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Otaku and the Media-Culture “Machine” (Part 1): Introduction

July 12, 2015by Josh 2 Comments

Hey guys, here is the intro to the introduction of a series of posts Josh will be writing about pop culture, media, anime, and all that jazz. I’ve read the […]

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Otaku and the Media-Culture Machine, Relating Anime to Things

12 Days of Anime Day Seven: Offensive vs. Defensive Meta-ness

March 10, 2015by Josh 5 Comments

As many of you guys are probably aware, I have a long-running love-hate relationship with the idea of meta-ness. And, as you probably can guess, it’s time to revisit that relationship yet […]

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12 Days of Anime, Back of the Envelope, Interpreting Interpretation, Relating Anime to Things

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

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

Interpreting Interpretation: Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity…?

March 25, 2014by Josh 18 Comments

In an article titled “Postmodern Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity“,  Kom Kunyosying and Carter Soles argue that geek culture (i.e. “geekdom”) as portrayed by popular media, functions as a sort of “simulated ethnicity”, where being a […]

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Interpreting Interpretation, Rants

Anime Boston 2014 Short Commentary

March 25, 2014by Josh 1 Comment

Jotting down some thoughts on this year’s Anime Boston (in somewhat chronological order), which hopefully will also encourage me to get some posts up since it got me thinking of […]

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The Twelve Days of Anime Day 10: Fangirling vs Fanboying

December 24, 2013by Rebecca 12 Comments

I am not too incredibly inundated in anime culture (which is why I feel a bit out of my depth on this blog sometimes XD), but since I am planning […]

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12 Days of Anime, Fanboying/Fangirling

Random Stuff about Kill La Kill

October 31, 2013by Josh 3 Comments

So Kill La Kill is a PRETTY AWESOME show. But it actually turns out to be even more awesome and clever than even I had realized.

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Fanboying/Fangirling, Kill La Kill

Interpreting Interpretation: (Meta-)Interpretive Frameworks

September 30, 2013by Josh 5 Comments

A while back, I attempted to analyze the ways that interpretive styles differ among fans, and how we can use that to not only classify ourselves but also understand some […]

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Interpreting Interpretation

RWBY: Fairy Tales, Databasing, and Western Anime

August 23, 2013by Rebecca 6 Comments

RWBY is a strange show – an anime that is yet not an anime in almost every sense of the term. Being one of the only anime since Avatar: The Last […]

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Joint Post, Relating Anime to Things, Reviews, RWBY

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