Tag: 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: 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
A personal reflection by gendomike on how artists–or people, in general–recover, through the lens of Barakamon.
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.
“But To Be Chuunibyou Was Very Heaven!”: A Memoir of Art and Embarassment
Another reminisce of gendomike’s teenage years: those foolish, imagination-soaked days of late middle school and high school, when a king named Sareth Darva Arakin Tanera ruled Andor and started showing up online. Oh, and some parallels to the recent anime Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai.
Jazz Hands: “Kids on the Slope,” Jazz, and Me
A musical memoir about how Mike, a classically trained pianist, learned to swing in his high school years, with reference to the new anime Kids on the Slope. Includes a terribad piano solo recording of “Moanin'” from 1998!