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Anime and the power of inner thoughts
One of the unique ways in which anime is written when compared to other forms of TV and movie entertainment, is how often the audience is given insight into a character’s inner thoughts and feelings....
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Can anime affect our personality?
An interesting post via MkMiku questions whether anime, and our attachment to certain characters, can in fact influence our personality in real life… In the post, he states that: “I think it just...
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Should any anime be called a “classic”?
Just as there are numerous books, movies, songs, and other cultural works considered “classics” by many, I’ve often wondered if certain anime should be labeled in a similar way… I like the Wiki...
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My favorite anime character trope – examining the tsundere
Naming one’s favorite anime series or characters isn’t hard, but favorite anime character trope isn’t something we always think about, nor is it something an anime fan necessarily has. As a matter of...
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Examining the weak-willed anime male lead
A recent post by lostty over on Anime Princess discussed the ever prominent fan activity of bashing anime’s many weak-willed male leads. lostty considers most hate for these guys “unjust.” I tend to...
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Anime’s three “building” categories
An interesting thought occurred to me recently in terms of how anime series are structured. It seems that most anime series focus on “building” one out of three narrative aspects – either building the...
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The order of watching anime
In a recent post on deluscar, Kai talks about how the order of watching anime with multiple installments can affect our enjoyment of it… For most anime with only one or two seasons, the obvious order...
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What makes an anime memorable?
Last month, hoshiko wrote a post discussing certain qualities of anime she feels make them memorable. While I’m sure we can all think of things that make an anime “good,” I think the traits that make...
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Mixing slice-of-life with plot in anime
A few posts ago I wrote about anime that mix comedy into their otherwise dramatic stories. Today I’ll be writing about a similar concept of anime that have a number of stand-alone “slice-of-life”...
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My 12 moments of anime for 2013
As I’ve been doing since 2009, I’m once again participating in the anime blogsphere’s “12 Moments of Anime” project where we post our personal twelve biggest anime-related moments of the year...
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