And now we’re grown-up orphans That never knew their names We don’t belong to no one That’s a shame But you could hide beside me Maybe for a while And I won’t tell no one your name And I won’t tell ’em your name When my wife was pregnant with our first child, we flipped… Read More Orphans That Never Knew Their Names: Haibane Renmei and the Power of Names
As many of us suspected, Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko) is turning out to be something quite special indeed. Episode 2 of the series could be summed up in one word: forgiveness. Chiba and Takatsuki’s relationship probably connects deeply to many of us. While we may not have been in such a difficult love triangle, where… Read More Wandering Son Episode 02: Graceful Takatsuki
Last week, I auctioned off my Tenchi Universe collection on eBay. I had mixed feelings about letting the series go. I hadn’t watched it for many years and it was just collecting dust. And it’s really not that great of a series…it’s very mediocre, only made interesting because of its characters. Its two best contributions,… Read More No Need for the Past: Goodbye, Tenchi!
My fall 2010 anime season came to a close this week, as I finally finished a show I’d been watching in globs throughout the autumn. Fortune Arterial, based on a visual novel, follows Kohei Hasekura, a student who becomes involved with Erika Sendo, the school’s student council Vice President and…a vampire. I enjoyed the show for… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Fortune Arterial
Maison Ikkoku Episode 39, “Love Takes Guts! Godai’s Part-time Job Ploy!” Episode 40, “A Bittersweet Favor! Budding Christmas Love?!” The Christmas Story As Kyoko is doing some cleaning, she comes upon a rock that has meaning to her, and asks Godai to investigate it. While doing so, he meets up with Kozue, and realizes that… Read More The Eleventh Day of Christmas Anime
Super Dimensional Fortress Macross Episode 35, “Romanesque” The Christmas Story As Quazmin prepares for an attack on the Macross city, Minmay approached Hikaru in a sad, depressed state. Her conversation with Hikaru is overheard by Misa, making her upset. Max and Milia go to intercept Quazmin’s forces as they attack, but can they stop him… Read More The Ninth Day of Christmas Anime
The blogosphere is full of great (and not-so-great) blogs. One of the first blogs I came across when I first started searching them out is also one of the best. Many of you frequent the wonderful site, GAR GAR Stegosaurus. While rummaging through notes I’ve developed, I noticed that I found a post about Christian… Read More Spirituality in the Anime Blogosphere: Christian Symbolism and Fullmetal Alchemist
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