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Haibane Renmei: Questions With No Answer [Part 1, (Mostly) Spoiler-Free]
“The story is a little unusual. It has very few elements that are intended to hype up the viewers’ emotions. Instead, by seeing the characters go through whatever they do, the viewers can reflect on...
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Girls’ Last Tour Podcast w/ Third Impact Anime
Weirdly, despite (or maybe because of) it being my favorite anime of the 2010s, I haven’t really spoken much at length about Girls’ Last Tour online. Well, that’s finally changed thanks to my panelist...
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Altogether Too Many Words About That New Higurashi Series
When I heard in 2020 that a new Higurashi series had been greenlit, I had no idea what to think. This is very much in line with the appeal of Higurashi (aka When They Cry) as a franchise – there are...
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You Can Now Watch My “Anime Shorts” And “Dreams And Memory” Panels On YouTube!
I presented two virtual panels at Crunchyroll Expo this year – “Anime Shorts: Big Ideas in a Small Package” and “Pure Illusion: Exploring Dreams And Memory In Anime“. And now that the convention is...
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I presented a bunch of panels this year at Virtual Naka Kon 2021! One of them, Giant Robot Anime Through The Ages, didn’t have any copyrighted clips to worry about, so I’ve posted it up on Youtube!...
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Fun Project: DIY Manga Shelf Risers
Slightly different from what I usually write; I just finished a fun, crafty little project that I thought I’d share. If you’re like me, you’ve got waaaaaay more media than your shelves could hope to...
View ArticleI’ve Got A YouTube Channel! Go Watch My Worldbuilding Panel!
Since I had to prerecord my Worldbuilding panel for Crunchyroll Expo this year, I thought it would be a good opportunity to try posting one of my panels online! So, I’ve got a Youtube channel now:...
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Shooting The Moon: A Symphogear Fansite
Hey, guess what! I made a whole website! Based on my panel! About Symphogear! In the style of a late-90s/early-00s Geocities fan shrine! I’m super excited to share it with you! I talk about the origins...
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Serial Experiments Lain: 20 Years of “Present Day, Present Time”
“I wanted people to understand Lain, the girl. Ultimately, I want them to love her.” -Yasuyuki Ueda Serial Experiments Lain came out in 1998, twenty years ago. It was the cusp of the new millennium,...
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Irreversible: Made in Abyss and the Point of No Return
“A journey from which you can never return. Treasures that you can never again acquire. Your very life, which once lost will never be restored. Nearly all things in this world will never go back to...
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A Podcast in Which I Get Excited About Meganebu
Mr. Flawfinder has asked me (along with fellow blogger Lord Reiseng) to be a guest on the first episode of his series of “Anime That Everyone Disagrees With You On” podcast (a topic on which he is very...
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I’m Still Alive, and I Was on a Podcast!
It’s been a little while! I’m not dead, just busy, and having more ideas about things to write than I have time to write them. I was, however, more than happy to accept the invitation from my buddies...
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Down the Slippery Slope: Why I Collect Anime Figures
I had to squeeze two smaller shelftops’ worth of figures on here for this photo (some figures are hidden in the back and not visible), but the point stands: I need more shelf space. Froggy-kun over at...
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Top 20 Anime of 2013
After a barrage of really good series last year, 2013 stepped things back a little to take a breather, slowly working its way up from an empty winter season to a promising-but-disappointing spring to...
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12 Days of HOTBLOOD 2013, Day 1: Baron Ashura The Magnificent
NOTE: If you’ve seen Shin Mazinger Z, you noticed that there’s something I pretty blatantly handwaved over in my previous Mazinger posts. If you haven’t, I would heavily advise you to stop reading...
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12 Days of HOTBLOOD 2013, Day 2: The Perfect Being
This is it! We’ve reached the epic final showdown – the final battle with the final Pillar Man for the Red Stone and the fate of the world. The Perfect Hair With Wham at one with the wind, it’s time...
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12 Days of HOTBLOOD 2013, Day 3: Grand Finale
The final battle of Shin Mazinger Z is so awesome that not only does it span the final five episodes of the series, it wraps around and reaches its ultimate conclusion in parts of episodes 1 and 2....
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12 Days of HOTBLOOD 2013, Day 4: Balls of Steel
Oh, look, it’s this joke again. STOP! Hammer time! JoJo’s chariot battle with Wham was one of my favorite fights in the Battle Tendency manga, but sadly, it was the one most badly affected by David...
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12 Days of HOTBLOOD 2013, Day 5: The Fist of Zeus
The second half of Shin Mazinger Z is a turning point, where what was once amazing becomes even amazinger. At the halfway point, we get an excellent new OP, full of truly epic imagery (I don’t use that...
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12 Days of HOTBLOOD 2013, Day 6: Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli
I’m back! You know what that means? It’s HOTBLOOD TIME. The second half of the 12 Days of HOTBLOOD resumes NOW (just in time to finish on January 25). NOTE: Not that there haven’t been spoilers in all...
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