Our con-man, Zach, brings us more anime convention coverage with Ohayocon! This time, it was not all fun and games, unfortunately… On January 18th-20th, I attended Ohayocon 2013 with my group of friends. As usual with everything, there’s both good and bad. Please read the disclaimer before reading my actual coverage. Disclaimer: To the owner…
Tag: Anime
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It is All About the Hair: Water and Sky
Blue is a complicated character color. There are 2 main shades of blue: ultramarine and “true blue” cyan. Both shades are associated with wisdom and knowledge. Blue heads have different piles: ultramarine is the color of water while cyan is the color of the sky. The personalities also reflect the poles. Ultramarine Characters of this…
El Cazador de la Bruja
I stumbled across El Cazador de la Bruja late one night while perusing Netflix. The description sounded interesting despite only rating 2.5 stars. I was nicely surprised! El Cazador de la Bruja is said to be the spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax. Since I haven’t watched either anime yet, I have to take the…
It is All About the Hair: Green as Grass
Green hair is one of the odder hair colors in anime. It is the color of nature. Green is also the complementary color of red. The green personality is also the complement of red. Green hair represents the cycle of reproduction and change. Greens also tend to be rejuvenating characters: healers. Yellows are also rejuvenating…
Shinigami–Angels of Death
The Grim Reaper is probably the most widely known persona of death in Western cultures. Most typically depicted as a scythe wielding skeleton garbed in black robes, this fearsome figure harvests the souls of the dead, escorting them to the other side to await judgment and their eternal fate. While this symbol of death has…
It is All About the Hair: The Orange
Orange hair in anime comes in many different shades. Sometimes orange hair is referred to as “strawberry” like in Bleach because of it’s mix of red and yellow elements. When you think orange hair characters like Bleach’s Ichigo, Ouron Host Club’s Hikaru and Kaoru, Shirley Fenette from Code Geass, and Spice and Wolf’s Holo. Orange…