Author Archives: lelangir

A Christmas Dialogue Round 1

By lelangir | Published: January 5, 2009

←[104] This was a round-robin by lelangir, Lbrevis, ghostlightning and usagijen. In it, we start by discussing Christmas (we started a while ago heh…) and how it’s turned into such a commercial enterprise. We use Kannagi and Lucky Star as vehicles for our discussion. This round robin took place in the form of a chain letter. [...]

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AMVerse – speculations on a ’sphere

By lelangir | Published: January 2, 2009

←[101] The majority of AMV’s suck. Few are good. But the ones that are good have the potential to be trailers. Yes, there’s not much difference between a PR trailer produced by a company and a fan-made AMV. However, the difference that is evident is subtle yet has much larger implications.

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Over 9000 Meaningless Words

By lelangir | Published: December 31, 2008

←[100] first impressions on Mariaholic In the first part, ghostlightning and I talk about Kannagi. In the second, superfani talks about art in general. Essentially, the conclusion we came to was that the religious metaphorical elements are played out in such that they themselves constitute a subplot. This is how Nagi searches for idolatry. As in [...]

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Musings in Anime Music (17): Kannagi OP Arrangement

By lelangir | Published: December 24, 2008

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On “Character” IV: Lead Paradigm Binary

By lelangir | Published: December 15, 2008

Like a jigsaw puzzle, the structure of a cast can conform to rigid patterns. In the first post this was made evident with the brains/brawns dynamic shown by Ichigo-Uryuu and Mugen-Jin. In other action shows, however, the brains/brawn duo isn’t a necessity, and a binary will materialize in a different form, like Goku-Vegeta, who make [...]

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MDR TB: self-fulfilling prophecy

By lelangir | Published: December 7, 2008

←[90] Probably my largest concern over the “burnout” epidemic is what really constitutes the status of “burnout”. I usually take it as “I can’t think of anything to write.”[1] It seems though that this sputtering creativity can be caused by harsh constrictions.[2] I can’t speak for the limitations each blogger imposes upon him or herself, [...]