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Top 10 Anime Guys
There are so many incredible guys in the world of anime. Here’s my personal Top 10. (But only one character per show, or else half the list would be from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.) 10. Jin Ohtomo (Tokyo Ravens) Tokyo Ravens, 2013-2014 8-Bit; screenshot from Funimation He may not be one of the main characters in…
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On Nostalgia
People say 90’s kids are obsessed with nostalgia. Studios make reboots, sequels, and adaptations to cater specifically to nostalgic 20- and 30-somethings. Nostalgia is often seen as a bad thing. Either your nostalgia is being manipulated (to get you to buy a ticket to that remake of Robocop) or your nostalgia is manipulating you (and…
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Type Casting: Katuski Bakugo
Some characters are so well-written that they seem life-like. But how would these “realistic” characters stand up to real-life personality typing? It’s time to put the Enneagram back to the test, gauging characters’ personality types based on their core drives and greatest fears. Type Casting: Personality Typing Your Favorite Characters The remainder of this post…
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Fixing Titan A.E.
We’re going back to Titan A.E. This may seem like a blast from the past to those who remember the review I wrote on this film back in June of 2017. To those of you who are new or need a refresher, Titan A.E. is an early 2000’s space opera in which the alien Drej…