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The Grand, Insubstantial Importance of a Child: Reflections on Alice and Zoroku
Sometimes, the best thing you can say to a child is: “I love you.” Back in the middle of my college years, I took an entire summer to go out to Denver, Colorado to serve on a 4-person team that...
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Towards a New Life – Kizumonogatari Part III: Reiketsu and Cyclical Realities
When the dust settles, are you living a life you are happy with? While the first installment of the Kizumonogatari films is a visceral, largely linear (at least in an emotional sense) affair and the...
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Knight’s & Magic and the Value of Transparency in Wish Fulfillment
Knight’s & Magic wants you to want to pilot a giant robot more than you want to pilot a giant robot. I’ve been enjoying Knight’s & Magic a lot this season. As someone who really only got into...
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The Sobreity of Self-Doubt in the Politics of Concrete Revolutio
The only righteousness which we can truly claim is to understand the fallibility of our own humanity. I’ve been wanting to write this post ever since Concrete Revolutio finished airing, but never had...
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Mage in a Barrel Says “Goodbye,” and To Each Their Own Story
This is a retirement post. Sort of. Not really. Okay, it’s complicated. The quotes in the title don’t indicate dialogue. Since June of 2013, I’ve posted at least twice every single month on this blog....
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Among Other Things, Star Driver is a Triumph of Aesthetics
On the radiance of a certain anime. At the end of Star Driver‘s premiere, the first closing theme, 9nine’s “CROSS OVER,” begins to play over the final moments of the episode. Takuto and Wako rest...
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[8] Kyousougiga, An Old Love in a New Year
Yet another dang post on Kyousougiga. This is the fifth of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project, read appropriant’s introductory post....
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[7] I’ve Always Liked You, Childhood Friends
You might say… the childhood friend trope is my childhood friend. Maybe. This is the sixth of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project,...
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[6] Halfway: Land of the Lustrous, Adaptation, and Touch Communication
I have a longer Land of the Lustrous piece in the works, so I’m trying not to spill all my ideas from it here. This is the seventh of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger...
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[5] I Watched Macross 7 in 2017 A.D.
POWER TO THE DREAM This is the eighth of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project, read appropriant’s introductory post. Please also check...
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[4] On Star Driver: The Movie
A consideration of the frivolous. This is the ninth of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project, read appropriant’s introductory post....
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[3] I “Bought the Blu-rays”: A Macross Delta Story
I learned how to send a lot of money to Japan. This is the tenth of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project, read appropriant’s...
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[2] Eriri Spencer Sawamura Got Me to Do What No Other Anime Character Could
“Inspiration” seems too weak a word. This is the eleventh of my entries into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the project, read appropriant’s introductory...
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[1] Anthem of the Heart & the Spirit of Christmas
Listen, I’m not saying Anthem of the Heart is a Christmas movie, but maybe I am. This is my twelfth and final entry into 2017’s rendition of the 12 Days of Anime aniblogger project. For more about the...
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Your Body is Not Your Own: Darling in the FranXX and Sexual Agency (or the...
Something I think is very important to get right has been got rather wrong, in my estimation. Disclaimer: I know I’m writing about a sensitive subject here, and while I’ve written this piece in a...
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A Brief Look at the Merits of Overman King Gainer
Yoshiyuki Tomino’s idiosyncrasies have rarely been so approachable, delightful, and altogether entertaining. I came to Overman King Gainer as a Yoshiyuki Tomino (Mobile Suit Gundam, for those whom the...
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By Camera, a World: Inhabiting Hyouka
Putting words to that vague idea and (likely) wild claim that Hyouka might the best-directed TV anime of all time. I was recently reviewing a handful of old posts on the blog, including a number of my...
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[Review] Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
As you may or may not have heard, Crunchyroll brought the Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple film over the states as part of their Movie Night series. I was lucky enough to check it out, and I wrote up a...
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Fate/Extra LAST ENCORE’s Grand Journal of Despair
Despair is a reality with which we must contend. Ordinarily, when you finish a show like Fate/Extra LAST ENCORE, you’re left thinking something like, “Ah, this was a show about hope!” The negative,...
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A Cheerful Look at Some Fall 2018 Anime Premieres
I don’t have as much time these days to watch anime, but the start of a new season is always so fresh with hope and excitement just at seeing new things we haven’t seen before, that I couldn’t resist...
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