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Monthly Archives: June 2014

New 50 Questions Post!

June 29, 2014by Rebecca 8 Comments

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 […]

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Summer 2014 Season Preview: Judging Anime by its Cover (Part 1)

June 28, 2014by Josh 5 Comments

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 […]

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Previews/First Impressions

Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 4: Soft Power, Looking Forward)

June 26, 2014by Josh 15 Comments

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 […]

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Soft Power

Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 3: Soft Power, K-Pop, and Anime)

June 25, 2014by Josh 8 Comments

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 […]

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Soft Power

Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 2: National Branding is NOT Nationalistic Persuation)

June 24, 2014by Josh 14 Comments

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 […]

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Soft Power

Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Part 1: Power in International Relations)

June 19, 2014by Josh 8 Comments

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 […]

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Looking Back, No Game No Life, Outbreak Company, Relating Anime to Things, Soft Power

Soft Power, National Branding, and the Process of Engineering Attraction (Bibliography)

June 19, 2014by Josh 4 Comments

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 […]

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Soft Power

Why It’s Ok to Like Stupid Shows (Sometimes): Yakitate!! Japan

June 16, 2014by Rebecca 5 Comments

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 […]

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Yakitate!! Japan

TOP 10 IMOUTOS OF ALL TIME

June 3, 2014by Josh 22 Comments

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 […]

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Fanboying/Fangirling, Guest Posts, Lists

The World is Still Beautiful (sometimes), This Show Was Not: My Love/Hate Relationship with Shoujo

June 2, 2014by Rebecca 10 Comments

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 […]

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