(Please note that these posts are and will continue to be filled with horrible, horrible spoilers. If you haven’t seen Utena, please, for the love of whatever deity you do or don’t worship, go away and fix that.) This wasn’t going to be the next Utena post, but, with all the recent debate about feminism, [...]
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Respect and Peer Relationships in Episodes 3 and 4 of Eureka Seven
Note: This article is also available at Ideas Without End here. What started out as a plan for a single article has turned by some process into an informal series blog; I won’t be religiously writing about each episode as I watch the series, but as and when sections of it stand out as interesting [...]
Posted by r042 on 17 May 2012
http://superfani.com/2012/05/17/respect-and-peer-relationships-in-episodes-3-and-4-of-eureka-seven/
The Difference Between Credibility and Realism in Episodes 1 and 2 of “Eureka Seven”
Note: This article is also available at Ideas Without End here With regard to science fiction, I hold that setting should not overshadow plot, and exposition should be limited to the minimum necessary for the story. The 2005-06 series Eureka Seven, in its opening two episodes, effectively creates a sci-fi universe that is entirely believable, populated with [...]
Posted by r042 on 17 May 2012
http://superfani.com/2012/05/17/the-difference-between-credibility-and-realism-in-episodes-1-and-2-of-eureka-seven/
Bodacious Space Hacking
One of my favorite depictions of far-future space travel comes from Dan Simmons’s Hyperion (or it might be Fall of Hyperion, which takes place five minutes later, so it doesn’t matter). Therein, your average ship of the line has a crew of about ten, all packed into a relatively small room full of consoles. You [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 30 April 2012
http://superfani.com/2012/04/30/bodacious-space-hacking/
(Utena III) Players
And all the men and women merely…yeah. That bit from As You Like It remains quotable in all circumstances. It’s particularly applicable to Utena, though, and in this post I think I’ll manage to address something that Ryan A. brought up in a comment to the last.
Posted by Pontifus on 16 April 2012
http://superfani.com/2012/04/16/utena-iii-players/
(Utena II) Staging
I can’t think of Utena’s dueling arena as anything but a stage. It reminds me of the classical Greek chorus, which isn’t necessarily where all the acting would’ve happened, but the duels are musical enough for it to be appropriate anyway.
Posted by Pontifus on 2 April 2012
http://superfani.com/2012/04/02/utena-ii-staging/
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