Author: moritheil

One might be forgiven for thinking that Moritheil is a postmodern literary critic who started reviewing video games in 2001, and spent the early 2000s learning at the right hand of con staff and fansubbers. However, those rumors are spurious: Moritheil is actually a distant relative of Genghis Khan who stands poised to conquer the world via the Internet. Follow along at http://twitter.com/moritheil.
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Otaku no ken

When you take up a sword, you must feel intent on cutting the enemy. – Miyamoto Musashi, Go Rin No Sho The Associated Press have…

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Posted in Anime Reviews Believe What You Hear Editorials

A Brave New Divergence

I have seen the future, and it is fantastic. Multicolored hair!  Massive oppai¹!  Quantum everything!  Cool robots!  Just ignore the bizarre displays of objectum sexual²…

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Posted in Believe What You Hear News

Anime Diet wishes you a happy Cirno Day

Anime Diet wishes all residents of Gensyoko a happy Cirno Day.  ZUN, creator of Touhou, alternately labeled Cirno “the strongest faerie” and “⑨ – idiot.” …

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Posted in Audio Columns Original Content Poetry

Kyon-kun, Denwa Song

Kyon-kun, denwa (キョンくん, 電話) [With apologies to Leonard Cohen] I heard there was a secret chord Nagato played that pleased the Lord but you don’t…

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Japan’s LDP annihilated

In what can only be described as a landslide election, the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan lost approximately 300 of 480 Diet seats. Taro “Rozen”…

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Love and Purity in Ponyo

Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, Gake no ue no Ponyo) is not a date movie, but it has a lot to say about relationships. Ponyo is about love….

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