Behind The Nihon Review

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More of the same.  Unlike the previous post, this post starts to be a little more heavy on the spoilers, since we’re starting to get into the crux of the anime.  I think, if you haven’t seen the series, the spoilers are specific enough that you’ll forget them if you haven’t started the series, and [...]

I thought this would be an interesting exercise to do, and I certainly didn’t plan this while I was watching and actively commenting on the show, which is what makes for such an interesting “experiment”.  Basically, this is a collection of posts that I made on the series on the Animesuki forums in the Special [...]

It’s an ongoing struggle to maintain the recognition that an enjoyable anime and a “good” anime aren’t always synonymous.  We can think of a line that allows us to categorize and distinguish between anime that are trying to be artistic or meaningful and anime that are mainly intended as shallow entertainment.  Like everything else in [...]

I find it very difficult to write anything meaningful or intelligent about Code Geass.  (Some would argue it’s got something to do with the lack of meaning or intelligence in the show itself).  I think most of its viewers have accepted for a while that Code Geass is little more than a rollercoaster ride.  You [...]

This might seem like a silly question, since, while it’s not universally acclaimed… it’s pretty close.  It’s an anomaly for two reasons, (and that’s without considering just how strange/unique the anime is to begin with), the first is because the anime community is just so fractured (a somewhat lamentable fact that I won’t go into [...]