Present Lain, Present Time
I finished watching Serial Experiments Lain a few days ago, just before the 20th anniversary of its premiere on July 6th, 1998. Take a moment to think about how much […]
Author Archives: wendeego
12 Days of Christmas Day 9: This Sure Beats Leveling Up Alone!
When I was in high school, I became obsessed with webcomics. I tore through the archives of Sluggy Freelance, Gunnerkrigg Court and Narbonic. I visited the website of No Rest […]
12 Days of Christmas, Day 12: Pascal’s Children
Hello, and welcome to 12 Days of Anime 2017! Leading up to the holidays, we on this site will be writing (eventually???) twelve pieces about things we thought were cool […]
Just Enough Things: Brief Thoughts About Nier Automata
This piece will spoil all of Nier Automata for you. If you care about those things, I suggest you get at least Ending E before reading it. You’ve been warned! […]
Good Bands of Anime
Japanese animation has its share of famous composers. You have Joe Hisaishi’s myriad contributions to the films of Studio Ghibli, from Castle in the Sky to Princess Mononoke and Spirited […]
Day Thirteen: A Tiny Glimpse of the Scars You Bear
2016 has been a rough year. Britain voted to leave the EU, cities around the world were hit by terrorist attacks, major news publications wrote puff pieces about white nationalists, […]
Day Six: Everything is Terrible in Mob Psycho 100
Most high school stories in anime go something like this: the protagonist transfers into a new school that is presided over by an all-powerful student council. There he joins a […]
Day One: A Shadow of Eagles Across the Moon
Welcome to the 12 Days of Anime! Here we pay homage to our favorite moments of 2016, our favorite shows of 2016, our favorite animators of 2016, and anything else […]
Day Four: Present Day, Present Duel HAHAHAHAHA
You might not know this, but before my family moved back to the United States I spent eight years (from first to eighth grade) in the Philippines. This affected my […]
Day Two: Where We Talk about Gatchaman Crowds and You Know Who
Gatchaman Crowds has always lived on the bleeding edge of modern debate. The first season featured a showdown between a supremely empathetic high school student and a malevolent alien […]
