The Horror of Humanity in Garo: The Carved Seal of Flames

Where there is light, shadows lurk and fear reigns…yet by the blade of Knights, mankind was given hope. -Opening line to Garo TV series This fall’s been shaping up to be a very good season for anime. While popular sequels to franchises like Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works and Psycho-Pass are certainly carrying the mainstream […]

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 […]