Decade In Review: AniTAY takes a retrospective on the decade with everything from our favourite moments to remembering how culture evolved. Depending on who you ask, anime in 2019 can be largely summarized in one word: Isekai. Whether you loved or hated the genre, the trapped in another world trope stuck around for a good … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-21) So, yesterday, I took a look at KyoAni shows of the past decade that I’d seen. Today, I want to do a similar look at another of my favorite / respected studios, P.A. Works, as part of my 12 Days of AniTAY. I haven’t seen nearly as many P.A. Works series as … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-20) On July 18th of 2019, a man walked into Kyoto Animation’s Studio 1, and used 40 liters of gasoline to set the building on fire, leading to the deaths of 36 people, and the injury of another 33 people, as well as the loss of much KyoAni material and work, current … Read more
(Originally posted on 2019-12-19) So, for today’s 12 Days of AniTAY post, I was originally going to just pick some of my favorite anime themes from the past decade that I hadn’t already highlighted. Then I looked at it, and realized I’m pretty sure I can do at least one theme per year from a show that … Read more
As I write this, 2011 was only 8 years ago, approximately 56 in dog years, or something closer to three-and-a-half millennia in anime years. Given the typical demographic of anime fans, many reading this may have little idea what came out in 2011, much less if any of it was any good. I hope to … Read more