Category Archives: Colloquia
Colloquium: Mysterious Girlfriend X Episode 6
bitmap: Hey all, it’s time for this week’s Mysterious Girlfriend X post! As for why my name’s in bold like that, well, this is a special post. As you can tell from the title, this week’s post is actually a colloquium, and … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Lupin III – The Woman Called Fujiko Mine Episode 1 (NSFW)
ajthefourth: Warning! This post will contain NSFW images. If you are at work, you probably shouldn’t read this post. Why? Because, if one thing could be said about this series, it’s that Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine is sexy. … Continue reading
Colloquium: Ozma Episode One
ajthefourth: Ozma is a bit of an odd entity. Penned by Leiji Matsumoto (Space Battleship Yamato, Space Pirate Captain Harlock, Galaxy Express 999, among many other things) in 1980 it is only just now receiving an anime adaptation. Everything about … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Moretsu Pirates Episode 6
“There’s another, unknown me, hiding in my heart. How far? Until the end. You’re lost and missing.” -lyrics from the ED to Moretsu Pirates, “Lost Child”
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Colloquium: Moretsu Pirates Episode 5
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 23
“I’ve had enough of listening to your bullshit you stupid bitch. Hurry and hand over your rotten, delusional ambition, this ‘Fate Diary’ to that dumbass.” -The Princess of the Crystal (Momoka Oginome) to Ringo Oginome, Mawaru Penguindrum Episode Five
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 22
ajthefourth: Towards the end of Revolutionary Girl Utena, director Kunihiko Ikuhara and his writer Yoji Enokido decide to re-introduce the audience to its Greek chorus element, The Shadow Girls, by showing them briefly out from behind their customary screens and … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 21
ajthefourth: This episode was a visual feast, especially for anyone who pays any sort of attention to color, color saturation, and basic blocking and storyboarding. As a general rule, we tend to adjust the light/darkness levels on images before putting … Continue reading
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Colloquium: Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 24 END
“As it turns out, living was a punishment. I’ve been punished in small doses living as a Takakura. …But, still, we were together. We took all the punishments, no matter how small and trivial. They’re all precious memories. Because the … Continue reading →
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Tagged as 1995 tokyo sarin attacks, anime, existentialism, haruki murakami, himari takakura, kanba takakura, mawaru penguindrum, momoka oginome, night on the galactic railroad, philosophy, shouma takakura, social commentary, super frog saves tokyo, underground: the tokyo gas attack and the japanese psyche