Common Symbolism in Anime
I put a bunch of notes here about common symbols. These are my own interpretations and speculation. You can take it for what it is worth.
Category: Anime
A Little Snow Fairy Sugar–Anime Review
I’m getting a little tired of constantly typing “this series is not suitable for young children”, or words to that effect. So here is one that won’t require me to… Read more »
Haibane Renmei–Anime Review
Can a television series qualify as great literature? In principle I don’t see any reason why one couldn’t, but few of them have any such ambitions. In any case great… Read more »
Strawberry Marshmallow — Anime Review
This show has no particular ambition other than to be very funny, and to a large extent it succeeds. The episodes on the first two DVDs are the funniest things… Read more »
Kino’s Journey — Anime Review
A young traveler on a talking motorcycle travels from place to place, never staying anywhere more than three days. Each new place has a story of its own. Sometimes the… Read more »
Magic Knight Rayearth (TV) — Anime Review
A long time ago, before xxxHolic, before Chobits, even before Cardcaptor Sakura, the enigmatic team of artists known as CLAMP created a manga called Magic Knight Rayearth, which was made… Read more »
Why Hasn’t Haruhi Suzumiya been Licensed Yet?
J Greely has a theory, and I have an awful feeling that he is right. I say “awful” because if he is right, the series probably never will be licensed…. Read more »
Figure 17–Anime Review
About half-way through this series it occurred to me that I was watching two loosely-connected but very different stories: A coming of age story about twin girls living on a… Read more »
Shakugan no Shana — Review
(UPDATED 23 March 2013: Corrected the spelling of “Bal Masqué”.) I can’t give a good reason it, but this has become one of my favorite anime series. It has a… Read more »