When rereading Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” for my first Philosophy and Psycho-Pass post, I rediscovered a quote from it that stuck with me the first time I read it and that stuck with me again: “The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and…
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In Which Buggy Writes A “Best Anime of 2016” Clickbait Article
Sometimes you write things because you have something insightful or meaningful to say. But sometimes you write something that you know everyone else always writes and that you know people are still going to click on for the sole purpose of hoping you reinforce their own opinions. And you feel a little shame at selling…
Philosophy and Psycho-Pass Part 1: Sibyl’s Republic
Perhaps the most common misconception about Psycho-Pass is that it depicts a dystopia. A dystopia, by definition, is an unpleasant or undesirable society. Perhaps a select few lead good lives, but in a dystopia, the majority of society is in ruin. It is easy to mistake Psycho-Pass as depicting a dystopia, as it focuses on…
Third Seat by the Window Episode4: Open the Gate
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/3S_Episode_4-Open_the_Gate.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy and Chris are joined by David Majors to discuss negativity in the anime fandom and what we can do to try to change it.
Bugshrugs: Anime is not Anime
Fairly recently, a debate broke out in the anime community after moderators on Reddit’s r/anime board banned discussion of the music video for Porter Robinson’s “Shelter” on the grounds that, despite being animated by a Japanese studio (A-1 Pictures), it’s “not anime” because of an American creator’s involvement. This upset many people who saw no…
Third Seat by the Window Episode 3: We Talked About Light Novels So We Chose an Obnoxiously Long Episode Title?!
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Spiral Radio Episode 1 – Monogatari Part 1: Kizu Genesis
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Spiral_Radio_1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat do you do when a highly acclaimed series that you should theoretically love doesn’t click with you? Is there some flaw in the series? Is the problem with you? And most importantly: if you try to approach the series again, this time with an open mind and determination…
MeganeToast Episode 2: If Her Flag Breaks
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/MT2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadChris and Buggy break down as they attempt to break down Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara, AKA If Her Flag Breaks, AKA Gaworare in this episode of MeganeToast. They’ve seen this abomination 7 times between the two of them and they still haven’t figured out what the plot is…
A Year of Podcasting
It started simply enough. I was excited for the premiere of Digimon Adventure Tri and was reminiscing with my friend Chris about the first season. I made a pretty straightforward suggestion: “Hey, Chris…do you want to try a podcast?” “Hell yeah, I do,” was his response. I then extended the invitation to some friends on…
Special 1 – The Bugcast Episode 0
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Special-Bugcast_ep0.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s been one year since Buggy and Chris started podcasting, so to commemorate it, Buggy has finally edited that one episode he should have put out before anything else and released it now, in all its amateur, low-quality, awkward glory. If you’ve ever wondered how they’d answer the “5…