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Our Post(processed)-Apocalyptic Future
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita (lit. “Mankind has Declined”) certainly would have gone underneath my radar this season if not for that little clip there. But scathing social commentary…
Recollections of a Certain Pilot
Pilot Charles Karino is tasked with a daunting assignment: fly a special passenger on a journey of over 12, 000 kilometres. The script is by Satoko Okudera, known…
Hyouge Mono 03: Stairway to the Heavens
It turns out that we do not get to see Kinkakuji in this episode, but rather Nobunaga’s rebuilt Azuchi castle – built not only to be a defensive…
Gothicmade.
Mamoru Nagano is working on this project. That’s all I need to say.
Hyouge Mono 02 – “Fantasy of the Tea Room”
Episode 2 begins by introducing us to Sen no Soeki, who seems to be standing in for Nobunaga`s historical tea master Sen no Rikyū. The writers likely have…
Hyouge Mono 01 – “Would You Die for a Teakettle?” (with introduction and notes)
Boy, this show is rich. Incredibly rich. Hyouge Mono is a 13 episode series being produced by Bee Train – and more importantly, Japan’s public broadcasting station NHK…
“Voices From Deep Below”
Makoto Shinkai has been hailed previously as the “next Miyazaki”, and he seems determined to claim the title with his newest offering, Children Who Chase Lost Voices Deep…
Oh Brave New World…
Has it really been over 15 years since Macross Plus? The science fiction of the ’90s depicted in places like William Gibson’s Idoru is fast becoming today’s fact……
Intertextuality and I: Seeing the Future with Mr. Dai Sato
Bateszi and Celeste recently posted an ingenious 2-part feature talking about an interview with Dai Sato, creator of Ergo Proxy and Samurai Champloo, as well as having been…
Medieval Syncretism and Wolf
Part of what makes Spice and Wolf such an enjoyable watch is that it focuses so much on normally underappreciated aspects of medieval settings. There are tons of…