Of Diebuster, structure, and the parents of gods

Breaking into the super robot genre has proven difficult for me, so I asked the wise OGT to point me toward a few shows that might help. Among other things, he recommended Gunbuster (aka Top wo Nerae!) — you may already know this, given all the fanboying I did over the show and its sequel. [...]

Madness in the Lens — a theory of criticism

At IKnight‘s request, and because I couldn’t think of anything other than a post about the new Lucky Star OVA (which wasn’t serving much of a purpose), I’m going to take a stab at illuminating my theory of criticism, here, in front of the fives of you who read my posts.  We’ll, uh, we’ll see how [...]

A Hero-Myth for a Genetic Culture

I’m not finished with Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann yet, and as readers from my personal blog might expect, I’m horribly behind, both with the newest stuff and with my own, personal schedule. As you might guess from the title, I want to deal with GL in terms of mythology.  And, really, when is talking about [...]