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Duck Gets Dunked in Princess Tutu 3-6
I took a break at the structural cliffhanger; turns out sad emotions make people sad. Princess Tutu got me good. Coming out of episode 4, I was starting to wonder about Princess Tutu only restoring...
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My Boyfriend is an Immortal Pilot
It’s important to the thesis of this piece that I note I tried to write the entirety of this post while listening to “My Boyfriend is a Pilot” on repeat. I couldn’t do it. “My Boyfriend is a Pilot” is...
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Guilty as Charged: Princess Tutu 7-11
We’re totally gearing up for a big midshow climax, and I am completely emotionally prepared (no I’m not). {episodes 3-6} At this point I cannot imagine any of this ending well for Rue in the...
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Aniwords – The Lost Village is the Best Comedy of the Season
I didn’t write that title just for the clickbait; I wrote it because I actually believe it’s true. It takes a lot for a show like The Lost Village (Mayoiga) to succeed as well as it does, and analysis...
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Idol Incubation: The Circumstances of Fledging Idols in Macross
The question is: are idols born, or are they made of the circumstances of their universe? In Macross, you might say it’s a little of both. I’m ignoring Macross 7 because A) I haven’t seen it yet, and...
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Aniwords – On Sakuga, and Why You Should Care About It
Sakuga is the new hot topic in the anime blogging and Twitter communities, and as a someone who has really gotten a lot out of expanding my anime interests into the realm of the actual animation, I...
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Fakir is a Childhood Friend, Thus He Suffers: Princess Tutu Episodes 12-14
Listen, I don’t choose for childhood friends to always be my favorites – it just always works out that way. {episodes 7-11} You could ascertain this from my Catholicism, but I don’t believe in fate as...
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Aniwords – Premise as Plot in Re:ZERO
After some harried last minute revisions, I finally got this piece on Re:Zero, which I’ve been enjoying more for the moe than for the “serious story.” There’s actually a lot about the way this show is...
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My Life is in Danger Thanks to Princess Tutu Episodes 15-18
I just want all the characters in this show to be happy, but I also want them to defy their fates…and we all know what Princess Tutu says about that. {episodes 12-14} While I find Fakir most relatable...
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The Wind-Up: Princess Tutu Episode 19
The end of the story draws near. {episodes 15-18} I almost made the previous post just a reflection on Princess Tutu‘s thoughts about love, but it didn’t quite come together so I trashed that idea and...
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Aniwords – Kiznavier & How to Say Things without Words
I don’t know how many of you guys are watching Kiznaiver (mostly because I’ve been very poor at writing up those weekly posts this season due to the volume of stuff I’m watching), but episode 7 was...
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Aniwords – The Marvel Cinematic Universe, Modern Anime, and Ambition in...
I read things, which make me think of other things—which make me want to write things. Thus goes the cycle of my Aniwords columns. Speaking of which, I’m actually at my one-year anniversary writing...
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Aniwords – Dealing with Bakugo
Another week, another Aniwords! On the docket this week is My Hero Academia, which I confess I feel rather lax for having left untouched for this long. While I think the show’s pretty good, and even...
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Aniwords – Concrete Hero Luluco: From Heroes to Justice to Love
I’ve been away on a business trip, which is why I’m late getting this one posted over here. I apologize for the blog’s relative deadness as of late – I promise I haven’t forgotten about it; just in a...
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Aniwords – The Lost Village and the Death of the Genre
The Lost Village wasn’t the best anime that aired this season, nor was it anywhere close to being my favorite, but darn it, it was sure a heckuva a lot of fun to write about. I’ve long since passed by...
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On the Kuma Miko Ending Controversy and Creative Ownership
All this started because everyone was talking about something I hadn’t seen and I just had to be a part of the conversation. I have not watched even a single minute of Kuma Miko, but when I heard...
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A Comparison of Translations for Concrete Revolutio
It’s not often we get two different official sets of subtitles for a simulcasting anime, but that’s what happened with Concrete Revolutio (which was streamed by both Funimation and Daisuki here in the...
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Aniwords – Rediscovering the Musicals of My Childhood in Anime Insert Songs
I think I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve decided to take a strictly personal angle on an anime-related topic during my three years of anime writing, but today I’ve got another addition...
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The Best Anime of Spring 2016
Spring 2016 was ridiculous. It’s been a long time since I’ve watched 10+ shows in a season, but this season made me do it. In addition, the top level of shows this season were ridiculous. We had...
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First Impressions: Summer 2016 Anime (Part 1)
So, it’s that time of the year again, that time of the year that comes around four times a year, that time of year when a bunch of new anime start all at once and it’s a mad scramble to try and watch...
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