Tag: Anime

KyoAni and the Melancholy of My Early Twenties

Somewhere in 2009, me and a few of my close college friends marathoned the first…

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Personal Apocalypse in Revolutionary Girl Utena

Recently, I sat with my pastors and a few other congregants after church as we…

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Your Truth in Music: Honesty and Performance in Your Lie in April

I’m slowly getting around to watching the anime my Internet circles keep talking about and…

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God Have Mercy: Justice and Judgement in Death Note

I’m ten years late to the party, but I finally watched Death Note. I’m actually…

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Goodreads Review–Her Eternal Moonlight

Her Eternal Moonlight: Sailor Moon’s Female Fans In North America, An Unauthorized Examination by Steven…

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On Moé, the Queer Female Gaze, and Representation

An article on The Mary Sue about moé caused a bit of a stir on…

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Anime Challenge #6: Anime that never gets old

I’m not one to rewatch, reread, or replay anything unless I’m really really impressed with…

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Loving Anthy and Loving the Other

In my last post about Revolutionary Girl Utena, I compared Utena to Jesus Christ on…

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Anime Challenge #4: Saddest Anime Scene

A death scene is an obvious candidate for this kind of post, so that’ll be…

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Anime Challenge #2: Favorite Anime You’ve Watched So Far

At the end of my last post, I dropped a lowkey, mediocre hint at which…

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