Monthly Archives: July 2010

Nightmares of Solomon: Perspectives on a Great Battle of the One Year War of Mobile Suit Gundam

The principal Zeonic antagonist in Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory is Anavel Gato of the Delaz Fleet an ultra-conservative faction loyal to Gihren Zabi. To give him an air of gravitas, if not outright menace, he was named in … Continue reading

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The Third Impact, The Innovator/Newtype Future, and Grace O’Connor’s Conspiracy: The Evils of Unification in (Real) Robot Anime

This post also serves as part of WRL’s episodic series of Macross Frontier; Episode 24 “True Beginnings.” The beginnings of the overarching narrative, at least from the point of view of the villainy of Grace, and the origin story of … Continue reading

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From Good to Great, From Awful to AWESOME: How Fans Can CHANGE THE WORLD (of Anime)

It’s time to get serious. I sometimes hear that so much power lies in the hands of us fans. I want to believe it too. But instead of waiting to be proven right, I’ll SEIZE POWER WITH MY OWN HANDS. … Continue reading

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Robot Anime Discourse: Wine, Injury, & Crucifixion

In my earliest conversations with people who saw Neon Genesis Evangelion, I remember hearing people talking about mindfucks, mind-rape, and what not. It was as if that Eva introduced a specific kind of weirdness to anime and that these viewers … Continue reading

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Twilight of the Idols: The Failures of Sheryl and Ranka (Macross Frontier 23: “True Beginning”)

One of the most interesting things that Macross did was its presentation of its pop idols. Iijima Mari, the seiyuu and singing voice of Lynn Minmay of Super Dimension Fortress Macross was part of the first emergence of the phenomenon … Continue reading

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