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Humanity is Screwed: Dystopian Visions in Psycho-Pass and Shin Sekai Yori (Colloquium)

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Since I somewhat recently finished Shin Sekai Yori (SSY), Josh and I were talking (bickering) about it — as we are wont to do whenever I finish a show that he’s been […]

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Joint Post, Looking Back, Psycho-Pass, Relating Anime to Things, Reviews, Shin Sekai Yori

12 Days of Anime Day Six: We’re alive!

February 15, 2015by Josh 8 Comments

It’s been quite a while since the last time I posted on here.

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12 Days of Anime, General, Looking Back

Anime Expo 2014 Commentary Part 1: Visual Novels and “Thinking” Motion

September 3, 2014by Josh 12 Comments

Late as always since research ended up getting in the way, but I finally finished writing these up! :) Note: Just a warning, but this post ended up being much longer […]

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General, Looking Back, Rants

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

Kill La Kill: A Love Story

April 6, 2014by Josh 42 Comments

In the weeks following the Kill La Kill (KLK) finale, I’ve seen a lot of people weighing in on the show. Given it’s popularity, over-the-top theatrics, and symbol-heavy plus textually-dense narrative, this isn’t anything too surprising. […]

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Interpreting Interpretation, Kill La Kill, Looking Back, Rants, Reviews

2013: Year in Review

January 21, 2014by Josh 8 Comments

Like last year’s post, I’ve managed to scrape together a list of most of the shows that aired in 2013 (thanks, Wikipedia!) and have just gone through and marked up […]

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General, Looking Back

12 Days of Anime Day 9: Oregairu

December 22, 2013by Josh Leave a comment

Tch. Another post about a light novel adaptation. How original.

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12 Days of Anime, Fanboying/Fangirling, Looking Back, Oregairu

12 Days of Anime Day 8: Date A Live and…Love?

December 21, 2013by Josh 5 Comments

Kotori just can’t be beat. Imouto end = best end. IMOUTO END = TRUE END. ALL HAIL WINCEST.

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12 Days of Anime, Date A Live, Looking Back, My Summer in Japan, Relating Anime to Things, Reviews

I missed the name there – that was ‘Ore’…what?: Light Novels Defending Light Novels

September 1, 2013by Josh 18 Comments

I have a thing for light novels (LNs). And so, it seems, do LNs themselves! WHAT TYPE OF STRANGE INCEST PLOT TWIST IS THIS?! Warning: 5000+ word post incoming.

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Interpreting Interpretation, Looking Back, Oregairu, OreImo, OreShura, Rants, Relating Anime to Things, Reviews

Back of the Envelope: Light Novel Adaptations

July 4, 2013by Josh 7 Comments

Light novel adaptations are interesting things.

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Back of the Envelope, Interpreting Interpretation, Looking Back

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