Astra: The best 11 episode series that has 12 episodes – an #anitwitWatches post

It’s much harder to talk about excellent shows than it is to talk about decent or bad shows. This is likely a failing in me. I’m reasonably smart and observant, but I rarely catch everything on the first viewing. This is even more true if a story is doing its job. If it’s doing what […]

The Otakusphere: Politics, gatekeeping and anime hair physics

I’m not sure if you noticed, but I’ve got a sweet new masthead for this feature, done by my friend Jon Spencer. At least that’s what I assume his name is. I just wanted to give him a shout out. It’s gotten me jazzed about getting revving up the engine and taking a tour around […]

The War of Misunderstandings in RahXephon

For the past few days, I’ve been struggling with how to explore the larger war in RahXephon. Unlike other shows, RahXephon seems to be difficult for me to break into discrete chunks. Partially, it’s because of how familiar I am with this series. I know how the themes of the war between the Earth and […]