Well, OGT warned me, but I didn’t think it would be that bad. The second chapter of Otaku is pretty epic. O_o It’s where most of the meat of the book lies, actually. So. Chapter two: “Database Animals.”
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Adventures in Criticism: Otaku 2
Posted by cuchlann on 16 August 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/08/16/adventures-in-criticism-otaku-2/
Lamenting, lauding, and otherwise considering the loss of One Manga
The sphere’s abuzz with news of the impending closure of One Manga, one of the more prominent English-language manga scan sites, and my personal favorite. But of course the sphere never buzzes at a single pitch.
Posted by Pontifus on 22 July 2010
http://superfani.com/2010/07/22/lamenting-lauding-and-otherwise-considering-the-loss-of-one-manga/
Discourse, Fandom, Methodology
[Post by Lelangir] warning: meta junk. Brother ghost has written us another post, and a reply we shall conjure. He writes: Stories have become primary methodology of education. It’s not that really different now. We have enormous variation in terms of media, but stories perform many of the same purposes: to educate the listener/reader/viewer in [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 29 June 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/06/29/discourse-fandom-methodology/
What Umberto Eco is Saying to lelangir, Just Because I Want Him to
[Post by Ghostlightning] Inspired by the non-shitty shitstorm here at Superfani called ‘twitter philosophy’ [->], I’m spinning the discussion off from lelangir’s epigram: nihilism is knowledge/power; in most cases, it can only be realized/actualized within capitalist institutions, thus materialism is the means towards idealism, towards the construction of contingent truths, towards a philosophical happiness that [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 26 April 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/04/26/what-umberto-eco-is-saying-to-lelangir-just-because-i-want-him-to/
Adventures in Criticism pt 5
We’re nearing the last leg of Northrop Frye’s first essay in Anatomy of Criticism; this time we’re tackling the section called “Thematic Modes.”
Posted by cuchlann on 10 March 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/03/10/adventures-in-criticism-pt-5/
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