Archive for the 'What do you think?' Category

“what do you think:” on character archetypes

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

When one looks at the different characters in many different shows, each person finds at least one archetype particularly pleasing to them. In addition, I’m sure most everyone finds a new combination of archetypes refreshing.
But I think the problem today in anime isn’t about whether an archetype is “refreshing”, “new”, “pleasing”, etc. Characters […]

“what do you think”: on anime titles

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

My question on “What do you think” has something to do with anime names.
Anime Titles are quite numerous and have varied effects on the anime itself. For example, Pumpkin Scissors was an anime that some people watched merely because of its Engrish title. Another one, called Love Hina, was so rampantly popular it […]

“what do you think” introduction

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

This section will be called “What do you think?” While normally, blogs are meant to display an author’s opinion and have people reading it comment on the material, I want to make the experience two-way. I doubt that many anime bloggers have gone through an entire season without questions of sorts, and with […]