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Anime Review #97: Digimon Adventure – Runaway Locomon
I was originally going to write a post about my experience at Toronto Comicon last Sunday, but in a break from tradition I’m going to postpone that to…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #7: High Guardians Of Modernism
You know, I’ve always been a doubting St. Thomas kind of person – at least when it comes to things material. When someone makes a claim regarding X,…
East Meets West #27: Summer Wars .vs. WarGames
Before Mamoru Hosoda released Summer Wars, the concept of an “evil AI” is a trope that had been explored countless times in Western media over the past decades.…
Anime Review #96: Digimon Tamers – Battle Of Adventurers
Digimon Tamers has to be, by far, the edgiest display of an episodic Digimon series. Spanning 51 episodes from 2001-2002, it shattered the traditionally family-friendly depiction of its…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #6: Revolution In Robe And Wand
What do Thomas Reese, Emmanuel Milingo and Kyle Haden have in common with Frs. John Courtney Murray, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Annibale Bugnini? All of them are/were members of…
Anime Review #95: I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
I’ve finally found an anime that comes off similar to a novel/flick from the golden yet seemingly distant days of middle school, named Nicholas Sparks’ A Walk To…
East Meets West #26: Japanese Digimon Movies .vs. Digimon – The Movie
Ooooh, I think it’s time for another Digimon post. For this month’s East Meets West, I’m going to be doing something that I’ve never done before here (surprisingly…
Anime Review #94: Paprika
I shall now be making my first movie review of the year! Satoshi Kon’s Paprika, like my investigation into Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland and Netflix’s Slumberland, focuses…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #5: A Shiny Chariot With Dull Theories
In the last Anti-Modernist Academia post, discussing the place of tradition in Little Witch Academia as akin to that of Tradition in Roman Catholic theology, one of my…
Anime Review #93: Megalo Box
So, let’s get one thing straight: I don’t watch a lot of sports anime. I’ve heard of a lot of them, such as Kuroko No Basketball, Captain Tsubasa…
East Meets West #25: Little Nemo .vs. Slumberland
Last November, I learned that Netflix released a live-action adaptation of Windsor McCay’s Little Nemo comics, and my first response was “What?” It seemed odd that producers would…
Convention Tales #18: Anime North Idol 2022
It’s the dawn of a new year, and barring any freak accidents of nature or of a biological kind, Anime North will make its return in 5 months.…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Me, Myself And Manga
When it comes to the topic of manga, I quickly tap out because although I’ve been involved in the anime sphere since 2016, I haven’t bothered to deal…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #4: To Serve And Protect Tradition
The last three Anti-Modernist Academia articles explored the components of Little Witch Academia from the perspective of characters who previously displayed beliefs consistent with Modernist tenden…
East Meets West #24: The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya .vs. It’s A Wonderful Life
It’s not uncommon to have an episode of an anime set around the Christmas period, such as in Toradora, Digimon Adventure, and basically every single slice-of-life show (K-On,…
Anime Review #92: Cowboy Bebop – The Movie
Two weeks ago, I reviewed the Cowboy Bebop series which depicted the exploits of bounty hunter trio of Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and Jet Black across space, capturing…
Anime Review #91: Boku No Hero Academia – Two Heroes
What if I told you that there’s an anime version of a certain famous 1980s blockbuster involving a group of terrorists taking over a skyscraper, holding its occupants…
Anime Review #91: Cowboy Bebop
I first heard of this anime about four years ago when, at a friend’s house gathering, the question was discussed about what shows would be great to recommend…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #3: Denying Supernatural Facts Is The Root Of All Modernism
The world we live in was, morally speaking, far different from that of 70 years ago. The existence of God, as discerned by the study of the material…
East Meets West #23: Sword Art Online .vs. Ready Player One
Five days prior (6 November 2022) marked the start date of the events of the inaugural Sword Art Online (hereafter SAO) anime. It was on that Sunday when,…
Anime Review #89: Madoka Magica – Rebellion
At Puella Magi Madoka Magica’s closing arc, Madoka managed to vanquish Kyubey’s energy-incubation system, which took advantage of magical girls’ despair to preserve the world. In …
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: My 12 Favourite Anime OPs, Revisited
I’m going to do something different today, especially after writing multiple posts reviewing anime and various reflections on certain characters with regards to the Catholic themes surroundin…
Anime Review #88: F-Zero – Legend Of Falcon
I used to intern for a small software company in Toronto for 16 months from 2017-18 following my third year of university, and there are several things I…
East Meets West #22: Children Who Chase Lost Voices .vs. Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Jules Verne, the famous 19th-century French author of science-fiction, is not a name foreign to me. As a kid, I used to watch the clumsy 2004 adaptation of…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #2: A Vitally Immanent Heart Is Not Akko’s Magic
