Tag: anime
Spit Take: Why Mysterious Girlfriend X’s shock value works
Mike makes a case for why drool has to be there to shock the audience in Mysterious Girlfriend X, while attempting to write an article under 1000 words!
The Fujiko Telegrams: Lupin III Fujiko Mine 4
In the latest installment of The Fujiko Telegrams, wintermuted and dcbebop consider the changes made to the character of Zenigata. And they don’t approve of them.
The Fujiko Telegrams: Lupin III Fujiko Mine, Episode 3
Wintermuted and DCBebop, our resident Lupin experts, continue their discussion of the new series. And this time, they disagree (just a little), on this episode introducing the samurai Goemon.
What if I had never gotten into anime?
Ray gives a heartfelt confession of what anime, fandom, and God has meant to him over the years. Another entry in the “Diary of an Anime Lived” series.
Chihayafuru: The Rules of the Shoujo Game
I’m now caught up on Chihayafuru, which is an interesting experiment in how much an anime can be fixated on a single subject without losing its human focus. Is karuta really a metaphor for everything?
Review: End of Summer 2011 Season and Still Standing
As we’re closing in to the end of 2011, we are entering the end game. The game to end it all. The time to both…