Throughout high school and into college, it would have been entirely accurate to describe me as a pathological liar. Lies were my truth. I had fabricated a reality and told lie upon lie upon lie to to manipulate those around me and make myself appear a certain way. I was kind of like a less-murderous… Read More Social Media Stink: A Liar Can Smell a Liar
I’m a little embarrassed. I sang the praises of the first episode of Inuyashiki, both online and in real life. But two episodes in, I dropped the series. Can I just go in my hole and hide now? The thing is, Inuyashiki continues to be a show with high animation quality and one that I… Read More Dropping Inuyashiki and the Bad Feels from Anime
There’s a not-so-invisible chasm on the Internet between folks who tend to mostly watch popular series – such as those that air on American television – and viewers who watch a wider slate of shows. Unfortunately, I think the latter group sometimes comes off as snobby (oh, your favorite series is Naruto, huh?), even though… Read More Top 5 + Guest: 5 Best Popular Anime Series
Code Geass is in my book a classic anime. Not classic in the sense it is old, but classic in the sense that it was popular and at the same time polarized the people watching it. I loved the show. This was the first anime that I was ever hooked on, and it quickly became… Read More Throwback Thursdays: Code Geass
There are a lot of really great anime out there. There are a lot of really bad series, too. And then there’s that subset of anime that are held in high esteem, but don’t deserve all the praise or popularity that they receive. For our Top 5 + Guest post this month, we’re tackling those… Read More Top 5 + Guest: Most Overrated Anime
I avoided watching Code Geass for a long time, partly because I am picky about character design in anime (I happen to like my characters to be somewhat under eight feet tall), and partly because I had watched two episodes without beginning to care about any of the characters. In the end, two things made… Read More Not This Fan’s Service: An Alternate Viewpoint on Code Geass S1 22-23
From time to time, a reader will send us a question about our thoughts on certain series or various ideas related to religion. For instance, Albert asked about iDOLM@STER, leading to one of our most popular posts. In an effort to encourage further questions, I recently added an “Ask the Staff” button to our toolbar.… Read More Untangled: Have you guys heard/watch/considered “Code Geass”?
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