A new semester beings at Yokai Academy! Rosario + Vampire Season 2 starts over from the beginning with Tsukune meeting a new vampire (The driver of many of the season’s conflicts) the same way he met Moko in the first season. The story for season 2 is almost a completely fresh start. There are a …
Author: Chris Kincaid
It is All About the Hair: The Color of Purity
White is the purest of colors. White haired characters have an aura of strangeness and other-worldliness. Their purity isn’t associated with cuteness or moe. Cute is the color of Yellow, Pink, and Orange. White is the color of the the spiritual who lack any connect to the physical world. These colors reject everything because white…
The Historical Origin of Panty Fan Service
Up-skirt shots dominate good portions of anime. This fan service is used for comedic effect and, of course, titillation. Have you ever wondered where this odd fixation originated? Well, it turns out that the West is primarily the reason why Japan has a panty obsession. It is also fairly new. It started in the Meiji…
It is All About the Hair: The Color of Royalty
It all started with clams. At the dawn of civilization, they were harvested for their purple dye. Supposedly one clam only had a single drop of dye. Anime has certainly killed many clams! Purple hair characters are a mix of red head and blue personalities. They are noble and have a deeper understanding of purpose…
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
What does an American live-action children’s show from the 90s have to do with Japan? Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was a mashup from a Japanese superhero show called Super Sentai. Being a kid of the late 80s and early 90s, I rode the Mighty Morphin fever for awhile too. It was everywhere in pop culture….
Coverage of Ohayocon 2013
Our con-man, Zach, brings us more anime convention coverage with Ohayocon! This time, it was not all fun and games, unfortunately… On January 18th-20th, I attended Ohayocon 2013 with my group of friends. As usual with everything, there’s both good and bad. Please read the disclaimer before reading my actual coverage. Disclaimer: To the owner…