Tag: anime

May 7, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. You can see the second volume of Welcome to the Ballroom (eps 13-24) as one long arc in which the young dancing hero Tatara must learn about going steady. Desperate to advance his dancing, and desolate about how far his peers are above him, Tatara is presented with a new potential dancing […]

May 4, 2020 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. In his new book on visions of Japanese cities, William O. Gardner explores the “ruins of the future”, in particular the ideas of the Metabolists, a group of Japanese architects obsessed with the integration of cities with the human being – the creation of new metropolises on reclaimed land, and urban design […]

April 29, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Gundam has been going over forty years, and in that time it’s had loads of little nods and references to make viewers go “Eh?” Granted, the franchise may not have as many pop-culture references as Cowboy Bebop or Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. Even among mecha anime, it’s doubtful any individual Gundam series has […]

April 20, 2020 · 0 comments

By Shelley Pallis. Kathryn Hemmann’s new book, Manga Cultures and the Female Gaze, quotes an incident oft-cited in discussions of fandom – Anne Rice’s complaint that critics of her vampire novels were “interrogating the text from the wrong perspective.” Rice was famously furious that many of her readers disapproved of the direction her books were […]

April 17, 2020 · 0 comments

“Why is that giant robot skipping?” Dr. Jonathan Clements returns to bring some fascinating insight on a number of topics that also gives him a chance to discuss reindeer herders and his love of Gunbuster! We conclude the week with Jeremy and Andy welcoming Dr. Jonathan Clements back to the show to provide a (what […]