Sorry everybody, but I’m going to have to take an unexpected break from blogging for a while. I just lost my dog Muffin, who’s been part of the family for well over 10 years. He was the most amazing friend I could ever ask for. I’m grieving a lot and having a hard time coping... Continue Reading →
Whelp, it's been a while since I've done one of these. To be honest, I'm running out of ideas for content at the moment, and a lot's happened in the past couple months, so I thought it might be good to sit back and talk about it. The New Year was an incredibly stressful time... Continue Reading →
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzimiya was all over the anime world in the mid-2000’s. The memetic misadventures of the sociopathic tsundere (who's actually God... I think) captivated fans across the Internet. But the show’s popularity tanked in its second season, due to the infamous “Endless Eight” arc. They literally made the same episode, eight times... Continue Reading →
I was obsessed with The Promised Neverland pretty much from Episode 1. As soon as I finished the first season of the anime, I read the entire manga on my Shonen Jump mobile app. I was hyped for Season 2 more than practically anything else this year. But the latest episode has me torn about... Continue Reading →
2020 was a horrible year, but one of the things it taught me was how to appreciate the simple comforts when life gets too overwhelming. A brisk winter's morning, a hot bowl of pasta, a cuddle sesh with my puppy, and nostalgic Legend of Zelda games from my childhood. Replaying Zelda has become my yearly... Continue Reading →
The Xeno series has a long and messy history. It started with 1998’s Xenogears on the PS1, created by Square (now Square Enix) under the direction of husband-and-wife duo Tetsuya Takahashi and Soraya Saga. The story was ambitious and ahead of its time, but budget and time constraints required most of Disc 2’s gameplay to... Continue Reading →
The 2010’s were, in some ways, a culmination of the past 100 years of anime history. Online streaming came into its own, causing an influx of new content and bridging the gap between Japan and the rest of the world. New genres came into the spotlight, and old classics were improved upon. Anime became a... Continue Reading →
Last time, anime rose from a nationwide economic crisis to become a global juggernaut. The 1990’s saw enormous growth for the industry, but an even bigger change was just around the corner. Computers and the internet completely changed anime - how it’s made, how we watch it, and how we talk about it with others.... Continue Reading →
The anime industry reached its artistic high point in the 1980’s, but the good times wouldn’t last. The Japanese stock market crashed in 1991, thanks to (what else?) corporate corruption and an incompetent banking system. Millions of people lost everything, and businesses were forced to close or restructure to survive. In this “Lost Decade”, people... Continue Reading →
In the 1960’s and 70’s, the anime industry saw a massive amount of growth in a relatively short time. We went from barely animated black-and-white shows about tiny robots, to sweeping epic space operas about giant robots. But all that was just a prologue to the 80’s, the golden age of the medium. At a... Continue Reading →
