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There are many wonderful moments to enjoy in Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm Dance (Arslan Senki: Fuujin Ranbu), but the opening fight between Gieve and Hilmes stole the premiere episode for me and affirmed my opinion that Gieve, is indeed, the most overpowered guy on Team Arslan. When we’re talking about combat skill, Daryun might be […]
Read More 12 Days of Anime #3: Heroics in Legend of Arslan: Dust Storm DanceThe Digital World is a cruel place for children. Haven’t you noticed how every time the Digidestined get the chance to go to the Digital World, it is rarely a good thing?
Read More 12 Days of Anime #2: Anguish in Digimon Adventure Tri: ConfessionWhile the nail-biting cliffhangers and Satoru’s mounting desperation to avert the tragedy he has lived through kept me on the edge of my seat every week, the emotional payoff when Satoru sees a smiling, healthy Kayo with her baby boy was, for me, the highlight of ERASED (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi, lit. “The Town Without Me”).
Read More 12 Days of Anime #1: Joy in ERASEDWhat do you get when you take the insane cocktail of artistry and ligament-tearing terror that is figure skating and channel that story through the quintessentially eccentric and trope-glutted visual monster that is anime? You either end up with something utterly mediocre, or you end up something that is brilliant to watch.
Read More Skating on Thin Ice: When Fandoms Collide (It’s Beautiful)Founded in 1998, Fanfiction.Net is the largest and most frequented fanfiction website in the world, easily outstripping any other fanfiction archive in sheer volume of fanfics published. For the casual fanfiction consumer, this site may be the only fanfiction stop they need to make. So naturally, in accordance to Sturgeon’s law, Fanfiction.Net is also the […]
Read More Best Practices for Finding Good Fanfiction on Fanfiction.NetSpring’s been an awesome season for anime all around, but Sakamoto desu ga? (“Haven’t you heard? I’m Sakamoto”) is easily my top pick. This week’s mini episode featuring Hayabusa’s culinary ventures with Sakamoto hit a particularly sweet spot…and perfectly timed for Father’s Day. The premise behind Sakamoto desu ga is a series of comedic vignettes based around Sakamoto, […]
Read More Fathers and Sons in Sakamoto desu ga? Episode 10You’d be hard pressed to find a better contender for the illustrious title of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s biggest fanboy than Seto Kaiba. Maybe you’ve bought enough booster packs to support half the game stores in your neck of the woods. Maybe your hours of watching (or playing) children’s card games rivals your hours in class. Or maybe, just […]
Read More When Seto Kaiba Finally Gets His Movie…He’s Still Yu-Gi-Oh!‘s Biggest Fanboy(This is the first part in a multi-post series looking at Mai Valentine (Kujaku Mai)’s characterization, the implications of the narrative’s treatment of her identity as a woman and as a duelist, and how she adds to the overall Yu-Gi-Oh! canon as a main female character. This series is part of a larger series called […]
Read More Be Mai Valentine? Sight, Blindness and Beauty in Yu-Gi-Oh! Episode 6: The Beautiful Harpie Lady
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