Clearly the medium of anime is too varied to make many absolute generalizations about a topic as broad as gender and anime. Even the fundamental notion of a gendered division between shoujo and shounen is more and more questionable these days, as things like action and reverse harems (think Ouran) appear in shoujo, and […]
Archive for September, 2007
Gender and Anime: Images of “Safe” Women
Published by September 10th, 2007 in ABC and analysis. 17 CommentsK1 and friends have learned that to get things done you have to go to the right people. Last ep he showed his ability to rally the troops. Now he shows his negotiation skills. But will he be able to save Satoko? Well, it is the Massacre Chapter after all ^_^; […]
I was in Manhattan today and picked up this great Lucky Star magazine at Asahiya. If I had looked more closely at the cover I might have taken it as prophetic, because our beloved Lucky Star girls are each holding a choco cornet! There’s also a photo shoot inside featuring the seiyuu making choco […]
“I Didn’t Think She Was Still Only a Loli!”
Published by September 6th, 2007 in analysis and anime. 2 CommentsThis is about “Age Deflation” in anime. Watching Denno Coil recently, I thought that these kids are very mature for what are supposed to be children in elementary school. I certainly can’t imagine myself at that age (or even later!) being able to master the kind of technology that they use with the […]
Kanon: Moe Winnage or Sexist Epic Fail?
Published by September 1st, 2007 in analysis and anime. 8 CommentsA while back I wrote that I’d only recently got around to finishing Kanon. Just as when I’d started watching it, my feelings about this fan favorite have continued to be conflicted. Yes, as much as the next fanboy, I’ve loved the mo
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