Isekai (異世界), meaning "a different world," isn’t just about hopping to another dimension—it’s about diving headfirst into wish-fulfillment central, where...
Beatrix Kondo Dec 4
From Sailor Moon to Cardcaptor Sakura, many young adults have been raised on cutesy magical girl anime. With strong female...
Qiao ChengHua Oct 26, 2015
Stalker psychology is in a way a paradox: it is both complex and very simple. Usually the person engaged in...
crispychips Oct 15, 2015
Shokugeki no Soma (or Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma) is a shonen manga written by Yūto Tsukada and illustrated by...
YsabelGo Sep 25, 2015
Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!) has recently garnered interest, as Kazune Kawahara’s manga was adapted into an anime on April...
YsabelGo Jul 30, 2015
A singing sensation, Hatsune Miku has achieved more success than the average 16-year old girl. She’s collaborated with Pharrell, performed...
YsabelGo Jul 7, 2015
Anime has been on the consistent back foot in North America and is consistently seen as immature or not meant...
tylerjt Jul 6, 2015
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche conceived the Übermensch—English translation: “super-human”—in his 1883 book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: a Book for All and None....
K.W. Colyard May 25, 2015
Hayao Miyazaki’s film, Spirited Away, depicts the journey of a young girl, Chihiro, into the spirit world, the loss of...
CriticalOtaku Nov 29, 2014
Serial Experiments Lain was a 1998 cyberpunk anime series directed by the late Ryutaro Nakamura, with a screenplay by Chiaki J....
Symphogear Sep 29, 2014
It is said that there is nothing worse than burying a child. Seeing a young person that is filled with...
Mary Awad Aug 7, 2014
The word "otaku" has defined how we think about the fan, at least here in the United States. However, this...
Mary Beth McAndrews Aug 2, 2014
