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Colloquium: No Game No Life

July 19, 2014by Rebecca 18 Comments

Hey guys so Josh and I just finished watching No Game No Life (NGNL) a few weeks back. Not gonna lie it’s my fault for taking forever to finish it […]

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Joint Post, No Game No Life, Rants, Reviews, Sword Art Online

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

Back of the Envelope: Kill La Kill and “Coming of Age”

March 12, 2014by Josh 3 Comments

For the longest time, I’ve been trying to work out what some of the more symbolic elements in KLK were supposed to symbolize. I mean, more academically-oriented/”high-brow” fans have known about […]

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Back of the Envelope, Kill La Kill, Relating Anime to Things, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

12 Days of Anime Day 5: The Current Status of Light Novel Adaptations (and Outbreak Company Fanboying)

December 19, 2013by Josh 6 Comments

It’s good to be back. Let’s get to it.

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12 Days of Anime, Fanboying/Fangirling, Infinite Stratos, NouCome, Outbreak Company, Rants, Relating Anime to Things, Reviews, Soft Power

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

Back of the Envelope: The Infamous Bathroom Scene

October 28, 2013by Josh 11 Comments

Bathrooms (or similar places, like onsens) come up in a ton of anime, so I thought I might as well talk about their possible significance beyond the fact that they’re […]

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Back of the Envelope, Interpreting Interpretation

Back on the Envelope: Kill La Kill Episode 2

October 15, 2013by Josh 6 Comments

Like everyone else cool on the anisphere (look at that peer pressure), I’m watching Kill la Kill  this season. So I thought I’d chip in my two cents on some […]

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Back of the Envelope, Fanboying/Fangirling, Kill La Kill, Relating Anime to Things, Samurai Flamenco

Fall 2013: First Impressions Round Three

October 11, 2013by Josh 4 Comments

Round 3: Where I weigh in on more of this season’s anime, and talk about some random stuff. And also realize there’s a lot of shows now airing.

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Diabolik Lovers, Kyoukai no Kanata, NouCome, Yozakura Quartet

Guest Post: Psycho-Pass Review

June 2, 2013by Rebecca 4 Comments

I got my girlfriend to watch Psycho-Pass and write a blog post about it (ikr?!?!). What did she have to say about the show?

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Guest Posts, Psycho-Pass, Reviews

12 Days of Anime: Day 6 – OniAi Sucks; What’s Better?

December 19, 2012by Josh 7 Comments

Day 6: OniAi On the sixth day of anime my waifu gave to me, six girls a-fawning… five metal vessels! four Riki routes… three Jormungands… two rockin’ Joestars… and a […]

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12 Days of Anime, Fanboying/Fangirling, OniAi, Raging, Rants

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