I’m sure many of us who have been anime fans for a while have noticed that male and female fans usually like different genres of anime for different reasons. But within each of the two genders, I’ve noticed two contrasting preferences in anime…
Anime preferences divided within gender
January 23, 2010 by 4 Comments
Is being obsessed with anime good or bad?
January 17, 2010 by 58 Comments
The word “obsession” usually gets a negative connotation. Being obsessed with anything, at least in most societies, isn’t viewed favorably. But is being obsessed with something, anime or otherwise, a bad thing, or can it in fact, be a good thing?
How many types of anime fans can you name?
December 5, 2009 by 8 Comments
Over the years, I’ve come to realize that the term “anime fan” encompasses quite a variety of people…
Thoughts on the recent arrest of anime uploaders
December 1, 2009 by 7 Comments
Recently, around 10 people between the ages of 23 and 57 were arrested in Japan for illegally uploading anime episodes, games, and music via the file-sharing program Share…
More on anime as commercialism or art
November 16, 2009 by 5 Comments
Anime – a product of commercialism or art?
November 14, 2009 by 2 Comments
As much as anime fans love praising their favorite series for artistic values, many will still acknowledge that anime is, in the end, a commercial product that is precisely tailored to what fans want, and whose main goal is to increase ratings and merchandise sales…
The strangeness and ambiguity of love in anime
November 3, 2009 by 11 Comments
From what I’ve observed in the many anime titles I’ve watched over the years, the concept of love, especially compared to most Western TV shows and movies, is much more ambiguous, and sometimes downright strange…
Your “inner child” and indulgence in fantasy
October 12, 2009 by 2 Comments
I wasn’t sure how to start this relatively personal post. I figured the below quote would be a good way (and yes, I will relate it to anime)…
Remembering the old days of anime fan sites
October 3, 2009 by 13 Comments
Over the past few days I’ve been going through my 7+ year-old, but still active, anime fan site, Anime Yume, updating information pages and saving copies of important files. Going through sections of my old site made me reminiscent of the days before blogs, when anime fan sites flourished…
The true definition of “shojo” and “shonen”
September 21, 2009 by 13 Comments
This is a topic I have never given much thought to, but it recently came up during a conversation I had with a friend. I always assumed that a more-or-less singular definition of shojo and shonen anime/manga was agreed upon by everyone involved in anime. But I can see now that that’s not entirely so…