I love Christmas. And I love Christmas anime episodes. It’s a bit strange to watch such episodes in the middle of, say, the summer season—and every other series seems to include a Christmas episodes these days—but when I’m watching in December, I can really feel the spirit of the holiday coming through. Nowadays, I even… Read More Come Join us for 12 Days of Christmas Anime!
I barely have time to watch anime these days, but I’m trying to keep up with the Fall series of shows. There are always at least five or six shows I want to watch either out of curiosity or because I want to ride the hype train and see where it goes. Anime-Gataris was one that… Read More Sharing Joy in Anime-Gataris
Kino’s Journey is always good for a surprise and episode ten, as Kino once again takes center stage, packed a big one. I remembered the importance of Sakura, the little girl who serves as Kino’s tour guide through her nation, but I’d forgotten how it all would end. The episode begins with Kino telling Hermes… Read More Kino’s Journey ~ The Beautiful World ~ Episode 10: The Authentic You
I am the king of Christmas traditions. Each year, I push gently guide my family through the dozens of traditions I’ve built up through the past holiday seasons. And you are my family, too, my aniblog family, which means that I’ll bring you along through of my holiday blog traditions, one of which is putting… Read More My Favorite (Anime) Things, 2017
In the last post on Magi, we looked at the series’ various literary influences, but specifically the real-life grimoire The Lesser Key of Solomon and how it relates to Daniel Strange’s book, Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock. The main point of the article was summarized in a quote from Strange, that “being antithetically against yet… Read More Magi: Helplessly Hopeful & Unrestrained Thanks
Houseki no Kuni, also known as Land of the Lustrous, does a great job of crafting a mysterious and complex world with very few people. One of the most interesting developments in the world building comes from Phos’s digestion by a giant snail. After they get this monster under control and reconstitute Phos from the monster’s… Read More The Real Place of Phos’s People in Fractured Humanity
March Comes in Like a Lion continues to move forward with its bullying arc, which has been presented so vividly in the way we’d expect of Shinbo and Shaft. The length of this arc is significant—the bullying isn’t quickly resolved in one or two episodes. It’s slow and spreading, a complex organism that isn’t easily… Read More How Did the Bullying Stop for You?
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