Posts Tagged ‘Silly’
Comparing K-ON and SoroWoto
Monday, January 11th, 2010Five Stages of Kampfer
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Sunhats and Horizons
Monday, November 23rd, 2009In an effort to beat a dead horse breathe some life into this blog…
I’ll post random banalities. In staccato. (You have been warned.) (more…)
Points of Contention 3
Saturday, June 7th, 2008A light response on literature and anime as media.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008I am not certain as to the stimulus behind the comparisons between two distinct media, and while not even outright (literature spans the full spectrum of creative and uncreative output of humanity so I guess such complete inspection would be unnecessary and tiresome), it is quite true that fiscal impetus is a primary driving force on televised works. Thinking of literature meant primarily to be entertaining (and thus might cater to even the lowest common denominator – which isn’t always the case as my friend touched on in his Honey and Clover article Mike so graciously linked), many cases come up which are, in a way, just as intellectually uninspiring as anime: The Da Vinci Code, many science fiction works, I would like to mention more but it had been too long since I read a non-academic work. In contrast, writing and publishing a book with a very small intended audience is quite possible, however I do not believe that animated shows easily lend themselves to such solitary efforts, Makoto Shinkai being an anomaly – it simply costs too much and distribution used to be a problem. Although with increased computing power (efficiency) and with the internet, anime might see an increase in independent, thought-provoking works whose primary objective is to show something to the audience for the sake of making them think (see Yasuhiro Yoshiura). (more…)
February on Christmas Eve
Monday, December 24th, 2007Happy Holidays!
I really got into the spirit of Christmas, so i decided to write this song. a small amount of it is plagiarized from James Joyce, which would explain all the references to Dublin.
It’s not exactly appropriate and some people will not find it funny. Use your own discretion.
Points of contention
Saturday, April 28th, 2007Today we have a guest comic from our friend, Falcanium.
It’s done in paint which makes it so awesome it’ll blind you. (more…)
Post With Charts, Graphs, and PowerPoint Presentations
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Warning: This post is completely pointless.
The new season has started, but there are few gems within the plethora of shows. In fact, there aren’t any shows which have really captured a strong fanbase yet, but hopefully we’ll be in for some surprises much like how the Rangers managed to pull a clean sweep on Atlanta out of nowhere.
Speaking of sports, I’ve noticed it is rather rare for a male lead to have a strong sports background or be on a sports team in relationship based anime. Its actually rather common for one of the girls to be in a sports team, and of course we’re treated to the male lead cheering her on and she makes some crazy comeback into 1st place, but why not the other way around too? Maybe the male lead will pull his team through to a miraculous win or a playoffs spot like Chris Bosh did for the failing Raptors. (more…)
He’s watching O_________O
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Long comic is loooong. So its after the jump >_>