Posts Tagged ‘castle of otranto’

A Terrible Darkness addendum: on Lorelei and Love

By Cuchlann on 9 July 2009 | Anime, Literature | 3 Comments

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As the title indicates, this is an addendum of sorts to my last post, which you can find over here: ["A Terrible Darkness"]. At Ghostlightning’s (sort-of) request, I’m revisiting Shin Mazinger and the Gothic in light of the thirteenth episode, “First Love?  The Beautiful Lorelei!”

A Terrible Darkness

By Cuchlann on 28 June 2009 | Anime, Literature | 9 Comments

mazinger_onslaughtYou should probably expect this from me every once in a while — that is, in this post I am going to trace some of the Gothic tropes in Shin Mazinger Z.  The Gothic is sort-of my thing — or it’s becoming so.  Seriously, though, it all makes sense.  Trust me.