Psychoanalyzing Monsters: Gauna, Titans, and Vampires in Knights of Sidonia, Attack on Titan and Shiki

Regardless of parental efforts to protect their children, we’re introduced to monsters disturbingly early in life. For those that are fortunate, monsters are little more than fantastical apparitions conjured up from the fertile soil of boundless childlike imagination. However, it’s an inevitability that at some point in our lives, we either encounter real monsters, monsters […]

Haruma Miura to star in live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan

Exciting news for the live-action adaptation world. For Attack on Titan fans languishing for a second season, there’s the live-adaptation to look forward to. It has been confirmed that Japanese actor Miura Haruma (三浦春馬) will be starring in the live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan, scheduled for release sometime in 2015. It should be […]

Share the love, Attack on Titan style

Valentine’s Day may be overly commercialized and serves little purpose than to line the pockets of card, flower and candy-making conglomerates, but there’s no reason that’s the only way to celebrate! Write a heartfelt message on a greeting card (bonus points if it’s hand-made). Fight with other guys over the least dessicated flowers in the […]

Anime Monographia’s Top 5 Anime of 2013

I’ve been watching anime on and off for close to 15 years. Mostly on, though I mostly stuck to a few shows (shonen genre mostly) but I had an off-period where I left the anime world for Japanese live action dramas. When I had run out of Japanese dramas, I found my way back to […]

“O Captain! My Captain!”: Channeling Walt Whitman in Attack on Titan

No one loves and hates more fiercely than Eren Yeager. Except for Captain Levi. Though scarcely a cold ember to Eren’s raging inferno, Levi, despite being a hardened veteran, feels the most out of our merry, intrepid band of soldiers. You can’t help but let cynicism darken your thoughts and general perspective on life when […]