In My View: What’s the Moe?

In all of fandom there are arguments that seem to stretch across the span of time. Subs vs. Dubs. Eva vs. RahXephon. Fansubs. And now it’s moe.
To be honest, I don’t get it. I mean I don’t get any of it. On a basic level, I understand what moe is, I understand that there’s supposed [...]

In My View: Hemingway and Joyce, some thoughts on pretentiousness

So iknight’s got me thinking about language lately. Thanks. Just thanks, because all I needed was my mind churning around in semantic circles like some car where the wheels on the right side have gone out.
Okay, so it’s not his fault. But I’ve been thinking about the word pretentious. Doesn’t that word just sound like [...]

The Hidoshi Q&A: That’s Not Kanon

(Okay, Blogger is doing weird things. If any of the words are run together it’s the machine’s fault and is not reflective of the intelligence of the interviewer or the interviewee. Well it could be reflective of the intelligence of the interviewer, but I’m not going to admit that.)
Name: Mark P Tjan
Age: 24

Location: Toronto area, [...]

List o the Weak: My top five favorite anti-heroes

Okay, so I’m going to take a pretty liberal definition of anti-hero here. Traditionally the anti-hero actually has to be the main character of the story, but I do have at least one character in here that is a ally of one of the protagonists. And one that is briefly allied with one of the [...]

The Importance of a Dog: What I wish every anime would do

I’ve been rewatching Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex for about the third time straight through. It’s been a while between viewings of the series mostly because I’ve gotten into this rut of watching three or four series at once.
But I came across an episode in the middle of the show called “The Day of [...]

Why I like Shakugan no Shana (even though I probably shouldn’t,)

(Okay, I’m done writing about heavy stuff for a while. I’m going to actually write about anime.)
To be fair, I thought about titling this “Why Not Shana?” but Shana isn’t a title that should be in anyone’s top ten. And it never was a contender for my number nine spot even from the point when [...]

Seviakis vs. Smith : My opinion

(Okay, this is the hardest part, which is why I’ve been putting it off.)
IntroductionI know calling Mr. Smith wrong is a harsh way to put it. In all honesty, I feel for the guy. He’s putting out a product that he thinks is worth selling and people are just coming along and taking it, putting [...]

The Never Ending Cycle: The Fruitless Arguments about Fansubs

This is the second part of my three-part examination of the fansub debate. If you want to see part one it’s here.
Now, I’ll admit when I started this I made a pretty audacious claim. I said that I’d end the fruitless debates that circle through the fan community on the subject of fansubs. Hopefully, people [...]

Blogging the future: The role of blogging and the fansub debate

So I’ve decided to take up the whole fansub issue one more time, or rather, I’ve been thinking a lot about it for the past couple months and I finally came to some conclusions. This discussion will come in three parts. First, it’s necessary that we take a look at the role of blogs both [...]

A little diversion

Normally I don’t talk to much about AMVs, mostly because a majority of them look like what they are – amatuer music videos. But occasionally, I come across one that’s good. This isn’t mine. The song is by Jonathon Coulton and it’s from a series I’m going to buy now called Legend of the Black [...]