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Looking back at the Free! situation, an easy question to ask is “Why were the same people who advocate unity and decry hostility in the anime fandom so quick to laugh at the moé fandom and revel in [...]
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Let any given moé debate go on long enough and eventually, it’ll end up at a point where someone mentions how “hard to define” moé is, despite the fact that it had still been a debate about moé up to [...]
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Drawingirl94 recently posted a fantastic article on her blog. She articulated in a way I never could things I’ve been saying for a long time about the subject of lolicon. Reading it has given me a [...]
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As promised on NTR Radio, Taskforce M.O.E. t-shirts are now a thing, but you gotta get ‘em while they’re hot. Here’s how it works: The goal is set at 30 shirts. If we pass it, great! However, unless [...]
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica took the anime community by storm when it aired in the beginning on 2011. It was being compared to Evangelion, and, to a certain extent, the comparisons were valid. The two [...]
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The conflation of moé and lolicon happens a great deal more often than I’d like. Unsurprisingly, it’s almost always coming from someone who’s failed to actually grasp the concept of moé, but knows [...]
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I’ve been seeing a resurgence of this kind of terminology recently, and that’s disappointing, because I had thought we had moved past this concept. Evidently, however, there are anime fans out there [...]
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Something has been afoot in the anime community for quite a while. While I’d hesitate to call it a “conspiracy,” it’s sort of like that, and, of course, its endgame involves the vilification of moé fans and moé anime. Before I break this scheme down, it’s important to understand the … Continue reading →
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One of the major criticisms of moé is how common and endemic archetypes are to it. Anti-Moé Brigadiers argue that the prevalence of archetypes is shallow and that archetypical characters are built only to pander to otaku fetishes. Archetypes, however, might be a much more natural development than the self-proclaimed … Continue reading →
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