ZZeroparticle at Anime Instrumentality was so kind as to let me write a guest post for his amazing blog. For months, I’ve wanted to write about the fondness the Japanese feel toward Irish music, using one of my favorite EDs, Fractale‘s, as an example. Please go have a read: Fractale’s ED and Japan’s Nostalgic Drive… Read More Guest Post at Anime Instrumentality: Fractale and Japan’s Link to Ireland
I remember when I first tried to watch the series of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. After the first episode, I dropped it like a hot potato. It just wasn’t my cup of tea and seemed too stereotypical at the time. Three years later, this year, I decided to give it another go and found… Read More The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: Stepping outside into the cold to see the snow.
Chihayafuru is back! Arata is back! The new season of Chihayafuru begins with flourish as Chihaya’s team arrives at the nationals (and she collapses under pressure, again). But even better is that we find out more about Arata’s story, and the wee-bit-overdramatic teen we saw in an earlier episode is erased, and Arata once again… Read More Chihayafuru, Episode 13: Four Faces of God
If you’re going to be here [at church], I guess I’ll come every week, too. – Fumiya Ninomiya to Chiba Saori Hourou Musuko is one of my favorite anime series (I liked it so much that I ranked it number one among those that came out last year). As such, I decided to begin reading… Read More Hourou Musuko, Chapter 7: Church is the Best Place to Pick Up Girls
…each day I murdered, and I defiled, and yet no divine punishment came. – Gilles de Rais, Fate/Zero Episode 13 In a series full of interesting characters, I’ve become most intrigued with one of the villains of Fate/Zero, Gilles de Rais. The last episode of the season brought us deeper into his psyche, as he… Read More Fate/Zero’s Gilles de Rais: Our Double Self and New Year’s Resolutions
Whew. It’s done. I returned home from my first experience at an anime convention (in this case, IKKiCON) with a humongous headache – mostly from allergies, but certainly not abated by crowds and confusion. That said, I actually had a pretty good time. First off, let me praise the IKKiCON staff. I’m planning some rather… Read More Land of Confusion: My First Anime Con Experience
Yesterday, I gave numbers one through six on my list of the years top posts regarding anime and spirituality. It’s been difficult selecting the top posts of the year, though I’ve found again and again, they’re written by my favorite writers in the blogosphere. These wonderful bloggers seem to be adept at writing about a… Read More Top Blog Posts About Anime and Religion in 2011: #7-12
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