anime

Feb
21
Cowboy Bebop: "Ballad of Fallen Angels" and "Sympathy for the Devil"

Cowboy Bebop: "Ballad of Fallen Angels" and "Sympathy for the Devil"

In which I have no idea what's going on, but I love that for me
7 min read
Feb
18
Cowboy Bebop: "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Gateway Shuffle"

Cowboy Bebop: "Honky Tonk Woman" and "Gateway Shuffle"

In which I think about what it means for TV to be "cinematic"
7 min read
Jan
31
My neighbor Fox Mulder

My neighbor Fox Mulder

The truth is out there, and it's a cat shaped like a bus
9 min read
Jan
25
Cowboy Bebop: "Asteroid Blues" and "Stray Dog Strut"

Cowboy Bebop: "Asteroid Blues" and "Stray Dog Strut"

In which I wax philosophical about procedural worldbuilding
10 min read
Dec
15
The eerie prescience of Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue

The eerie prescience of Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue

The 1998 anime film predicted our world of online celebrity and all the terrors that come with it.
7 min read
Nov
26
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a love letter to our misunderstood teenage selves

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a love letter to our misunderstood teenage selves

The Japanese animated film is about so much more than a girl who can, uh, leap through time.
5 min read