Category Archives: Anime
Happy Mother’s Day! Mothers in Anime
Apparently it’s mother’s day in the U.S. and some other countries. So mom, if you see this, then I guess Happy Mother’s Day from another country?
A motherly relationship, whether the characters are actually related by blood or not, is one of my favorite types of character relationships – even more so after the conception of the character Aoi in my novel. The relationship is one that I don’t really know how to define, I guess a character that takes care of another, either in raising or with emotional issues? An advice giver? It’s a relationship that just “feels” motherly to me. There aren’t really any constraints. The relationship can “feel” that way to me even if they’re not related by blood, even if the age gap between them isn’t significant, even if the “daughter” character is completely capable of taking care of herself. Read the rest of this entry
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Sai Mecha 2012 Nominations!
It’s time for Sai Mecha again! What is Sai Mecha, you ask? It’s a tournament where we nominate our favorite mechs and they fight, and they fight, AND THEY FIGHT UNTIL THERE IS ONLY ONE LEFT STANDING! Submit your nominations of 10 mechs by following the instructions in that link! It’s due by tomorrow (April 29), but you only need to choose a few mechs and don’t have to make a whole post like me. Even if you don’t nominate your favorite mechs in time, you can still vote in the polls to advance the robots you love!
These are my AWESOME mecha nominees!
RX-78GPo3D Dendrobium (Gundam 0083 Stardust Memories)
The monster designed for AREA DOMINANCE is composed of two units, the Stamen mobile suit and the Orchis weapons platform. It has a fuckton of missiles, and when it launches all of its weapons its like Danmaku in space. Think Touhou girls have the most firepower? WRONG! Watch this short video of Gundam Evolve 4 featuring the Dendrobium, it’ll be the coolest thing you see all day.
HOW AWESOME WAS THAT!??!?!?!?!?
The Dendrobium is my favorite thing to come out of Gundam. Ever. NOMINATE AND VOTE FOR IT! Read the rest of this entry
Balance of Power: Koko’s Peace, and International Politics in a Nutshell
Some people may laugh at Koko’s claim that she’s selling weapons for world peace as just a ridiculous quirk from our favorite psychotic arms dealer, and it does seem counter intuitive.
While Koko’s methods and true intentions are debatable, the reasoning behind the idea isn’t that ridiculous. In international politics there are a variety of paradigms for looking at the world, and each has its own method of bringing peace and stability to the international system. Here’s a brief explanation of Liberalism and Realism, the latter of which Jormungand seems to follow. Read the rest of this entry
Spring 2012: Combined Impressions
Bang. Oh Koko you quirky psychotic batshit insane white haired arms dealer, I love you.
Jormungand
This is probably my favorite show out of all the ones that begin this season. I mean, Koko is just fucking awesome. She’s a cold blooded arms dealer traveling with a gang of soldiers, and picked up an orphaned child soldier who lost his parents because of arms dealers. The dynamic between these two is interesting, a weird mix of sister-brother, commander-soldier, revenge-redemption relations. She’s incredibly confident in her ability to read the boy, enough to go in a car full of weapons alone with him despite knowing that he loathes arms dealers. The time she told him that she’ll teach him to love guns is interesting too. The other characters also have their own quirks, and I also like the knife wielding yandere with an eye patch who has the serious hots for Koko. There’s also the group of soldiers whose eyes went completely insane with excitement when Koko told them to go hunt… kyaaa~. There’s a lot the show has to offer, with a lot of different factions with conflicting goals and a crapton of military hardware (AN F-22 AND A MIG-29 SHOWED UP UWAAAA), but the awesome ragtag band gathered around Koko are what the show is all about.
Coincidentally, apart from her hair, Koko is very similar to my character Flan. Especially those eyes. Read the rest of this entry
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Smile Precure 09: USOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Ahh April Fool’s. I even wrote my own post for that. Yayoi got the brilliant idea to tell Miyuki that she’s transferring soon, but Miyuki ran off before she could say it was a joke. Honestly, I don’t know who I blame more for this mess. The whole group catches wind of the lie, and everyone tries to comfort Yayoi – who was too quiet and shy to be able to tell them to stop talking and explain that it was a lie. Read the rest of this entry
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Smile Precure 08: Beware of Rings
The Freaky Friday Flip episode! A pair of rings swap Miyuki and Candy’s minds into each other’s bodies, and hilarity ensues. One can only question the logic of trying to have Candy pass as Miyuki at school instead of just returning home. Candy makes an absolute fool of Miyuki in every class, utterly destroying her reputation, failing her tests and giving her a bunch of extra homework to do. It was funny at first, then it just made me cringe (I have a fear of embarrassing situations). Read the rest of this entry
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Smile Precure 07: My Wish Fulfillment
This post will lean a little towards my personal side of things. After all, a part of consuming entertainment is wish fulfillment and exploring a side of yourself, is it not? Even if it’s about thoughts left over from your childhood in a magical girl show. Read the rest of this entry
![[Music] An Introduction to Touhou Music, and Some of My Favorite Songs Many in the anime community aren’t interested in Touhou Music, but I think you should be! There’s a lot of great stuff out there!](http://fortyfourfennecs.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/000-4292a661a8f91a0d30573302a6d43d3f.png?w=280 "Many in the anime community aren’t interested in Touhou Music, but I think you should be! There’s a lot of great stuff out there!")
[Music] An Introduction to Touhou Music, and Some of My Favorite Songs![[Manga Review] “Ebisu-san and Hotei-san”, a Heart-Gripping Tale A very touching manga that I love, you should read it too!](http://fortyfourfennecs.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/ebisu-san_and_hotei-san_ch01_07.jpg?w=280 "A very touching manga that I love, you should read it too!")
[Manga Review] “Ebisu-san and Hotei-san”, a Heart-Gripping Tale
Seiko-chan ~ Lovely Complex’s Portrayal of Traps and Transgenderism![Katawa Shoujo – Initial Review, And Hanako’s Good End [No Spoilers] Katawa Shoujo is a great Original English Language Visual Novel, and if you haven’t checked it out I highly recommend you do so! Even if you never played a VN before, I’m sure you’ll find it enjoyable.](http://fortyfourfennecs.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/katawa-shoujo_34.png?w=280 "Katawa Shoujo is a great Original English Language Visual Novel, and if you haven’t checked it out I highly recommend you do so! Even if you never played a VN before, I’m sure you’ll find it enjoyable.")
Katawa Shoujo – Initial Review, And Hanako’s Good End [No Spoilers]
Gunpla 101: Introduction to Absolute Beginners, Straight Building and Inking
On Self-Publishing, Distribution, Content Creators, Circles and Critical Mass
