Thoughts from a Postmodern Weeaboo
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/MeganeToast1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadChris steps into the host seat* in the first episode of the new show MeganeToast, in which Chris and Buggy choose a randomly-selected anime to talk about in-depth. In this first episode, they discuss Baccano! *This may or may not consist of Buggy gushing about Baccano for 3 hours…
WARNING: this post will be NSFW. The writer has attempted to lean away from it as much as possible, but due to both the subject matter and the character featured, discussion of sexuality is unavoidable. It will contain links, images, and text related to sex. You will likely find it weird, awkward, and a little…
Re:Zero isn’t a show that should work on paper. After all, it’s yet another light novel about a genre-savvy protagonist who ends up in a fantasy world and ends up surrounded by a bunch of cute girls. Nothing we haven’t seen multiple times a year for the past few years. Even on paper, its gimmick…
A quick note: if you haven’t already read it, I would highly recommend reading my previous blog post on the setting of Silver Spoon, as the setting is a highly important lense the themes of the series are viewed through. In addition, this post will contain spoilers for the manga past the point the anime…
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Bugcast01x04.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy and Chris are joined by Colton as he shares some of the most unique manga he’s discovered.
Disclaimer: I have not actually watched much of the Pokemon anime and am largely going by gathered second-hand knowledge and a few random episodes I’ve seen here and there. However, I feel like that little bit of knowledge is enough for me to be able to accurately make the points that support my argument. When…
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https://media.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/content.blubrry.com/daladybugproductions/Digicast_5_Tri_Determination.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadBuggy, Tom, Chris, and Maduin are finally back, but is Myotismon secretly behind this episode’s delay? Is the Digimon Emperor really Ken Ichijooji? Did Davis turn evil because he realized running a noodle cart is a stupid dream? And what do Polish prostitution laws have to do with anything?…
In the past few years, I’ve seen several anime that seek to capture the spirit of rural living, to varied success. No-Rin was fairly educational but its appeal was more in the characters and their hijinks. It was a pretty generic show that had the added bonus of farm-related punchlines. A big appeal of Non…
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Dropped! This week we’ve started actually watching shows. We’ll be dropping some of them just as quickly. If you want to see how off our preseason predictions were, feel free. Anyway, this will cover everything that aired from April 1st through April 7th, excluding a few shows that were…
Buggy: Hello, readers, and welcome to “Dropped!” With me is my good friend Chris, who will be joining me on a weekly journey through the Spring 2016 anime season as we figure out which shows are worth sticking with and which ones…aren’t. Chris: Hello everyone. I just want to see that I am excited to…