New 50 Questions Post!
Hey guys! So Josh and I thought that it was time to put up a new 50 Questions post this time including my answers as well! Hope you get a […]
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Summer 2014 Season Preview: Judging Anime by its Cover (Part 1)
As always happens, a new season of anime is upon us. That means a lot of new shows and the tedious (or exciting!) process of figuring out what’s worthwhile to […]
Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 4: Soft Power, Looking Forward)
In the earlier posts (1, 2, 3) in this series, I’ve tried to lay out the foundations for how soft power is discussed today and contrast it with how it […]
Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 3: Soft Power, K-Pop, and Anime)
In Parts 1 and 2, I talked a little bit about the role soft power serves in the context of international relations (IR), how attempting to redefine it in a useful […]
Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 2: National Branding is NOT Nationalistic Persuation)
Back in Part 1, I talked a little bit about the motivations for talking about soft power, how it relates to some of the things I’ve learned from watching (and […]
Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 1: Power in International Relations)
A while back, I spent some time talking about my love of (and often annoyance with) light novel (LN) adaptations. At that point, there was a slew of excellent LN […]
Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Bibliography)
Bibliography Armstrong, Shiro. “The China-Japan Relationship and Core Australian Economic Interests.” East Asia Forum. East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 27 May 2012. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. Benfey, Christopher E. G. The […]
Why It’s Ok to Like Stupid Shows (Sometimes): Yakitate!! Japan
So if you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you probably already know that Josh loves watching incredibly stupid shows and then coming up with bullshit reasons to justify […]
TOP 10 IMOUTOS OF ALL TIME
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, anime is filled imoutos, onii-chans, and plenty of incestuous-tinged relationships that naturally follow them. From the more bratty, over-the-top characters like Kirino (OreImo) to the […]
The World is Still Beautiful (sometimes), This Show Was Not: My Love/Hate Relationship with Shoujo
Even though I don’t really watch shoujo that much anymore–I’ve moved on to more shounen type shows–I’m still a sucker for a good romance. However, while that may be the […]
Chromatic Aberration Everywhere 