Have You Heard About Anime Jesus?: A Saint Young Men Review
Religious figures and anime make for a provocative mix.
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Anime roundup 1/16/2014: Kidnapped By Plot
In this week’s viewing: hapless teenaged boys are dragged into supernatural doings left and right, and a dark comedy wins premiere week.
Krakens and Spiders and Zombies, Oh My!
Monsters have always been with us in genre fiction, in ancient myths, and fairy tales. But are they ever new?
What Were You Expecting, Baby?
A look at criticism of Space Dandy and some thoughts with relation to Cowboy Bebop.
Anime roundup 1/9/2014: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
In this week’s viewing: High hopes meet reality in the first batch of winter premieres.
Anime roundup 1/2/2014: Best of 2013
What do you do when there’s nothing to watch? Make Hugo recommendations. And there are a couple more premieres to know about…
Anime roundup 12/26/2013: Home for the Holidays
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga and Galilei Donna wrap things up with family reunions, and more!
Winter 2014 SF Anime Preview
What’s coming to the intersection of anime and sf worlds in January? (Spoiler: No Sailor Moon, unfortunately.) So many new and renewed shows you’d think it was Christmas or something!
Satoshi Kon and Christmas Miracles
You may have heard of the famous Japanese directors Akira Kurosawa and Hayao Miyazaki. You should have heard of Satoshi Kon – and now you will….
Anime roundup 12/19/2013: It’s the End of the Plot As We Know It
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga and Galilei Donna hurtle toward seemingly inevitable conclusions, and more!
Why “I Don’t Like Anime” Doesn’t Really Make Sense
Morgana Santilli discusses etiquette of how to say you aren’t interested in anime, and the prejudice you show in saying you don’t like anime.
Anime roundup 12/11/2013: Is This the Real Life?
In this week’s viewing: Heading into the homestretch of the season, series compete for the most amazing twist!
Itadakimasu! The Significance of Food In Anime
Can wisdom be found in a ramen noodle shop? Fans, Anime and Food collide – but there’s no need to call in Senator Blutarsky.
Anime roundup 12/4/2013: Mass Confusion
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco falls further down the rabbit hole, Kyousougiga promises to emerge from it, and more!
Characters That Will Always Remain
Is anime a way for some of us to retain our childhood fancies? Or do we recognize ourselves in the characters we’ve chosen to admire? Morgana Santilli discusses her reasons for her favorite characters when she was younger and how her preference have changed with growing up.
A veteran of the Robotech wars
Two of the first wave of TV shows that brought modern anime to America are joining forces.
Anime roundup 11/27/2013: Gorilla My Dreams
In this week’s viewing: Samurai Flamenco makes a violent lurch in a wholly unexpected direction, and more!
RWBY: The Anime-Inspired Webseries I Can’t Stop Talking About
Morgana Santilli talks about what makes RWBY a great animated series, and webseries.
Anime roundup 11/20/2013: Privilege Hath Its Rankness
In this week’s viewing: Galilei Donna and Kill la Kill check out life at the top of the heap, Kyousougiga goes behind the scenes, and more!
ABSOLUTE ZERO: Cool Websites, Very Cool
Who doesn’t love a good cartoon? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? From Disney’s inception of Steamboat Willie (still under copyright, lol) to Max Fleischer, thru Betty Boop, to the zaniness and (inappropriate?) violence of Chuck Jones […]
Top Post de Octubre en Amazing Stories
Libros Hubo muchas reseñas de libros el mes pasado. Gary Dalkin reseña la colección de 10 historias Feast and Famine: Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Steve Fahnestalk nos recomienda el libro […]
Anime roundup 11/15/2013: Madness? This Is Anime!
In this week’s viewing: Kyousougiga gets more disturbing, Galilei Donna gets more depressing, and everything gets just a little more insane.
Consider the Magical Girl
With the Sailor Moon relaunch just a few months away, I seem to be seeing an onslaught of magical girls in the media.
Battle Fever J! This Is Why I Love Japan (and You Should, Too)
Battle Fever J was a forerunner of the Power Rangers: four guys and a girl in superhero suits, saving the world from “the mysterious deity Satan Egos.”
Dubbing Gone Wrong: Americanization, Racism, and Willful Ignorance
It is extremely difficult, as a creator of any sort, to escape your culture.
Anime roundup 11/1/2013: Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Stream
In this week’s viewing: An unexpected additional premiere made by Lewis Carroll fans, big news about a show coming up next season, and more!
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