Tag: Anime
Anime Challenge #1: Very First Anime You Watched
I’ve been busy over the last few months and that combined with writer’s block has…
Sentient Sailor Uniforms are Serious Business: Trope-Twisting in Kill la Kill
Today, I’m very pleased to welcome a guest post from R. I invited her to…
Gurren Lagann’s Immature Masculinity
I enjoyed Gurren Lagann; I really did. It doesn’t replace Kill la Kill in my heart,…
The Allegory of Giha Village: Platonism in Gurren Lagann
How could I invest so much time and energy analyzing Kill la Kill without watching…
Kill la Kyriarchy: Building and Destroying Power Structures
The last post in this series. Today’s theme: how KLK’s oppressive systems work and how they’re…
You Pigs in Human Clothing: A Theology of Clothing in Kill la Kill
Part 3 of my Kill la Kill series. Today’s theme: Religion coopted into an oppressive force,…
Girlhood and Magical Uniforms: Coming of Age in Kill la Kill
Part 2 of my Kill la Kill series. Today’s theme: feminism, magical girls, and growing up….
Queer la Queer: From Illogical Dedication to Misappropriation
Kill la Kill is one of those rare series that has delivered just about everything…
Princess Jellyfish: Challenging Conventional Beauty and Letting Yourself Feel Uncomfortable
Princess Jellyfish is a cute little series that I honestly think is severely underrated, largely…
Is Yuri Anime Decent Representation?
Anime is one of the few mediums where you can really say that there’s something…