I enjoyed watching Iron Chef back in the day, but when I first saw a Food Wars preview on Crunchyroll, I had little interest in it. As you likely know (if you’ve followed JP for any length of time), I don’t like fan-service. It stops anime from being more widely accepted in the West (of…
Author: Chris Kincaid
My Pirate Crew Blog Tag
Chris over at Anime Science 101 nominated me for the My Pirate Crew Blog Tag. Boy, this sort of chain post brings me back! When blogging blossomed, these sort of tagging posts were a nice way to discover other blogs. Sadly, I don’t follow that many anime blogs anymore. Most writers I used to follow…
Misora Hibari, the First Japanese Pop Idol
Misora Hibari is the first modern Japanese idol. In her day, she was as big as Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and Shirley Temple. She rivaled AKB48 in popularity. Misora Hibari became a symbol of pre-WWII Japanese values and the changes Japan went through during the Occupation years. Teen girl characters in films and media became a…
Seiken Densetsu 3: A Review
Video games, like anime, have become a product of international exchange. And video games have become one of our most important story-telling mediums. They reflect the interests, concerns, and commercialization practices of their respective time periods. As many of you go, I’m a classic gamer. While I play newer games (I love me some Switch…
What Does Tsundere Mean?
Anime has its own vocabulary that’s confusing for beginners. Tsundere is one such word. The word describes a type of character common to anime. When we meet these characters, they are initially harsh and even violent. Other times they are just cold and aloof on the outside, but either type eventually warms to be…
I’m Switching to Linux
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of advertising. Well, when I learned that Microsoft has added several advertising-focused systems into Windows 10 (unlike Linux), I wasn’t pleased. I also learned that Microsoft acts as a hyper-user, which lets them undo anything you set up. So blocking and removing those advertising systems is a…