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The Heike Story
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Rating: 4.5 (of 5) The Tale of the Heiki is a 12-chapter epic assembled no later than the early 14th century from a collection of oral traditions. It…
First Impression: The Heike Story
The setting is medieval Japan in an era where a loose word against the local lord can cost you your life—or that of your family member, as young…
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The creators of The Heike Story go a step further beyond tribute with the character of Biwa: by presenting her as the epic’s original author-performer, the anime adaptation…
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The Taira Clan, also known as the Heike, have developed authority in Japan. When a young girl disrespect a representative of the clan, her father pays the price…
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[12 Days of Anime] Day 2: The Heike Story
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The Fear of Transformation
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The Tale of the Heike in Text and Animation
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For the past couple of years, I’ve been listening over and over to the song “Deacon Blues” by Steely Dan. Despite being from the 70s, it was only…
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Fear Of Beauty
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Fear of “Flying”
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Podcast: The Tale of the Heike
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Evan and Ink recap they shows they watched from the summer season — Sonny Boy, Kageki Shoujo!!, The Duke of Death and His Maid, and Yamishibai. Then it’s time…
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Storytelling in the Midst of History: Reflections on Heike Monogatari
While the initial reception has been relatively subdued, many will no doubt look back on Heike Monogatari both for what it is and for what it represents; a…
the fear of living life wrong
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Kaiseki Anime Podcast Episode 089 – The Heike Story (Also, Happy Holidays!)
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Flower language in Heike Monogatari
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Heike Monogatari: Humanity in War
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The Future of Evangelion
It’s been fifteen years since we first heard that Hideaki Anno was producing the Rebuild of Evangelion films. Looking back, it’s kind of crazy that the original announcement…
The Future of Evangelion
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Seeing the Future in Japanese
I was in The Japan Times with one of my favorite Bilingual page articles I’ve ever written: “Focus on sentence endings to ‘see the future’ in Japanese.” This…
The Future of the Series
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The Rise of AI: Anime in the ((not)) Far Future
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Kaiseki Anime Ep. 89 — Tale of the Heike
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The Future of Commercial Anime
Recently, I had a thought in regards to anime and it’s current commercial nature. As we know in the West, anime is something we consume typically either in…
The Future of Minky Momo
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Heike Monogatari – 09
「平家流るる」 (Heike Nagaruru) "Heike Flowing" The real carnage here is the butchery the script-writers do to the characterization and epic action of the original story.