So there’s this video about anime characters and why they don’t look “white.” In the video, there seems to be some kind of pseudoscience and stereotyping going on in the arguments, but w/e. I don’t think anime characters look like any particular race, because they are not real but are a stylization. [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Anime Characters Look White? No, they look like anime characters!
Published by March 29th, 2009 in anime. 9 CommentsBut let me reiterate: you do NOT — repeat, NOT, NOT, NOT — need a doctorate to do good, thoughtful, and thoroughly solid critical writing about anime and manga.
–Tim on the amrc-l (Anime and Manga Research Circle) mailing list.
OMG, I am sooo glad someone has stated this. And here I was thinking [...]
Think You’ve Seen Some BAD Anime T-Shirts? Mine Are EVEN WORSE!!!
Published by March 17th, 2009 in anime. 9 CommentsHinano raged about some lame anime t-shirts, but if there are idiots who’d buy dumb stuff like that maybe we should make some and get lots of money selling it to the weaboos!!! Here are some great BAD ANME T-SHIRT ideas!!
Once upon a time, there was a blog called Ex-Fansubber Hitorigoto and another one called Minaide Hazukashii. Later they merged and became Minaide! Hitorigoto (and the authors will be “merging” themselves in two weeks!). After waiting some months to see if any other such mergers occurred, I am forced to conclude that this [...]
There’s this Live Journal Post attacking JPinano’s latest anime preview. In this post the author writes:
…by the way, can we Americans stop calling them mangaka and just call them fricking artists? It’s like using seiyuu when talking about voice actors. There is no need to use the Japanese word as there are perfect English [...]
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