Thanks to a link on the amrc-l Mailing List, I found this early (1934) anti-American propaganda anime. It features an early example of a panty shot! Could this be the earliest in anime history I wonder? What a context for that! History would turn out much differently from what the makers of […]
Archive for February, 2008
Nagisa was not Pleased with my last Clannad Post.
Published by February 28th, 2008 in anime. 1 Comment*Diiiing**Diiiing* It was the doorbell. I went to the door and Nagisa was there. She did not look happy.
Her normally cute face displayed some unaccustomed anger. But her scowl was not what disturbed me the most. It was the sharp blade she held in her hand. I assumed she […]
MegaDaijoubu 1.52: Jump the Dango (Season One: FINAL)
Published by February 27th, 2008 in MegaDaijoubu. 6 CommentsCosplayers and Civil War Reenactors: Kindred or not Related?
Published by February 26th, 2008 in anime and fandom. 2 CommentsFans are an interesting breed of beings. I sometimes wonder if it matters what they are fans of. Are the cosplayer, the Civil War reenactor, the guy in the Klingon suit, and the sports team fanatic, who’s equipped with all the fan gear, all just variations on a theme, or are they fundamentally […]
Anime and Lit: Little Lolis (I mean Little Women) and slice-of-life
Published by February 25th, 2008 in analysis and anime. 4 CommentsOpening of the 1987 Little Women anime:
I’ve been reading Little Women, by Louis May Alcott, and I have heard that the book is very popular in Japan. In fact, someone who once worked at the house where the Alcotts lived in Concord Mass (it’s now a museum) mentioned the many visitors from Japan who […]
Clannad 15-18: You made my Beloved Kyou Cry, so Tomoya and Nagisa, you should go choke on some dangos and maybe die!
Published by February 24th, 2008 in anime. 6 CommentsIt’s time for me to give my thoughts on the latest NON-arc of Clannad. There is much that happens in these over-stuffed episodes, but what it boils down to is that the fan favorite, much-beloved, super-sexy, brilliant twins (that’s Kyou and Ryou to all of you highly deprived ignorant masses) end up in tears. […]
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