The world molded by Hiromu Arakawa is mysterious and intricate, yet there is a familiarity to it. Though the journey of the Elric brothers, our protagonists, may take the guise of fantasy, […]
Arakawa’s Truth in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Studio Bones (Original Work Hiromu Arakawa)
The theme of duality in MONSTER , Studio Madhouse (original work, Naoki Urasawa)
Monster is an introspective work on the human condition; it challenges our understanding of good and evil through the collection of very personal stories interwoven with our protagonist’s chase of the titular […]
The Grotesque in Dorohedoro, Studio MAPPA (Original work, Q Hayashida)
Anime is an art of the visual, its aesthetics often betray the intention and motifs behind the story. Sometime, breath-taking and grand sceneries work in synergy with vibrant colours to paint pictures […]
Reaching for the Stars in TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!! ( Original Work, Studio Gainax)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (“TTGL”) is a loud and flamboyant story that swirls and spins to the tune of outerworldly robotic battles. It is a tale of rebellion for a humankind that […]
Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)
Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to something truly fundamental within […]
Chasing Sunshine in Weathering With You ( Original Work, CoMix Waves Films)
There is beauty to Makoto Shinkai’s works; colors, sounds, and emotions blend seamlessly into scenes of esotericism at times, and grounded contemplation at others. Weathering with You is no exception in its […]
Writing Insight : Ghibli hits where it hurts
I am going to start this out by being absolutely frank, this piece has been the hardest I have written about so far. Trying to make my way through the cluster of […]
Nature, Development and Princess Mononoke (Original work Studio Ghibli)
What makes Studio Ghibli films so poignant is often the truth of their subject matter. The windows they open into the fantastical worlds they depict are a surreal traverse at times and […]
Conflict and acceptance in Vinland Saga (Studio Wit, original work Makoto Yukimura)
The adaptation of Makoto Yukimura’s seminal historical fiction lays bare the ugliest and the grittiest of a tumultuous time, the Viking conquest of England in the 11th Century. It is a reminder […]
Writing Insight: Narita stresses me!
To preface, turns out that writing that little epilogue as a blog post after my Porco Rosso piece was quite serendipitous. So I’ve decided to make this a quasi-regular thing to give […]
Crisis of Identity in DURARARA!! , Studio Brain Base (Original Work Ryohgo Narita)
Like its older sibling Baccano, Durarara!! (“Drrr”) is a mayhem of a story featuring a vast ensemble cast of varied and interesting characters. Ikebukuro, the stage of this story, is a lively […]
Writing about Ghibli is scary!
Hi guys, I hope all of you are safe and well out there! Thought it might be interesting to share some of my thoughts about that latest essay I wrote about Porco […]
Peace , Change and Porco Rosso (Studio Ghibli)
Films by Hayao Miyazaki have something special about them, oneiric, mysterious, and deeply personal; they appeal to something fundamental within us. Porco Rosso is no exception. It feels like being gently carried […]
Chaos In Baccano!! , Studio Brain Base ( orginal work Ryohgo Narita )
Studio Brain Base’s adaptation of Ryogo Narita’s light novel is not an easy show to describe. True to its namesake, it is a noisy show set in an equally noisy era. Prohibition […]
Escape in A Whisker Away (Original Work, Studio Colorido)
Life is like a storm. In its winds, we are thrown and whirled in chaotic mayhem. The works of Mari Okada have a flair for pulling on the emotions of lives fraught […]
Writing Insight : Thinking of the future with Miyazaki and Shinkai.
First of all, I probably need to apologize for not having done one of these in a while. I have no excuse besides sheer laziness, I’ll try to be more consistent from […]
The ‘Self’ and The ‘Other’ in Attack on Titan, Studio Wit (Original Work, Hajime Isayama)
The structure of the world we are introduced to in Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan is fascinating. At a glance, humans have been driven to reclusion within the perimeter of the three […]
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