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Category: Anime

  • Anime Column for September

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    My latest anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month, I take a look at some of the most promising shows of the new TV season (starting in October), including JIGOKU SHOUJO, MUSHISHI, SOLTY REI, ANGEL HEART, BLOOD+, PARADISE KISS, and CLUSTER EDGE.

  • Anime Column for August

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    This month’s anime column is now up at Tokyo Q. It includes a short review of GUN X SWORD, and lots of news bites.

  • Gun X Sword

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    In my last anime column I mentioned the new series GUN X SWORD. I’ll write more in the next column, but just want to say that I did like the first episode. Obviously, it’s still too early to tell if the storyline will be worth following, but the setting and designs are nice. It’s a…

  • Anime Column for July

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    My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: me sharing my love for KARAS, followed by an unusually large amount of smaller news items.

  • Tokyo Q Party

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    Happening this Friday at SuperDeluxe. I should be dropping by after work. After the success of our last Tokyo Q Lounge Night (SuperDeluxe was packed!), we’re doing it again this Friday night (July 8).  Admission is free, and there’ll be plenty of great music, a live VJ performance, experimental anime and more.  Plus plenty of…

  • Karas Rules My World

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    If you read my Tokyo Q anime column regularly, then you know I’ve been promising to review KARAS, one of the new shows (but not on TV, it’s an OVA) set to premiere this Spring, for a while now. I finally got a chance to see it this past weekend, and it led me to…

  • Anime Column for June

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    My new anime column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: news on BLOOD+, AFRO SAMURAI, an APPLESEED TV series, and more.

  • A Second Look at the Gross National Cool

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    Marxy adds to the Gross National Cool debate by sharing the thoughts of scholar Keiko Kawamata (from her paper “The Current State of the Japanese Content Industries”) on the topic. One point where I disagree is when she claims that “television anime viewing rates are down, and an overproduction of titles has lead to a…