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Category Archives: Anime
Densetsu No Yuusha no Densetsu: A Rant
There Be Opinions Here So, let’s leave the one-time, original purpose of this blog behind. Let’s not focus on language or education. Instead, let’s look at, not culture in abstract, but some very specific things about culture. Namely, the anime … Continue reading
Shiki, Ep. 10: Or, The Reason To Watch This Show
It Took Ten Eps For A Masterpiece. Not that I’m going to spoil except in the spoiler space, but this is a show that has been accused of starting slowly. This is not wholly without merit. Although we, the viewers, … Continue reading
Heroman, Ep. 24: The Beginning of the End
Rather than attempt some kind of play-by-play, I will be doing something more practical and useful: focusing on the underlying currents and where we are and where we are going. Obviously someone who hasn’t been watching this show since the … Continue reading
Nurarihyon no Mago, ep. 10
If time truly permitted I’d relate from the beginning but, this is a transition to a new arc so it’s as good a place as any. Spoilers: show So Rikuo finally ascended to take over the Nura-gumi as “The Third” … Continue reading
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Nurarihyon no Mago
Theme: Friends & Family In actual Japanese mythology, Nurarihyon is a “youkai” (妖怪) believed to be an old man with a gourd-shaped head residing in Wakayama Prefecture. We might think of youkai as spirits, though “demons” is not really much … Continue reading
Asobi ni Iku Yo, Ep. 8
A Series That Embraces The Crazy “Asobi ni Iku Yo” is one of a certain style of recent anime that embraces all manner of cliche “anime content” – in this case, we have an a) alien b) catgirl c) with … Continue reading
Gundam 00 Movie Screenings – With English Subtitles!
Eye Candy On Parade The upcoming Gundam 00 (Double-Oh, think James Bond) movie will probably be screened in Singapore on Sept. 18, 2010. While no venue has been announced yet, the Gundam Fiesta there is kind of hard to miss, so … Continue reading
Dragonball Z Kai, Episode 71
Not New, But Much Improved So now that I have proper spoiler tags, I wanted to test them out on something that, in and of itself, requires no spoilers at all. Dragonball Z Kai is a remake of the original. … Continue reading
Heroman: For Once, An All-American Anime Hero
A Product Of “Bones” – And Stan Lee Set in a fictional city on the West Coast (i.e. California), with large cameos by Washington D.C. and the White House, “Heroman” is a show about, essentially, a very unlikely, introverted, 97-pound … Continue reading
Profiles in Anime: Shiki
A Vampire Drama “Shiki” began as a novel written by Fuyumi Oni, whose chief claim to fame is writing the “Twelve Kingdoms” novels. (I have yet to read these, but I am told they are very interesting. I am aware … Continue reading