Lain is both a very current series and a relic of the past. The questions it asks are still as significant today as back then, though the answers and context may be different. The animation is obviously of its time, but I can still appreciate it today. The storyline, direction, and structure is of a… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 02
When I was younger, I was never under the illusion that I would be an anime fan for life. I thought it was a phase, and I was fine with that. But along the way, during long stretches of time when I would hardly watch any anime (or cease watching entirely), a series or movie… Read More Thank you Ayu, Thank you Tenchi, Thank you, Thank you Taiga
So the end of the summer approaches, along with that dreaded thing that begins with “s” and ends with “chool.” I hope that, like me, the rest of you are getting as much relaxation in as you can afford, before the familiar rhythm of the school year begins again. Today I thought I’d go back… Read More Ask Sensei: Lightning Round Edition
The first two episodes of Attack on Titan this season have been excellent so far, but they’ve been missing something. Something big. Something titanic. That’s right—besides about 10 seconds of Eren trying out his titan powers, and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it flashback of Connie’s mother, there haven’t been any titans at all this season. That’s according to… Read More Attack on Titan, Episode 39: No Time to Think
Twenty years ago this summer, a series premiered in Japan that tackled the complex topics of communication, reality, depression, and even theology. Serial Experiments Lain, the brainchild of a number of individuals but most closely associated with Yoshitoshi ABe for his character designs, became an influential series both in Japan in the west. Mesmerizing in… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 01
It reached 110 degrees here where I live in Texas last week. In other places of the country, it’s even hotter or feels worse because of the humidity. Man, summer may be a time for fun and sunshine, but it can also just be really, really hot and uncomfortable. What are you doing to stay… Read More How Are You Staying Cool This Summer?
Lynna’s Journey will be posted on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month this summer. In all the chaos of this year’s winter semester, someone invited me to a week long event with Intervarsity, a university ministry, during the one week I would have before the summer semester began. Initially, I was reluctant to… Read More Lynna’s Journey (Entry #3): A Week In Mark
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