Anaglyph’s Anime Appraisals

Archive for the 'Thoughts' Category

East and West: divergent approaches to storytelling

Posted: Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 @ 9:23 am in Anime, Thoughts | 1 Comment »

I should preface this post by noting that I’m by no means an expert on fiction in any medium; I’m not a professional writer; I don’t have a degree in literature or even media studies; I’m just someone who has read quite a lot over the years and watched a lot of tv shows and […]

Birth of an Obsession

Posted: Monday, December 11th, 2006 @ 2:40 pm in Anime, Thoughts | 14 Comments »

This is probably of no interest to anyone but myself, although that could be said about my blog in general no doubt; nevertheless, I feel the urge to ramble about how I became interested in this strange world that is Japanese animation. If you’re looking for something to alleviate your boredom, rest assured, this post […]

Traps: a Scientific Analysis

Posted: Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 @ 6:02 pm in Anime, Thoughts, Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru | 4 Comments »

Introduction
It was only a short time after I first started watching anime that I became aware of the phenomenon known as the “trap”. My curiosity was piqued by the evident fascination these traps held for ostensibly heterosexual males and the resulting cognitive dissonance that was displayed, not to mention the fact that I myself was […]

Weak Girl Syndrome

Posted: Thursday, November 30th, 2006 @ 6:51 am in Anime, Thoughts, Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru, Strawberry Panic, Maria-sama ga Miteru | 7 Comments »

Japan is currently in crisis. Adolescent schoolgirls all over the country are suffering from what has become known as Weak Girl Syndrome. Every young women’s educational institution in the country has at least one student suffering from this tragic but ill-defined malady. While the pathology is not well understood, it appears to be a congenital […]