Monthly Archives: March 2010

Gundam Ecole du Ciel is so Doomed Moe

A collaboration of incompetents, no matter how diligent or well-meaning, cannot be successful. Michael Schrage The Law of the Vital Few tells us that 20% or even lower of the contributors are responsible for 80% of the desirable results. Applied … Continue reading

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Sound Force: The Tactical Use of Music in Battle (Macross Frontier 16: “Ranka Attack”

Music is not a foreign concept in war. Music is a cultural expression, and war is also part of a people’s culture. Songs and poetry often depicted great battles and the acts of heroes. It is easy to imagine that … Continue reading

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Mapping the Territories of Fanservice (with the Compass of Subjectivity LOL)

I like my fanservice; I really do. I enjoy it in many forms of popular media, but in anime and manga I get more of it, and enjoy most of it. However, it’s not limited to sexual titillation. Actually, this … Continue reading

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Best-in-Class Robot/Pilot(s) Combination: Delicious Mecha Faggotry

If you had to choose what ‘anime (manga) universe’ you could be in and become a mecha pilot there (with your own machine of course) what would it be? Being a shameless mecha fan(tard), of course this is SRS BSNS. … Continue reading

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