Writer’s block is one of those enigmatic problems that all writers must face. However, how often does a writer experience an inability to write properly and claims to have writer’s block, but is actually dealing with an altogether different issue?
The Anime That Makes Fun Of Itself: Lucky Star
The Japanese anime industry often does not like to make fun of itself, because self-deprecating humor is rarely appreciated in Japanese culture. Occasionally, such things tend to slide by without causing too much of a stir, but up until the release of Lucky Star, there has never been an anime that has consistently used the anime industry and its fans as a source of humor.
Real Entertainment
Television being the most entertaining invention yet; introduction to reality shows; examples of popular reality shows; how fear and anxiety is seen in such shows; how reality is becoming entertainment nowadays.
Organized Chaos: A Look Into The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The year 2006, arguably, can be considered by anime fans with more than just passing knowledge of the industry as the year of Haruhiism. The show, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, was the unexpected hit of the year, showing numbers and interest that very few shows aside from established franchises have gotten. The show is fun, accessible, and with just the right amount of sheer insanity to entertain without shattering the already reality-bending premise.
Nineteen-Eighty-Four: Anxiety, Control and Big Brother
The classic novel Nineteen-Eighty-Four is among the literary world’s most enduring stories done in the dystopian style, stirring up the reader’s feelings of anxiety with relative ease. The world presented within the novel,one that noticeablylacks privacy and personal freedoms,is bleak and dark by modern standards. It is therefore no surprise that any aspectof agovernment that observes every little detail that the people do is referred to as Big Brother, in homage to the novel’s most enigmatic figure.
Classic Villainy
Villains are often the lynch pin that holds narrative action stories together, having a more important place in the success of the story than even the hero himself. There are several examples of good villainy over the years, in a variety of formats, but there are some villains that truly stand out as the best examples of the worst humans can do to one another.
Bone Flowers: Global Folklore of The Living Dead
Death is a universal concept, although how it is treated and looked upon varies from culture to culture, from religion to religion. While beings that come back from the dead are common themes in the mythologies and folklore of various peoples, there are often cultural differences that bely even the most prevalent themes among them. Some have theorized that these tales are common because of the equally common separation anxiety people feel towards the dying and dead.
A Garden Of Roses: Character Relationships In Marimite
While most hit anime shows that make it to Western audiences are the ones that either show off an excessive amount of cleavage or have hideously long fight scenes, there are shows that actually have some level of substance. Among those shows is Maria-sama ga Miteru, which focuses heavily not on an overarching plot, but on the intricacies and nuances of daily life for a group of tightly-knit girls in high school. The show is often applauded for the intense emotional depth of the characters and how their emotions and relationships form the core of the show’s appeal.
Anno’s Evangelion: A Study In Mental Disorders
Hideaki Anno’s Shin Seiki Evangelion was revolutionary for its time. It combined existential, psychological, and theological themes, and put them together with giant, bio-mechanical fighting machines as a backdrop. However, the show is best remembered for the myriad of psychological issues found in the cast.