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I must defeat you! : Anime and the eternal rival

By Reslez | Published: February 15, 2007

My favorite anime series sounds incredibly boring when I try to tell random people about it. “It’s about this kid who plays go,” I say, utterly aware that I sound like the Nerd-o-Tron 3000. “And there’s a ghost who teaches him how to play and the relationships are really interesting and wait it’s really [...]

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A complete idiot’s guide to Death Note plot holes

By Reslez | Published: February 12, 2007

Death Note is a wonderful, intriguing series because of all the thought the authors put into devising its intricate world of humans and shinigami. So much thought, in fact, that my brain frequently sizzles and smokes when I try to follow each twist and turn of the very twisted plot. It’s probably inevitable [...]

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Road’s end: The hero’s journey and Saiunkoku Monogatari

By Reslez | Published: February 3, 2007

It’s an almost spooky truth of storytelling that there’s only one hero. There is, by definition, just one protagonist, just as there can be only one narrator and point of view at any given moment. The Hero’s Journey is a path that has been tread by countless heroes over thousands of years — [...]

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Hopeful road: The hero’s journey and Ouran High School Host Club

By Reslez | Published: January 28, 2007

If you’ve ever seen a Star Wars movie (just say yes), you’ve probably heard George Lucas proclaim he made deliberate use of Joseph Campbell’s monomyth theory when he wrote his script. Over the past several decades, the idea that most great myths and epics follow a similar structure has grown to nauseating levels of [...]

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Anime Survivor: The desert island list challenge

By Reslez | Published: November 16, 2006

The Scenario: You awaken half-blinded by white light. You’ve been kidnapped by aliens and teleported to a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. Thousands of miles from major shipping routes, and having forgotten your satellite phone in your other pajamas, you have no hope of rescue. On the bright side, no one ever comes [...]

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Here I Come To Save The Day!: 5 anime hero archetypes

By Reslez | Published: November 13, 2006

Heroes are tricky. Ask anyone who’s been around the block a few times and you’ll hear the same thing: Anime heroes are all alike! If you’ve seen one harem lead, you’ve seen them all, and if you’ve watched three shounen series you’ve met your lifetime quota. It takes an exceptional anime series [...]

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