The Donghua Paradox: Identity in Global Media

The Donghua Paradox: Identity in Global Media

Why do multimedia productions borrow foreign aesthetics?

Episodic vs Serialized: How Korra Fails at Heredity

Episodic vs Serialized: How Korra Fails at Heredity

Why Korra ultimately falls short of its predecessor's legacy.

Suffering and Boredom: Endless Eight

Suffering and Boredom: Endless Eight

The warm air of a never-ending Japanese summer.

How to Ruin an Anime: Oshi No Ko

How to Ruin an Anime: Oshi No Ko

The incredible ability of a work to sabotage itself.

Alienation through Space: Lain Iwakura

Alienation through Space: Lain Iwakura

A psychoanalysis of the character Lain Iwakura.

Shinji's Fate: The End of Evangelion

Shinji's Fate: The End of Evangelion

A destiny marked by an inevitable fatality.

Clannad: Melancholy, Illusions and Wishes.

Clannad: Melancholy, Illusions and Wishes.

Empty, otherworldly, an ever-extending landscape and a lonesome girl creating a body from parts of junk. It's a robot, a small robot. This world runs in parallel to this one, right?

Toaru, or the Crossmedia Paradox.

Toaru, or the Crossmedia Paradox.

Toaru's journey through the labyrinth of crossmedia and what it means for the future of storytelling.

My ranking of Jojo parts, and why (mild spoilers).

My ranking of Jojo parts, and why (mild spoilers).

Yes, I am serious, this is my blog and I can write whatever I want.