Otaku and the Media-Culture “Machine” (Part 1): Introduction
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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Colloquium: No Game No Life
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 […]
What ARE Otaku Exactly? The (Non)Dual Nature of the “Otaku” in Gainax’s Otaku no Video
I’m on a roll with finishing up posts it seems! (Warning: ~4000 word post incoming.)
Interpreting Interpretation: Geekdom as Simulated Ethnicity…?
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 […]
12 Days of Anime Day 5: The Current Status of Light Novel Adaptations (and Outbreak Company Fanboying)
It’s good to be back. Let’s get to it.
I missed the name there – that was ‘Ore’…what?: Light Novels Defending Light Novels
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.
Book Review: “Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals”
In this book review, I take a look at what I think is probably the most important book a more academically-inclined anime fan could read. While it might or might […]
A Brief Digression / Notes on “Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals”: Part 6 – The Dissociated Human
My summer in Japan is a strange one. What do I mean by that? For one, I’m actually doing astronomy research at an institute that is entirely in English, with […]
Notes on “Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals”: Part 5 – Snobbery and the Fictional Age
It seems that research plus doing things in Tokyo is taking up much more of my time than anticipated, and some things have really fallen off as a result. As […]
Notes on “Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals”: Part 4 – Moe-elements
It seems like I’m on a roll tonight, so here’s another post/commentary/nice way to take breaks between writing code. Hopefully putting out two posts in a couple hours won’t overwhelm […]
