Recent content by Dr. Cakey

Why would you do that to yourself? I mean, I read (almost) all of Fate/stay night because I needed to understand it, and I'm eventually going to finish watching Brynhildr in the Darkness because good must triumph over evil, and right now half my Twitter feed is watching Aldnoah.Zero because...

We're still waiting on the "why" of Crystal's appalling...everything. You don't need a particularly keen eye to notice the art and animation in Crystal are both hideous and some of the worst, if not the worst, to come out of anime in 2014. On top of that it's by Toei Animation, who always have...

I'll second the Symphogear recommendation. It's delightfully pseudo-dark, the first season's plot collapses like a dream, and when it's gross it's exactly my wavelength of gross. Yes those are all positives. Second season isn't quite as good, I think, but the visuals and music are a little...

Man, I used to hate cute. Then I realized cute was great, so I stopped. Also apparently this guy doesn't realize how moe Jojo's is. Grandpa Joestar so kawaii. Also also, I judge people who like Fate/stay night. =3

Sure, let's play. I took a much needed break from anime during the fall, when I despised everything from that season before even watching the first episode, despite that apparently being quite a strong season, but now I'm back. I'm keeping myself on a strict "good anime only" diet this season...

It sounds like Indiecade nearly approaches the levels of corruption found in such criminal hives as the Academy Awards.

I watched about three episodes of Stand Alone Complex before stepping out due to sheer boredom, but that was at least three or four years ago so I can't really comment on it. The original movie, however, I'm significantly more familiar with. It's unpleasant to look at, moves like a sloth...

Gah, I wanted to not like this, but then I saw the trailer. I have a knee-jerk "fuck you" response to anyone who drops that immortal "anime is terrible/dead/a butt" line (even though it's true), which is something both the writer and director have floated. On top of that, the writer assured us...

Maybe the difference is that bitches have great asses? *booed off stage* I think we've more or less resolved the topic. Lots of people like characters with an edge: for some it's pure power fantasy, for others it's because flawed characters are great ones...and for most people it's...

I suppose I phrased that poorly, in that I attempted to argue two contradictory ideas at once. The salient point is that these are women competing to have someone else make their game for them. Payment, rewards, and so forth are separate from that.

That proverb, I do not think it means what you think it means. If I were to invent a saying to fit your meaning, it would be, "The road to heaven is paved with bad intentions." Very good point. One thing that hasn't been brought up are the reasons for lack of support for from the feminist...

These threads ruin my mood, too, but for the opposite reason: seeing cascades of characters I despise. Perhaps I'm biased, as I tend to find it difficult to find the good in shows I even mildly dislike. Do I think Casca, Makoto, and Revi because I didn't like Berserk, Ghost in the Shell, and...

When someone says they don't like Shinji, I always wonder if it's because they don't identify with him, or because they identify too strongly with him. A bit ironic to say, considering Evangelion is generally regarded as having some of the deepest characters not just in anime, but in media in...

Well, the movie is the movie. It's not a sequel or a remake, or even a recap, but a compressed story covering most of the same overarching themes. Despite being rather confusing, to me it serves almost as a "How to Watch" of Utena. And the choice of making Utena and Anthy's relationship explicit...

Well, I don't believe a masterpiece must be messy. To me, Madoka Magica was a flawless masterpiece, so I can't think that. But there are others who feel a certain degree of messiness must be present in true self-expression, that the roughness creates the brilliance. The lotus grows out of the...