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 […]
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 […]
Rebecca’s given her opinion of the anime, but I wanted to jot down (very briefly) some of my own thoughts on Witch Craft Works since I think it’s one of the most interesting shows […]
I’m on a roll with finishing up posts it seems! (Warning: ~4000 word post incoming.)
At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be much in common between Chu2koi Ren and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Or at second glance. While there might not be much in the […]
Samurai Flamenco is a strange show. But it is nothing if not entertaining.
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 […]
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 […]
So it turns out there’s a little more to add to these notes. Originally, I was just going to end the series in my last post because I wanted to […]
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 […]
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 […]