Author: gendomike
Attack on Titan: “Why We Fight” For the Otaku Age?
gendomike talks Titan: about its deep appeal, which uses primary human fears and emotions to advance what is, fundamentally, a militaristic narrative that calls upon not only the characters, but the audience, to fight. But to fight what, or who?
Review: The Garden of Words
The Garden of Words, despite its return to Makoto Shinkai’s perhaps overly familiar themes and motifs, is still the most concise and eloquent expression of longing he has ever put on screen. A visual and aesthetic tour-de-force by nearly any measure, it is Shinkai’s masterpiece.
WataMote 4: You Can (Not) Be Touched
The latest episode of WataMote adapts some of the raunchiest chapters of the manga to show how Tomoko, no matter how much she wants it, is literally untouchable. A troubling episode when you dig deeper into it.
Transcript: George Wada (Producer: Attack on Titan) Press Conference
Here’s a direct transcript of George Wada (producer: Attack on Titan)’s comments to the press at Anime Expo 2013. Find out why he made the anime, what it might represent to the contemporary Japanese..and why Mikasa’s abs are drawn like that.
WataMote 3: Avoidance
The episodic journey continues with the third episode of WataMote, which is all about the lengths which Tomoko will go to avoid awkward situations. Which is pretty much any situation involving anyone.
San Diego Comic Con 2013 Tweet Digest, Day 4
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