In our time, nothing has been assailed against as much as “truth”. Once a word used to describe that which is indisputably fact across all places, times, and…
Anime Review #87: Yu-Gi-Oh – Dark Side Of Dimensions
On 4 July 2022, Kazuki Takahashi, the man behind the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise, died at age 60 in a diving accident off the coast of Okinawa. His death was…
Anime Review #86: Yu-Gi-Oh – Pyramid Of Light
It’s been a while since I last talked about anything Yu-Gi-Oh related on this blog, or even involved myself with the anime. The last series I watched was…
East Meets West #21: Sonic The Hedgehog 1996 .vs. Sonic The Hedgehog 2022
Today’s comparison covers another video game film, namely that of the Sonic The Hedgehog series. Although many associate his first movie appearance to have occurred in February of…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Four-Year Anniversary Special
This past September 10, the feast of St. Nicholas of Tolentino, a Catholic priest who was most devoted as I aspire to be to the Holy Souls in…
The Anti-Modernist Academia #1: Professor Croix, The Rationalist
I have made it no secret about my admiration for Studio Trigger’s 2017 fantasy series, Little Witch Academia. On the storytelling end, it’s an endearing, fun show about…
Convention Tales #17: Fan Expo 2022, Lite Edition
After my past two attendances at Fan Expo in Toronto, where I mainly spent it roaming around the extremely-crowded Dealers’ Room, crunching against tightly-packed elevators and passageways fi…
St. Pius V Corner: Saving Souls, One Deed At A Time
The Dogma of Purgatory is too much forgotten by the majority of the faithful; the Church Suffering, where they have so many brethren to succour, whither they foresee…
Anime Review #85: Anohana – The Flower We Saw That Day
About a week ago, I finished Anohana – The Flower We Saw That Day, and for that it will stand as the quickest time it took to me…
East Meets West #20: Super Mario Bros (1986) .vs. Super Mario Bros (1993)
It’s been more than a year since I last discussed the Super Mario Bros. anime, sub-titled The Quest To Rescue Princess Peach. It’s a colourful, yet unassuming anime…
Anime Review #84: Azumanga Daioh
Back at you with another standard Anime Review, and to make things direct I’m going to be looking at Lucky Star! Wait, that doesn’t sound right – I…
St. Pius V Corner: The Concupiscence Of The Digidestined
It is likewise a matter of common experience that the passions are a source of many temptations and sins. Often they are antecedent (not premeditated or willed), as…
Convention Tales #16: Anime North 2022
It’s been a week since the first Anime North to happen in three years, and suffice to say it was one with a lot of feelings packed into…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Cardcaptor Sakura Revisited
If you’re reading this, I’m only a few hours away from going to Anime North, set to relive all the wonderful things I like about anime conventions once…
East Meets West #19: Neon Genesis Evangelion .vs. Pacific Rim
Since the advent of literature, epochs of man fighting monsters has been a popular storytelling genre. Greek legends feature the exploits of figures thwarting mythical creatures, medieval knights…
The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Anime North 2022 – Return Of The Hype
Summer’s just about to reach its peak, schools are out for the year (except for folks like me, who are working), and it’s both Canada Day and the…
St. Pius V Corner: An Unbloody Sacrifice Without A Divine Redeemer
Hence it is that Christ is not only God, but very God indeed – very God of very God, insomuch that He Himself is the Truth, If, then,…
Anime Review #83: K-On! The Movie
So yeah… it appears there’s some unfinished business regarding K-On! that I must attend to. About a year ago I thought I had finally finished analyzing the intricacies…
East Meets West #18: Your Lie In April .vs. Amadeus
I was only a few months into high school when I first watched the 1984 film adaptation of the Peter Schaefer’s biopic Amadeus, which chronicles the career of…
Anime Review #82: From Up On Poppy Hill
When most people think of stories that strictly involve romance, introspective and thought-provoking journeys or school scenarios, Studio Ghibli movies aren’t usually their initial choice. Un…
St. Pius V Corner: Open-Air Ecumaniacs
And here it seems opportune to expound and to refute a certain false opinion… by which non-Catholics seek to bring about the union of the Christian churches… They…
East Meets West #17: 5 Centimeters Per Second .vs. The Great Gatsby
Many of us are familiar with the works of Makoto Shinkai, the famous Japanese director of modern hits like Your Name or Weathering With You. Throughout parts of…
Anime Review #81: Sword Art Online II, Part 2
NOTE TO READERS: Just as I had finished the first draft of my seventeenth East Meets West article, unfortunately I had to delay it once again to next week;…
Anime Review #80: Sword Art Online II, Part 1
In recent months Sword Art Online (SAO) has found a resurgence in mention throughout the anime community for many reasons: 6 November of this year, in the story,…
St. Pius V Corner: Clout Cosplaying
Vainglory is the inordinate effort to manifest one’s own excellence, real or fictitious. It is called vain, because it is concerned either with things of small moment, such…
Anime Review #79: Hotarubi No Mori E
Some anime movies are just so simple, yet so profound that they can tell a story better than a single novel could. In preparation for last week’s post,…