personal Intro and links to your relevant sites.
– Series Intro and Synopsis.
– Notable Items of Interest. If there are any. For instance, this is where you might discuss the art or a theme, etc.
– Discussion of the Yuri/Queer content
– Ratings.

If it is an obscure, out-of-print or hard-to-find series, a cover picture or a link to a cover picture would be nice, as well. If it is currently available I’ll use the official cover art.

Ratings on Okazu are from 1-10 on categories:
Art
Story
Characters
Service (level of salaciousness)
Yuri 
Overall
You can also add in ratings for notable qualities like music for an anime. Ratings may be as capricious as you like. The Overall score does not have to be an average of the other scores. The Overall score is a general effect/overall impression score.

6) Please proofread your review before you send it. Have a friend proofread it or read it out loud. 

Lastly – being a Guest Reviewer on Okazu is an honor. I do not bestow it lightly. I may reject your review. It is most likely not personal. Either I did not feel that the series was worthy, or your review needed improvement or I want to review that anime/manga myself or something else. Please don’t take it personally. 

7) If your review is accepted payment will be made through Paypal. You can include your Paypal email with your review. ^_^ We won’t demand formality. If you send out invoices for your own records, that’s fine.

We welcome Guest Reviewers on Okazu and look forward to working with you! Thank you to all our Okazu Patrons for making it possible to pay Guest Writers the industry standard!