Fiction and Fantasy

Tag: Anime

  • April Recommendations (1 of 4): Sage’s Rain

    There’s nothing quite as memorable, unique, and soothing as Sage’s voice–both his physical voice and his writing voice. Each video begins with the visuals and sound of pattering rain, immediately washing over my soul and preparing me for another one of Sage’s well-thought, quiet essays. As he says in his video “To Understand Rain,” his videos are…

  • From Pilot to Product – Little Witch Academia

    TV show pilots are a curious and wonderful thing. One of the few things I love more than enjoying media is seeing what happened behind-the-scenes. I love to see how they got the special effects to work for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. I love watching animators scribble away at frames for my…

  • An Unabashed Love Letter to Gurren Lagann

    This post will contain spoilers for Gurren Lagann You have been warned. There are few anime that have nestled their way into my heart as quickly as Gurren Lagann. Aniplex of America 2007 To this day, I’m not entirely certain what specifically won me over to this show so quickly. Was it the characters? The…

  • Episode Review: Mob Psycho 100 – “Ripped Apart ~Someone Is Watching~” (S2E1)

    This post will contain spoilers for Mob Psycho 100 Season 2, Episode 1 You have been warned. I saw great things from the newest season of Mob Psycho 100. Familiar Old Faces Never hurts to start strong: everything I loved about the first season was back. Funimation 2019 The beginning monologue, which introduces the world…

  • Theme Talk: Christian Parallels in My Hero Academia

    This post will contain major spoilers for My Hero Academia You have been warned. Surrounded by people cheering for you, you throw off everything that once held you back from doing what you were meant to do. You hurl away your insecurity. You throw away your indecision and fear. You cast aside your lack of…

  • Character Study: Who Is Eren Jaeger? (Attack on Titan)

    This post will contain spoilers for The Attack on Titan anime You have been warned. Funimation 2013 On the surface, Eren Jaeger of Attack on Titan seems like your typical shonen protagonist: he’s a young boy with aspirations of grandeur (to drive out and kill1 “every last one of” the Titans) and has an almost…

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