Animism and “non-human” characters in anime

There’s a certain trope that’s quite popular in anime, though not so common in Western TV shows and movies – the abundance of characters who embody animism, with human traits and often human form, but are not human…

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Nine recent and remarkable AMVs

I always like to keep track of the most highly-rated AMVs. A little over a year ago I wrote a post featuring fifteen AMVs that I thought were the best. Since then, I’ve come across a few more, mostly excellent 2009 releases, that I feel deserve some praise too…

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The spring ’08 season so far


Right now I’ve seen about 11 episodes from each of the spring anime shows I’m currently watching. I know some of the spring shows are scheduled to end in the next week or two, but most of the ones I’m watching will continue to run for at least 25 episodes. When the spring season started, I was too busy with schoolwork to write any initial reviews of them, so now, before the summer season kicks into gear, I felt I should write a little something about each one…

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