Author: gendomike

Michael lives in the Los Angeles area, and has been into anime since he saw Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1999. Some of his favorite shows include Full Metal Alchemist, Honey and Clover, and Welcome to the NHK!. Since 2003 he has gone to at least one anime convention every year. A public radio junkie, which naturally led to podcasting, he now holds a seminary degree and is looking to become Dr. Rev. Otaku Bible Man any day now. Michael can be reached at mike.huang@animediet.net. You can also find his Twitter account at @gendomike.
Posted in Anime Reviews

The Vault 01: Serial Experiments Lain–The Digital Word Made Flesh

Explanation of the Vault series The Digital Word Made Flesh Serial Experiments: Lain Directed by Ryutaro Nakamura Character Design by Yoshitoshi ABe Animated by Triangle…

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Michael on Hiatus (of Sorts)–and an Opening Vault!

The audio column I just posted, alas, will be the last new material you’ll be seeing from me for the rest of the month of…

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Posted in Art and Soul Audio Columns Podcasts

Anime Diet Audio Column – Art and Soul 1: Bokurano and the Art of Dying Well

[display_podcast] Warning: contains major spoilers for Bokurano. You heard Ray’s column: now it’s my turn! My column is called “Art and Soul,” which will be…

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We’re Back from the Outage

The Dreamhost outages which affected all of Animeblogger.net yesterday hit us particularly bad, and we only just came back! Just to let you know all…

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Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai 6: Give it Away, Give it Away, Give it Away Now!

Warning: spoilers ahead (if the title wasn’t enough of a giveaway already :)) Gosh, did they have to make things that clear? This episode, which…

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Code-E: First Impressions

The Read or Die team strikes again with another show featuring a megane-ko. This one, though, looks like it’s more focused on the humor in…

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