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Chinese and Arabic: The Wall of Cultures

How the West faces cultural challenges in China and the Arab world.

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Isolation and Slice-of-Life: Tales from Toyotoki

When worlds intersect between the heavens above and the earth below.

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Innovation through Homage: Tyrion Cuthbert

It's in new pots that the best soups are made.

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Episodic vs Serialized: How Korra Fails at Heredity

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

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Suffering and Boredom: Endless Eight

The warm air of a never-ending Japanese summer.

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How to Ruin an Anime: Oshi No Ko

The incredible ability of a work to sabotage itself.

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Alienation through Space: Lain Iwakura

A psychoanalysis of the character Lain Iwakura.

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Shinji's Fate: The End of Evangelion

A destiny marked by an inevitable fatality.

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A Quite Dull New Horizon: Animal Crossing

A breakdown of why New Leaf continues to outshine New Horizons.

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The Wild Robot & DreamWorks' Golden Age

A critical analysis of DreamWorks and its potential to remain a creative leader in animation.

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Justice Across Empires: Dai Gyakuten Saiban

Thank you, Shu Takumi.

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Planetarian: A World of Dreams and Stars.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a robot girl guides us through dreams of the stars. Today, let's dive into Planetarian.

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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?

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Toaru, or the Crossmedia Paradox.

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

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

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