I’m a skeptic, especially when it comes to the “goodness” of humanity—even how it’s expressed in anime. When Nile, struggling with himself about what’s right and wrong, chooses to side with Erwin in doing what he’s feels is right, I almost harumphed. In Attack on Titan‘s fascist society, I felt it would be almost impossible… Read More Attack on Titan Episode 42: Doing Right or Doing Might
Serial Experiments Lain famously delves into topics like communication, technology, and social constructs, and we’ve seen all those expressed in the first few episodes. But as we continue our dive into Lain for the show’s twentieth anniversary, we’ve hit an episode with another theme that hasn’t yet been explored, and a title that matches. Episode… Read More Serial Experiments Lain Revisited: Episode 04
It’s sometimes difficult to find a series that my wife and I both enjoy, that we can watch together. But in Re:Zero, I think I may have found one. It hits all the accessibility points for her, and is a series that I would like to watch again as well. I realized I’d forgotten so… Read More Whether Its Hapa Elf or Hapa Asian, Still the Same Old Discrimination
Episode 41 of Attack on Titan is very appropriately entitled, “Trust.” Hanji rescues Flegel from Interior Police troops who seek to kill him, but should he trust her and the scouts? Levi and the others capture Hitch and Marlo, who decides he wants to join them: should they trust him? And should Hitch and Marlo… Read More Attack on Titan, Episode 41: Think Like Hanji, Act Like Flegel
I like cute kitty anime. There, I said it. I’ve watched most of Chi’s Sweet Home and Chi’s Sweet Adventure with my kids as well as Mitchiri Neko and Bananya. Also, Nyanbo. And…you get the idea. Each of them are generally short form anime and each of them are relatively calming. They’re not trying to push a… Read More Restful Anime
Infinite Dendogram! I’m excited about this one! I’ve been wanting to try a VRMMO light novel not named Sword Art Online, and @stardf29 tells us this novel approaches the mini-genre in “a fun and interesting way.” I’m on board! And so is @ladyannalyn and stardf29, who will be leading our discussion this time around. Here’s… Read More And Our Next Light Novel Club Selection Is…
Fist of the North Star is an anime series from the 1980s about a martial artist named Kenshiro who is…well, at the moment just wandering around helping people in a post-apocalyptic future set in the year 199X. In the first few episodes of Fist of the North Star, we are introduced to Bat. Bat is… Read More Newman’s Nook: Bat and Gehazi
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