Utena as “the witch”
Every main cast member in Utena can fit into one or two of the following fairy tale archetypes: princess, witch, and prince. Utena herself clearly matches up with both princess and prince, but I wanted to try and put her in perspective with the witch.
The end of “End of Evangelion”
I first saw the End of Evangelion back in 2011. Since then I’ve rewatched it a whole bunch of times and it still hasn’t lost its visual or emotional impact on me. (Pun intended.) But now after my fifth viewing, I finally decided to analyze the notoriously ambiguous final scene.
I’m a Macross fan who didn’t hate Macross 7
Aside from the parallel/non-canon Macross II, I have now completed every major installment of the legendary Macross franchise. I saved Macross 7 for last because I’d heard absolutely dreadful things about it. The fandom collectively proclaims it as the worst series in Macross’ entirety and it only took me one episode to realize why.
Un-typecasting Nana-chan
Happy 33rd birthday to my all time favorite singer/seiyuu, Mizuki Nana! (It’s the second and final day of her Live Grace II concert and I’ve been hearing excellent things!!) Instead of making a favorites list pertaining to her like I did last year, I’m doing something slightly different. Nana has the misfortune of being type-casted a lot. A lot. So I felt like making a list of types of roles I’d love to hear her as.
No. 1 Anime Heroine
So ANN reported that there’s a contest to determine the No. 1 anime heroine in the past fifty years. This creates a wonderful excuse for me to gush about my favorite female anime character of all time. (Spoilers ahead.)
Kirito and Asuna Suck
I just feel like ranting, okay?
Kirito and Asuna are not good characters. They just aren’t. I’m here to tell you why.
Stages of a fan
Originally I was going to repost one of my old LJ entries and Stages of Fandom separately. But I realized that it would be stupid to create two separate entries for two topics that are essentially the same. (Also inspired by Yumeka.)
