Category: Editorials
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When merely good anime is good enough
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Read More →: When merely good anime is good enoughI’ve just spent the last few hours messing around on MyAnimeList. The result? This is the closest I’ve come to realizing how much anime I’ve actually consumed over the years. Apparently, I’ve completed 70 TV series, 51 OVAs and 61 movies, and out of all that, I’m dishing out an average score of 7.9 out…
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Attention Yoko Kanno & Steve Conte enthusiasts!
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Read More →: Attention Yoko Kanno & Steve Conte enthusiasts!A Gabriela Robin Site have posted an awesome acoustic live set by regular Yoko Kanno vocalist/collaborator Steve Conte. Performed songs include “Heaven’s Not Enough” (my favorite), “Living Inside the Shell”, “Words We Couldn’t Say”, “Rain” and “Call Me Call Me” – so that’s some of the best music from Wolf’s Rain, Stand Alone Complex and…
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Disposable anime, or not?
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Read More →: Disposable anime, or not?Every now and then, it’s nice to take a break from long-standing hobbies. I’ve never been one to binge on anime and the idea of day-long marathons positively scares me. At most I can take about five standard length episodes in one sitting; any more and my brain gives up. I begin to feel like…
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Hey there Delilah, what's worth watching?
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Read More →: Hey there Delilah, what's worth watching?I must admit, I haven’t approached this autumn season with my usual enthusiasm for all things Japanese animated. Every review I read says it all sucks, I’m confused; has anime suddenly turned bad? So, since I don’t have the will-power to sit through dozens of mediocre first episodes, I’m asking you instead; what’s worth watching?…
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Anime fan forever?
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Read More →: Anime fan forever?In the wake of Ten’s exit from anime blogging, I can’t help but reflect on my own love affair with anime. In a few years time, could I find myself feeling similarly ambivalent, thinking back on this odd fascination as a mere fling? Or rather, am I destined to be forever an otaku? Decades on,…
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Polling Yoko Kanno's best soundtrack?
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Read More →: Polling Yoko Kanno's best soundtrack?I’m a big fan of Yoko Kanno’s music; be it the atmospheric electronica of Macross Plus (1994) or the acoustic style contributed to Wolf’s Rain (2003), it’s hard to ignore the core emotional beauty of her work; a quality that, not matter which musical style she borrows, ensures that she captures our attention (and often,…
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Anime going mainstream, what's the point?
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Read More →: Anime going mainstream, what's the point?The idea that someone would presume to ignore all anime simply because Pokemon sucks. I want to prove them wrong.
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Someone said "anime isn't deep, it's just entertainment"
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Read More →: Someone said "anime isn't deep, it's just entertainment"Anime is entertainment. Anime is deep. Anime is ugly. Anime is stupid. Anime is beautiful. Anime is isolation. Anime is culture. Anime is anything to anyone.
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Breaking out of the moe box
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Read More →: Breaking out of the moe boxSo many of us are missing out on great anime for no reason other than ignorance.