Rant about popular anime shows aired on American networks Rant about shounen Defining shounen/basic runthrough/analysis Delving into analysis Connection to contemporary America Analysis of Re:Zero/response to shounen And then Response to (for lack of better term) all the stupid people in the world, but specifically Americans Analysis of Madoka/the four archetypes of working-class middle aged-men […]
I used to know a guy, he spent some time living on the military base in Okinawa, Japan. He told me something about Japanese people based on his experience. Something along the lines of, “Japanese people are super introverted. But they have outlets.” And my first thought was actually of their festivals, which they seem […]
I cannot for the life of me, distinguish between the personal stories told in ‘Dark Blue Suit’ and the historical context that was provided. Well, I guess I could. But it’d be strange, I think. The story was told in way where I felt like anyone could be anyone from that time and age. People […]
I gotta admit, I was cracking up watching the stand-up. I’m not sure how many people realize this, but the mom impression is perfect. I’m not a linguist so I can’t really go in detail regarding all the things she gets right, but as far as pronunciation and word choice, absolutely perfect. I’m not really […]
“‘What’s he saying?’ Donald Duk’s pal Arnold Azalea asks in a whisper. ‘Same thing as everybody- Chinese are artsy, cutesy and chickendick.’ Donald whispers back.” The first thing I’d like to say about the film was that I thought it was a nice film. I didn’t like the lead guy all that much, he alternated […]
I admit I cheated a little bit regarding the last post in this section. I am not like Motoko. Whereas I described myself as being between two places, Motoko is beyond them. That said, I want to go a little bit deeper. Regarding history – there is definitely a freedom that comes from being beyond […]
The first thing I’d like to say, just to get it out of the way, was that the movie was okay. Definitely not a great film, not that good, not terrible, solid 6/10 from me. Incidentally, I feel the same about another adaptation of a famous anime that was also released this year, Netflix’s live-action adaptation […]
Includes: class notes as well as observations on program readings and a synthesis of ideas across program texts