https://youtu.be/yvUYrzSt1vU Fandom is a fascinating concept. Which particular works generate followings, how dedicated those followings are, and how long they persist for tends to say a lot about the current cultural climate of the Internet at any given time, as does the perception of a particular fandom by it’s non-members. For example, Gravity Falls was…
How K-ON!’s Worse Episodes Make it a Better Show
Video version: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B78Mg74_EMVpckl1dDI5TS16aXM I love Hokago Tea Time. Five episodes in to season two of K-ON!!, and Ritsu has already overtaken the Tachokomas from Ghost in the Shell Stand Alonie Complex as my favorite character in all of anime, and the show itself is rocking a score of 9.5 so far, placing it in the…
Made in Abyss: Desensitizing an Unfamiliar World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_wIzvSdsgg DISCLAIMER: I’m honestly sorry if the content of this video is similar to that of Digi or Explanation Point’s; I try to avoid watching analysis videos of a show before it’s finished and as such have no knowledge if this is a commonly discussed topic or not. This show is just so good I…
Evangelion 2.22 Part 4: You Can (not) Be This Stupid
https://youtu.be/c7_In6NGsoY After we get back from Gendo and Fyutski in SPAAAAAAACCEEE, the movie shows that it fails to understand an entire array of basic storytelling concepts. There are many scenes that demonstrate this, like the new content and context of Shinji’s train scene after being forced to attack Unit 03, or the fact that the…
Evangelion 2.22 Part 3: You Can (not) Adapt Correctly
https://youtu.be/8VAEIbXcjn8 The final way that this movie screws over it’s general audience is with it’s incredibly nonsensically written and structured plot. This movie features so many moments and methods of taking the viewer out of an intense moment of action and make them ask themselves why something happened the way it did or how it…
The Hidden Genius of Digibro’s Mass Call-out (aka the worst post i ever wrote seriously in hindsight this was awful don’t read it)
So as of yesterday at the time of this script’s writing, Digibro finally made a move that I feel like the anime community desperately needed in order to evolve from it’s current state: He called out basically every prominent member of the analysis division that wasn’t a part of the ProCrastinators and talked about everything…
Evangelion 2.22 part 2: You Can (not) Justify Mari’s Existance
https://youtu.be/0cLJcKx5xBg Mari, Mari, Mari. What more could you possibly do wrong with an Evangelion character? She insane, but not insane in the way that has any depth behind it. She has major problems, but they’re played off as strengths. But most of all, she’s fun. Now, I’m not hating on her character simply because she…
Evangelion 2.22: You Can (not) Write Characters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRd3Ce88Mag Neon Genesis Evangelion is an amazing piece of fiction. It has some of the best-looking animation of the era of it’s creation, a fantastic soundtrack that perfectly matches whatever it is played over and some of the greatest and deepest characters ever conceived. It’s only flaw worth even paying much attention to is the…
Objectivity VS Taste in Anime
All too often when listing to analysis and review of anime and other media, I am confronted with questions and statements that, in context, seemingly attempt to undermine the entire practice of criticism of media in the first place. These statements are often along the lines of “What we take into a show is what…
Ramblings of an Anime Elitist 