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Anime Secret Santa 2017: Girls und Panzer, Love Live, and Serial Experiments Lain
It’s winter again, I almost fell outside this morning because of the ice, and the snow is beginning to fall and stick to the ground here in Iowa.…
Serial Experiments Lain
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Serial Experiments Lain
Ascendence. Transcendence. Unknown. Supernatural. Technology. Fear. These things need not have anything in common, but more often than not, for better or worse, the human race considers them…
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A discussion of psychological dissociation and its relevance to Serial Experiments Lain.
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Serial Experiments Lain (or SEL or short) is a thought-provoking anime from the 90s that has remained in my top 10 or 12 favorite anime series for many…
Anime Review: Serial Experiments Lain
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[Analysis] Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain (SEL) is a Japanese animated series, consisting of thirteen episodes, broadcast for the first time in Japan in July 1998 on TV Tokyo, in the…
Remembering Serial Experiments Lain
What is real and what is fake? Serial Experiments Lain explores themes that will leave you questioning the importance of reality.
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[Analisi] Serial Experiments Lain
Serial Experiments Lain (SEL) è una serie animata giapponese composta da tredici episodi, trasmessa per la prima volta in patria nel lontano luglio 1998 sull’emittente TV Tokyo, in…
Serial Experiments Lain: A Reinterpretation
Serial Experiments Lain is one of my favorite anime series of all time. I wrote a few posts about it on my old blog if you want to…
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Girls Und Panzer
Brian is joined by Bradley Meek to discuss the 2012 anime television series, Girls Und Panzer. It's the most unexpected DITB topic of all time!
Girls und Panzer
★★ If you like tanks, you’ll like this anime. If you like diminutive highschool anime girls, you’ll like this anime. If you like diminutive highschool anime girls who…
Fanart Friday, Too: Serial Experiments Lain
The further we get from Serial Experiments Lain, the more I find the themes of that series to be current and meaningful—a classic series, joining another one that’s…
Serial Experiments Lain Review (Spoiler Free)
I know, I know… Serial Experiments Lain is from the 90’s, but I just can’t help it when it comes to the desire to not spoil anything. After…
This Anime Predicted the Future? | Serial Experiments Lain
From social media to internet addiction to internet privacy, Serial Experiments Lain seems to have predicted our digital age as it was just beginning... or, did it really? Sometimes,…
The BEST World Building in Anime | Serial Experiments Lain Discussion
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There are a few shows that I’ve reviewed that can really be considered classics. A number of these are fairly well known to show their age; they obviously…
Serial Experiments Lain: Postmodernity In Full Retro Cyberpunk Glory
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Animecast: Girls Und Panzer Der Film
The hosts of the Otaku Spirit Animecast return to the schoolmates of Ooarai Girls Academy as they face their next biggest threats, adults that can’t keep promises and…
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Serial Experiments Lain: 20 Years of “Present Day, Present Time”
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Girls und Panzer und Speculation: Exemplification of Show, Don’t Tell
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City-sized ships, anglerfish, girls … und panzer?
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Why Girls und Panzer Works So Well
Who would've thought that a series about high school girls in short skirts fighting tank battles would be the peak of military-themed anime?
Girls Und Panzer: Finding Your Own Tank Style
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Way of the Tank – Girls und Panzer Spoiler Review
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How Not to Build a Series: Girls und Panzer
I REALLY REALLY wanted to like Girls und Panzer. Seriously, among other things I have been a World War II buff for years. My dad – Staff Sergeant…
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As Sentai Filmworks gradually releases the Girls und Panzer das Finale films, I look forward to watching them and following the tank girls on this last endeavor. This…
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Anime Secret Santa 2020
Have a happy holiday everyone. Stay safe, wear a mask, and see you all in 2021. This episode, Chris (@gokuffy) and Pat (@PatzPrime) join me do the annual…
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Anime Secret Santa 2016: Gankutsuo and Shimoneta
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#145 - Anime Secret Santa 2023
And if youuuuu caaaaannnn believe it, it's Christmas once again! We're happy to present (ha) our 2023 Anime Secret Santa Special! If you're not familiar with this project, the…
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We’re a sports anime podcast, but that doesn’t stop us from writing about other anime. I try to keep everything as sports anime-y as possible, but there’s an…
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