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How Fruits Basket Helped Me Work Towards a Better Life
This will be a personal reflective piece about what this show means to me rather than analysis of some overarching significance from the creators. Fruits Basket is the…
A Semiotic Analysis of The Wind Rises
I’ve been on a hiatus of writing here for a while now because I just haven’t watched much anime. I am far from losing my interest in it…
Casshern Sins Quick Analysis/Review
Casshern Sins is one of those series that is truly in a realm of its own when compared to most other media. It breathes atmosphere unlike almost anything…
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid – Delightfully Wholesome and Wonderfully Comfy
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid is a truly delightful experience rich with interesting and humorous characterization and thoughtful theming that doesn’t feel out of place in a mostly comed…
Retrospectively Reflecting on Aoi Hana
“But two people can love each other and still not belong together, even if neither of them wanted to admit it.” – Shaun David Hutchinson (an author I…
The Rose of Versailles – A New Favorite!
The Rose of Versailles is a fairly well-known series in anime circles hailing from the tail-end of the ’70s. It has retained a place in the minds of…
Dennou Coil – A Hidden Gem
While the name Mitsuo Iso is a household name for any anime fan in and around sakuga circles as he is one of the best-respected and talented individuals…
Legend of the Galactic Heroes – A Truly Valuable and Enthralling Experience
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (LOGH from now on) is a highly regarded anime series by many fans and critics alike. It has even garnered a reputation among…
Art vs Entertainment (and where they intersect)
Anime (among other mediums) is often classified by critics as an artform in certain circumstances and contexts. This classification of artform can serve to elevate a piece beyond…
Art vs Entertainment (and where they intersect)
Anime (among other mediums) is often classified by critics as an artform in certain circumstances and contexts. This classification of artform can serve to elevate a piece beyond…
Hidamari Sketch Series Retrospective
Hidamari Sketch is one among many anime series in the now grossly oversaturated anime genre of CDGCT (Cute Girls Doing Cute Things), but it came at a time…
Shiki – An Analytical Breakdown Part 2
Sorry for the long gap between the last article and this one, anyway here it is. I hope you enjoy it Dr. Ozaki’s wife ends up being the…
Shiki – An Analytical Breakdown Part 1
I’m back! After a long hiatus, here is my newest article. I hope you enjoy it. Shiki is a series that has long remained in the back of…
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and Miyazaki’s Overall Mindset
Hayao Miyazaki’s 1982 manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind paints an interesting picture of a world where nature has slowly begun the process of reabsorbing itself…
End of Evangelion’s Emotional Catharsis and What it Meant to Me – Part 2
Rei is someone who doesn’t really know herself to begin with. She was created from the remnants of Yui Ikari’s body, and is effectively Gendo’s genetic experiment.…
End of Evangelion’s Emotional Catharsis and What it Meant to Me – Part 1
The End of Evangelion was one of the most impactful pieces of media I had ever seen upon first seeing it two years ago. I wouldn’t hesitate to…
The Appeal of Art
Why create art? To such a question I would answer “to emote”. All art from any medium is created in order to express something that its creator felt.…
Devilman Crybaby – Nearly There
I first discovered Devilman through the two episode 1987 OVA series which adapts a portion of Go Nagai’s famous manga of the same name. The OVA was a…
Diebuster – A Sequel to a Finished Story Done Right
In 1988-1989, Studio Gainax released Gunbuster, which was the directorial debut of a certain key animator named Hideaki Anno. Gunbuster was a new, inventive sci-fi OVA which broke…
An Analytical Breakdown of Promare
I was fortunate enough to make it to Studio Trigger’s second premiere of Promare at Otakon in Washington DC. I was also fortunate enough to meet Hiroyuki Imaishi,…
Make Your Tropes/Gimmicks Interesting
Over recent years within the anime landscape, there has been an increasing amount of characters that are modeled off of tropes for the sake of pandering to the…
An Analysis of Hollowing in Dark Souls
In the Dark Souls series, there is a mechanic called hollowing which is tied to the player’s growing similarity to many of the enemies they fight, called hollows.…