Escape Velocity: The End of Texhnolyze
This piece will have Texhnolyze spoilers! I recommend watching it if you’re up to it, it’s a weird and interesting (if painful) series. There’s a trilogy of novels by M. […]
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Chain of Memories
When I was in middle school, I placed runner-up in a writing contest sponsored by an environmental organization and won a couple hundred dollars. My parents were nice enough to […]
12 Days of Anime 2018 Day #9: Do You Remember That Promise
For many fans of SSSS Gridman, Akane Shinjou (disaster, nerd, vengeful god) is their favorite character in the series, and the true protagonist. I agree with this: Akane is great! […]
12 Days of Anime 2018 #8: WHAT’S UP DANGER
Over the past few years, I’ve steadily built up a tolerance for superhero comics. They are hamstrung by their tangled continuity, their narrow focus on appealing to thirty-something hardcore comics […]
12 Days of Anime 2018 #5: Extra Credits
I’ve been watching anime as it airs for several years now. “But wendeego,” you may ask. “Why continue to watch anime seasonally when statistically, most of the stuff that airs […]
12 Days of Anime 2018 #3: NYAH!
READER’S NOTE: This blog post contains some discussion of reading illegal manga scans. Industry folks and comics authors despise those scans, for good reason: artists aren’t compensated when readers solicit […]
12 Days of Anime 2018 #2: Pain Split Evenly
High school was a tough time for me. I moved from the Philippines (where I had a small but tight group of friends) to the United States (where I knew […]
12 Days of Anime 2018 #1: KISS OF DEATH
Hello, and welcome to 12 Days of Anime 2018! Over the next few days we’ll do our best to write 12 posts about our pop culture experiences of this year, […]
Mizukami Festival: Spirit Circle
Satoshi Mizukami has been having a moment lately! He’s always had a cult following, but his recent work on the Planet With anime shows him at the height of […]
Dreaming of Cobblestone in Dragon Quest XI
Today we’re going to talk about a scene from early in Dragon Quest XI. Warning, there will be spoilers for this game! There’s a good chance you’ll predict this scene […]
