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April 14, 2012
I have many a faint and fond memory of Eureka Seven, but wasn't sure how to feel about news of its sequel. It ended with a quite profound sense of finality, after all. Everything that needed to be said, was, an…
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Sexuality in anime: Mine Fujiko and Faye Valentine
April 7, 2012
Like any potentially great anime, the new Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna has given us much to talk about already. It's a beautifully animated, adult series the like of which we haven't seen in TV a…
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Tag Archives: Ergo Proxy
Hot Topic Meets Anime in Ergo Proxy
Remember when goth, and by extension Hot Topic, reigned supreme? Ergo Proxy is basically an anime peopled by fans of Hot Topic. The setting is gritty, and the main character wears black outfits, steal tipped boots and heavy mascara. The … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Music, Reviews
Tagged Ergo Proxy, goth, Kino's Journey, Monorol, Radiohead
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The future of anime (is bleak?)
Will the people inspired to create the anime of tomorrow want to create another K-ON? Or another Cowboy Bebop? Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Editorials
Tagged dai sato, Ergo Proxy, Eureka Seven, future of anime, industry
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Trapped in an ice cold back log hell: September
Such is my addiction to the routine of watching anime – I horde a ridiculous amount of fansubs, promising myself I will catch up with them sooner or later, yet knowing deep down that it may never happen. As I … Continue reading
Ergo Proxy – 9 & 10 – Behemoth of confusion
Science fiction and confusion often go hand in hand, but Ergo Proxy is close to reaching the kinds of befuddling heights scaled only by behemoths like Mamoru Oshii. The dialogue, the action and even the damn visuals are so frustratingly … Continue reading
Ergo Proxy – 8 – Larger than life
I read a few weeks ago that somewhere along the line, Ergo Proxy gets a bit like X-Men; mutants against mutants and all that. I guess episode 8 is where it started. This episode was just weird. The people Vincent … Continue reading
Ergo Proxy – 7 – All is full of love
Finally friends, this is the episode where we get some answers. Real’s life is saved by Daedalus. Once recovered they chat about everything, and to my absolute glee, light is shed on the mysteries of Romdeau, Proxy and even the … Continue reading
Ergo Proxy – 6 – Learning about death
I’ll warn you now this entry contains (literally) life-and-death spoilers, so if you haven’t seen episode 6 of Ergo Proxy yet you may want to look away. Hude and Queen get it in the neck this time, though it didn’t … Continue reading
Skewed tastes of the otaku
With blogger hubs like Blogsuki and the AnimeAntenna cropping up, now is as good a time as ever to gauge how the tastes of the hardcore anime fan often differ from that of the general anime buying public. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials
Tagged Ergo Proxy, fate/stay night, jigoku shojo, kashimashi, mai otome, noein, shana, the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya
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Ergo Proxy – 5 – Revolution is in the air
We’ve had to sit through five episodes, but it’s only now starting to feel like Ergo Proxy is settling down into a proper flow of story-telling and I’m enjoying it a lot more; on a level beyond what previously amounted … Continue reading
Early impressions of Ergo Proxy
As a means of grasping the story of Ergo Proxy, I decided to hold off on watching the first four episodes and marathoned my way through them earlier today; in terms of understanding the plot, I can’t say this approach … Continue reading