Forces
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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How to Break an Egg
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 […]
Wonder Egg Priority’s Exquisite Corpse
This piece contains spoilers for the first episode of Wonder Egg Priority. I recommend checking out the first episode when you have the time, though be mindful of a content […]
Days of Anime 2020: DECA-DENCED
There are moments you remember watching anime season-by-season. Guillotine Gorilla. The magic of Rolling Girls’s premiere. Waiting in anguish after the tenth episode of Madoka Magica for the series finale, […]
The Master of Illusion; Deca-dence Episodes 1-2
The audience knows the truth: the world is simple. It’s miserable, solid all the way through. But if you could fool them, even for a second, then you can make […]
The Selfishness of Desire. Sarazanmai 02
In Sarazamai, our main characters love something because it’s an extension of loving themselves.
Desire. Sarazanmai 01
Ikuhara is my favorite anime director, and the quality of his direction that has drew me into his anime over and over again was the subtlety with which he can […]
Mizukami Festival: Planet With and the Eternal Spirit
In preparation for seeing Arcade Fire this weekend, I spent a good couple of days running through to their old albums (We don’t talk about Everything Now!). What originally started as […]
A Splash of Hope; Coming Full Circle in Dive to the Future!
No matter how much your body grows and changes […] but for how long? If I’m a prodigy at ten, and a genius at fifteen, after I hit twenty, I’ll […]
The Flower That Blooms; “I Love You” in Violet Evergarden.
In the first episode of Violet Evergarden, Violet is visually and verbally presented as a doll. She wears no expression on her face, fumbles for a teacup with her beautiful but […]
