Posts Tagged Seiyuu
This week: thinking ahead on how the weather could be used as a means of conflict in Suisei no Gargantia, weighing in on two fascinating story mechanics in Kakumeiki Valvrave, the fantastic use of voices in Chihayafuru 2, and examining the personalities of Emi in Hataraku Maou-sama! and Misaka in To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S.
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This post reviews: Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san, Shingeki no Kyojin, Zettai Bouei Leviathan, Suisei no Gargantia, and Yuyushiki.
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Animation, Art, Characters, Colors, Comedy, Comparison, Emotion, Entertainment, Expectations, Exploration, Fantasy, Fighting, Friendship, Future, Light, Lighthearted, Mecha, Namiuchigiwa no Muromi-san, Observations, Opinions, Personalities, Potential, School, Seiyuu, Setting, Shingeki no Kyojin, Slice of Life, Sound, Story, Suisei no Gargantia, Water, Writing, Yuri, Yuyushiki, Zettai Bouei Leviathan
In April of 2012, I attended my first anime convention, Sakura-Con, the premier anime convention in the Pacific Northwest. Although I’ve had numerous opportunities to attend the convention since its inception in 1998 and even made legitimate plans to go while in high school, this year was the first that I actually went to. For three days, I witnessed and participated in a paradise created by and intended for anime fans such as myself and my experience has provided a permanent impression on how I watch, understand and appreciate anime.
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12 Days of Anime, Anime Convention, Anime Fans, Anime Industry, Aria, Direction, Emotion, Fate/Zero, Friendship, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Ika Musume, Interactions, Japan, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Nekogami Yaoyorozu, Observations, Opinions, Perspective, Positives, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Real World, Rinne no Lagrange, Seiyuu, Society, Spice and Wolf, Steins;Gate, Twitter, Yuru Yuri
This week: comments on the mature visual styles of Shin Sekai Yori, a phenomenal display of emotions in Jormungand: Perfect Order, a return to familiarity in Medaka Box Abnormal and thoughts on a possible and awesome ending for Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!
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Animation, Art, Characters, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Clothing, Curiosity, Delusion, Differences, Direction, Emotion, Friendship, Girls und Panzer, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jormungand, Justice, K, Kamisama Kiss, Little Busters!, Medaka Box, Personalities, Politics, Psycho-Pass, Questions, Real World, Religion, Romance, Seiyuu, Setting, Shin Sekai Yori, Story, Sword Art Online, Team, Weekly Anime
This week: outshining the Sengoku characters in Sengoku Collection, thoughts on the commitment to its plot in Tari Tari, an inability to grow-up in Space Brothers, and what I wish we saw more of in Hyouka.
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Characters, Comedy, Conflict, Development, Ecchi, Emotion, Family, Fantasy, Fighting, Hyouka, Insane, Leadership, Mystery, Natsuyuki Rendezvous, Negatives, Pacing, Panties, Personalities, Positives, Rinne no Lagrange, Romance, School, Seiyuu, Sengoku Collection, Space Brothers, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Tari Tari, Weekly Anime, Writing
These middle weeks of the Summer anime season serve as a highly appropriate period to provide evaluations, grades, and rankings on each of the anime we’re following. Here, you’ll find my reviews for each of the anime I’m following for the Summer 2012 season.
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Animation, Art, Binbou-gami ga!, Characters, Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi, Comedy, Comparison, Differences, Disappointment, Dog Days, Entertainment, Favorites, Hyouka, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Joshiraku, Kokoro Connect, Mid-Season Review, Moyashimon, Natsuyuki Rendezvous, Negatives, Observations, Opinions, Panties, Perspective, Positives, Rankings, Rinne no Lagrange, Seiyuu, Sengoku Collection, Setting, Sound, Space Brothers, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Tari Tari, Yuru Yuri
Humanity has declined? Nah, humanity has already declined; humanity is dead. Or at least that’s one interpretation of where this anime is going. The other, and an equally possible alternative, is that humanity is indeed in a steady decline but it can redeem itself and eventually be saved. The reason why and how both these understandings of Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita exist is due to the ability of the audience to view this anime through two completely opposite perspectives and arrive at entirely different outcomes. In order to understand the enigmatic message of this anime accurately, we must first ask ourselves this question: is Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita pro-industry or anti-industry?
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Analysis, Business, Comedy, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Negatives, Observations, Opinions, Perspective, Positives, Seiyuu, Social Commentary, Society, Sound, Storytelling, Symbolism
Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita – 2
Posted by avvesione in Anime, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita on July 8, 2012
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Analysis, Business, Comedy, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Negatives, Observations, Opinions, Perspective, Positives, Seiyuu, Social Commentary, Society, Sound, Storytelling, Symbolism
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