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. […]
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 […]
Cultural flows between nations are extremely interesting phenomena. They represent the inter-connectedness of our world and the people who inhabit it while also providing alternate channels for nations to exert […]
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 […]
In this next guest post, I teamed up with misfortunedogged from over at Things in the Fridge to defend one of our most beloved anime genres: the harem. While it […]
After finishing up our day in Nara, we grabbed our bags and hopped on the train up to Kyoto for the evening, where we’d be spending the next couple days. […]
These are a series of notes compiled over time concerning Azuma’s Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals, what I think is one of the most insightful books in the absolutely enthralling subfield that is anime(-related) […]
I’ve gotten a little bit behind on chronicling my time here in Japan due to a combination of getting engrossed in research (I forgot about how much time I throw […]
Happy post-Thanksgiving to everyone! Hope you all had a good break. I got a nice break from school, and now and getting run over by deadlines. As Douglas Adams used […]
So here’s a brief digression before anything Kara no Kyoukai related, and my second post! Here goes… Interpretation in media and art has always been an interesting question, and especially […]
