Unpopular Opinions Time (Tag Post)

Thanks to Mari for the tag. Disclaimer: The title warned you what this is about already, so if you don't want internet arguments, it's best you head to a different post. Also, there are vague spoilers in the love triangle bit (and large spoilers in the alternate answer) - but if I told you what...

Lessons from Kado

Beware the scorned anime watcher… Meta context: This is originally from May 2018, which is why this post doesn’t address Beyond Information. I do prefer that over some of the plot points discussed in this post, but I do believe the movie came far too late for it to be effective on the long-term impressions...

Digging into the Mystery of Mysterious Characters

The "mysterious, incomprehensible woman" character type in anime is normally relegated to...well, a woman. So, I was thinking - is this type really as restrictive as we think it is? Can I trace it back to something? The return of Golden Kamuy (henceforth GK) brings the return of Inkarmat, the woman who uses her fox jaw...

A Magical 2017 pt. II (a.k.a. the Spellbook Awards)

This is part 2 of a post from yesterday. It goes without saying there are spoilers here for some categories. I also included some joke categories, so have fun reading and sharing your own. Speaking of awards though, I got a total of 100 likes on my posts on Monday. Note: If not specified, only anime...

A Magical 2017 pt. I (yearly rankings)

It's the end of the year...and since this is the first year of doing end-of-year rankings on the Spellbook, I'm doing things a bit differently this time. ...Scratch that. It's very different, and thus a lot longer than usual. It's so long, in fact, I'm posting part II (Spellbook Awards) in 24 hours' time.  I...

Computer (-Generated Imagery) Love (7th Day of Anime)

The grip of CGI in anime is both a great thing and a terrible thing... CGI is becoming a common gripe of the standard anime fan, whether they’ve seen only shows from 2017 or shows from all over the temporal joint. However, it is getting easier to tell that the graphics are getting better as...

Kado vs ACCA

[Meta context: First published on July 6th 2017, this post...has its context explained in the header. It is edited slightly for consistency. You can find it on Tumblr here.] WordPress is the one place that’s been getting me off my lazy butt in writing these longer articles, and after bringing this up with Scott from Mechanical Anime...

Kado’s Many Types of Appeal

[Meta context: First published on June 24th 2017, this post delves into the positives of Seikaisuru Kado, which was at the time being shunned for a particularly bad plot twist. The post is edited slightly for consistency. You can find the post on Tumblr here.] (This was an article I’d typed a few weeks ago, but...

Kado, Tsukigakirei and the Power of Technology

[Meta context: First published on June 9th 2017, this article was intended to spark a deeper discussion. It is edited slightly for consistency. You can find it on Tumblr here.] Series these days are prone to pointing out the benefits – and sometimes even flaws – of today’s technology, but two shows that have pulled this...