Category: Diary of an Anime Lived
The SNAFUS of Youth
Gendomike returns with a rambling reflection on what Oregairu meant to him. And a reminiscence.
The Anno Age: Moving On From Hideaki Anno (Part 2)
Author: gendomike Published Date: October 15, 2014 5 Comments on The Anno Age: Moving On From Hideaki Anno (Part 2)
The second part of Gendomike’s meditation on the effect HIdeaki Anno’s anime had on his life: from Kare Kano until today’s Evangelion remake films.
The Anno Age: Hideaki Anno and My Early Fandom (Part 1)
Author: gendomike Published Date: October 14, 2014 2 Comments on The Anno Age: Hideaki Anno and My Early Fandom (Part 1)
I: Insufficient Depression The problem with Hideaki Anno these days is that he seems too happy. At least that’s the impression one gets from reading…
Barakamon: The Artist In Recovery
Author: gendomike Published Date: September 28, 2014 2 Comments on Barakamon: The Artist In Recovery
A personal reflection by gendomike on how artists–or people, in general–recover, through the lens of Barakamon.
Forget Me Not
Author: gendomike Published Date: April 28, 2014
A meditation of friendship, forgetting, and how to remember to love, in the wake of One Week Friends.
WataMote
Remember when you thought you had no friends and you were so socially awkward you couldn’t talk? Gendomike–and the new show WataMote–remembers.