Category: "anime"

1. When bad shit happens to favorite characters July 21, 2011

   Okay, seriously why is it that my favorite characters always seem to die or suffer horrible fates? I mean, well, okay, not always, not every one of them, but very very often.

   • alias,
   • battlestar galactica,
   • fringe,
   • harry potter,
   • kamen rider,
   • kamen rider blade,
   • kamen rider kabuto,
   • kamen rider ryuki,
   • revolutionary girl utena,
   • saint seiya,
   • saiyuki,
   • tokyo babylon,
   • x1999
2. Revolutionary Girl Utena ep 1: The Rose Bride June 26, 2011

   Revolutionary Girl Utena, one of my favorite anime series, is getting remastered release. The first 12 episodes, The Student Council Saga just came out earlier this month. I got the new DVDs this weekend, started rewatching, and figured it would be interesting to blog about it as I watch episodes, hopefully with a new perspective after all these years. I love Utena because it's so different from any other anime. It's a magical girl shoujo series, but it's really a deconstruction of the genre (probably part of why I like it so much, since I was never a huge fan of straight shoujo). And there's the sheer weirdness of it all: the Shadow Girls, the duel songs, everything about it. I love it. I also love that it's a perfect mix of depth and crack.

   • kamen rider ryuki,
   • revolutionary girl utena,
   • shadow girls,
   • tenjou utena

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