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Why We Watch Anime, Part 2: Music
Creativity in Music Building upon the principle of creativity, the second distinct reason why people watch anime has nothing to do with the eye. Rather, it has to do with the ear, filling our minds, and souls, with music that … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Art, Culture, Japan, Music
Tagged anime, art, culture, J-Pop, Japan, music, Yoko Kanno, Yuki Kajiura
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Gundam Unicorn, Episodes 1 and 2
It Started With A Conversation This post is as spoiler-free as humanly possible. – J I was talking to my friend Andrius (readers of my long interview with him about Final Fantasy 14 may recall him) about Gundam Unicorn and … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Art, Culture, Japan
Tagged anime, art, Char, culture, Full Frontal, Gundam, Gundam UC, Gundam Unicorn, Japan, Laplace's Box
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Japanese Culture: Sakura Shinguji
真宮寺さくら In Japanese, the family name is said first. Also, while romanized as Shinguji, a word processor would want “shinguuji.” Sakura means cherry blossom (though it can also refer to the cherry tree). Shinguji here uses kanji at variance with … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Culture, Japan, Manga, video games
Tagged anime, Cinderella, culture, Japan, katana, Manga, Sakura Shinguji, Sakura Wars, samurai, steampunk, Tokyo, video games
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Japanese Folklore: Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman)
雪女（ゆきおんあ） While I like the younger, cuter version in Nurarihyon no Mago, by rights, Yuki Onna a.k.a. “Snow Woman” is one of Japan’s more popular and enduring figures in folklore. The above image is taken from “Kwaidan,” a film from … Continue reading
Why We Watch Anime, Part One: Creativity
So Why Do People Watch Anime? This is a question posed to me by Andre Klein, the guy who owns the server this blog runs on and the man behind Learn Out Live. A German national, he has a family … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Art, Culture, Japan
Tagged anime, art, creativity, culture, film, Japan, television
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Quick Opinion: OreImo Episode 8
When Anime Insiders’ Oxen Are Gored For the context of this, you should look at Random Curiosity’s review of episode 8 here, and for what I’m about to quote, original credit goes here. Essentially, this episode was about a bubbly … Continue reading
Fortune Arterial: Vampires and Astonishing Normality
OK, OK, The Gallery Was Right… How Can It Be This Normal? Fortune Arterial is a show that starts out with a special little twist unworthy of spoiler tags: the leading girl (as well as her big brother) is a … Continue reading
A More Sincere “Iron Man” Worth Watching
A Better, More Human Tony Stark If there’s one thing that I have to criticize the Iron Man movies for, it is having a Tony Stark who is, in terms of his persona, someone absolutely impossible to sympathize with. His … Continue reading
Mecha Anime: Gundam Dynames (From: Gundam 00)
A Sniper’s Dream Come True For people who have not actually watched Gundam 00, this post may show you things you have not seen before. Really, I wanted to resume showing the background of the Gundam 00 Movie, not so … Continue reading
Japanese Culture: “Chick Flick” Anime
Like Romance Novels On A TV In American culture, a “chick flick” is a romance oriented movie that occurs from a woman’s perspective and is meant to play to a woman’s tastes. There is anime like this as well, and … Continue reading