Ode to Anime Studios – NAZ

To be honest, I kept putting this studio off for this post series because I don’t have much information to go off… This is one of those instances where the studio is known under several names – the company website doesn’t refer to itself as “NAZ”, but rather “Anima & Company” (even in the URL,...

Sailing the High Seas

I ended up caving for a subscription to my region's main licensing company somewhat recently, which got me thinking, what drives people to piracy in the first place? (...and no, when I say "pirates" in this post, I don't mean those pirates.) Important note: This post is not to defend piracy as a practice -...

Hyping Up Fall 2020

I revealed some of my picks already, so it's time to make a full list! Now that the subscription means I don't have to wait a week on some anime, I'm making my list now (so then I can focus on finishing both my AWC monthly and simulcasts...from spring and summer...in time for the new...

Human Lost: Cyberpunk Crossing the Divides

Much like I took a song and wrote a sci-fi out of it, Human Lost does the same to Osamu Dazai's No Longer Human... ...that means it has vignettes including some of the iconic scenes of the novel, but since it's a sci-fi, it's also gotta stitch those vignettes together, for better or for worse....

Knowing the Nuance is Critical (A Fugou Keiji Post)

Fugou Keiji is pretty straightforward - rich guy meets poor guy (in relation to him), rich guy works with poor guy, rich guy ruins poor guy's life...okay, I'm kidding about that last bit... ...but what's not so straightforward is the nuance hidden in Japanese, which often doesn't get conveyed even if the translation is what...

We All Live in a Pokemon World

Watching these Pokemon anime put on YouTube, such as Generations and Twilight Wings, reminds me why I grew up with and love the series. Twilight Wings is a nice bit of animated goodness. The Wooloo episode really hit a chord, so much I watched it a second time without thinking after watching it the first...

A Connoisseur’s Guide to Anime Cheese

(...Yes, I'm going out on an extreme limb here and dedicating an entire post to weird cheese metaphors. Sue me.) I mention the word "cheesy" regarding some summer 2020 anime (hence the summer 2020 anime comparisons throughout this post), but to be honest, I have several meanings when it comes to that word. Note the...

Ode to Anime Studios – Trigger

This is the 2nd studio from the order that was decided by the readers. Trigger is a fairly young studio, having started in 2012 (Minto 2018), and are known for their staff, which are a pack which formed out of the vacuum left by Hideaki Anno at Gainax circa 2006 (Minto 2018). You might know...

Is Anime Childish?

Responding to Keni's post here. Keni says that anime is childish because it's escapism. That is a valid argument, but there's more to it than simply that. (He then derails the topic to discuss what anime taught him, but while the lessons anime teaches are universal and for any age group, I can't really refute...

#AniTwitWatches Round 7: Rolling Girls 11 – 12

Previous eps. Eps 1 - 2Eps 3 - 4Eps 5 - 6Eps 7 - 8Ep 9Ep 10 Episode 11 Imagine if a shonen hero’s mother defeated the villain! (That would suck…)I’ve always thought Princess Kaguya-inspired characters were prettier than the others, even in series like Lilpri where the characters are all meant to look generically...