We’re back! A few weeks ago, I did a thread on Twitter of some pieces about anime and manga I liked from last year. Since Twitter is on its last […]
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The place of worldbuilding has always been a matter of debate in the genre fiction scene. On one hand, it’s absolutely the main appeal of fantasy and science fiction to […]
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Once again, I’m summing up a thread I wrote on recent pop culture criticism on anime and manga I’ve enjoyed recently! This is part one, covering January to the end […]
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There’s a musical I once saw called Follies, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. It’s a story about former stage performers who return to their old haunting ground, a […]
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. 2021’s one of the strongest recent years for anime I can think of. We saw some fascinating original […]
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A few days ago I wrote up a thread on anime criticism I enjoyed reading/watching in 2021. I didn’t want it to be lost to the winds of time, so […]
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If you’ve watched anime before, you’ve probably seen Tokyo on screen. It’s the neon cityscapes of Akira, the mechanized skyline of Tokyo 3 and the underground train system of Mawaru […]
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2021 is halfway done, and it’s has been a lot of significant changes for me, personally. I moved into a house with some friends and pets, I recently got a […]
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It’s a cliche at this point to suggest that the Golden Age arc of Berserk is the high point of the series. That its particular mix of hyperviolence, earnest sentiment […]
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In an earlier piece, I wrote: “seeing the work of Kyoto Animation, with its lovable characters and environments that practically glow with warm nostalgia, I couldn’t help but think, “this […]
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