“Great Trash”—Patlabor 3 and the Problems of Auteur Theory
The myth of the animator-auteur has gained a lot of attention over the last few years. This is...
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Wonder Egg Priority: Trauma and Tribulations
While the beautiful animation and staggering ambition of the series cannot be understated, the truly most impactful thing about Wonder Egg is the sobering honesty with which the series deals with trauma.
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Worlds Apart: Exploring the Duality of No. 6
Spoiler Warning: Contains spoilers for all of the 2011 anime TV series, No. 6. No.6 is a science...
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Together, Alone: How Laid-Back Camp Shows Companionship Through Technology
In Winter 2021, Laid-Back Camp’s cast of teenaged camping enthusiasts returned to our screens and...
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Spy x Family: Disarming the Myth of the Nuclear Family
At the start of Tatsuya Endo’s Spy x Family, a family – man, woman, and a small child...
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BOFURI (Surprisingly) Shows Gamers As They Actually Are
For the uninitiated, Bofuri: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense is a...
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Hope and Happiness in The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
If you are under the age of thirty, you will probably be surprised to learn that the Disney...
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For The Love of Analog: An Intro to VHS and LaserDisc Collecting
Header Image Credit: Coop Bicknell (Used With Permission) With each passing day, it seems that...
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The Origins of Mecha: Introduction
In this day and age, countless examples of mecha and robots can be found within Japanese popular...
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A Growing Inertia: Patlabor 2’s Critique of Telecommunications
n the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak hundreds of millions of people have been ordered to stay home;...
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Eyes on Yokai: Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away
Studio Ghibli was established in 1985, following the success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the...
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A Tango With Destiny: The Legacy of Shinji Mikami
In the world of video games, it’s not uncommon for the topic to shift to individual creators and...
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