Archive for February 2009

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Five Memorable Themes From the Winter 2009 Season

Five Memorable Themes From the Winter 2009 Season

…and a few thoughts on the current season. Mild spoiler warning for the tagged anime.

Anime Oscars?

Anime Oscars?

Like I mentioned earlier, I (sadly) have more than a passing interest in these types of awards. The 2008 Tokyo Anime Fair Awards were just announced to, as far as I can see, reasonable disinterest. I can see the logic behind the choices behind these awards, even if I don’t particularly agree with all of [...]

Kara no Kyoukai Movie 5: Paradox Spiral – Impressions and Analysis

Kara no Kyoukai Movie 5: Paradox Spiral - Impressions and Analysis

I was just blown away by this film. It’s incredibly tempting to wax lyrical about this incredible piece of film-making, but I’ll save that for later. This, instead, is a tentative attempt to get to the bottom of the some of the meaning woven into the film, to understand the numerous symbols, metaphors and philosophic [...]

Why So Serious?

Why So Serious?

…and so wrong, for that matter?

Let’s Just Face It, Tytania is Crap

Let's Just Face It, Tytania is Crap

An exaggerated, sensational post title? Yes. I don’t really think Tytania is crap, but I do think after fifteen episodes, it’s been a major disappointment. There was a lot of hype around this title because it’s source came from the original creator of the almost universally acclaimed Legend of the Galactic Heroes. To echo and [...]