Cecilia D'Anastasio's discussions

I love Kill la Kill. It’s a really smart critique of fan service. Read more

I haven’t seen Free!. I will add that men are valued by their appeal to women much less than women are valued by their appeal to men, and with less tangible results, like pay raises and employment opportunities (since, statistically, men are more often in positions of power over these things). Read more

Hey, great comment. My reply is that no anime should get kudos for simply giving female characters personalities. That is a low bar to clear, my friend. Just because a personality and plot are wrapped around T&A doesn’t make it less infuriating that T&A are the central subjects of this show. Also, many of these female… Read more

Ha! Read more

We’ll have to agree to disagree. Satire is best done within the generic constraints of its subject—in this case, shonen. For example, if the old, angry man was revealed to be something funnier, even with no suspense, I’d have been into it. If there was more suspense and he still turned out to be an old, angry man, I’d… Read more

lol I had the same thought Read more

Great idea for a potential article in the future. My parents don’t play games, so I don’t have a solution for this! Read more

^ fact Read more

omg yes Read more

I’m sorrryyyyy Read more

Same. Such a promising premise. Maybe it translates well to a movie format! Read more

That’s what I’m talkin about. Read more

Seriously. Watch five episodes and get back to me. My e-mail is in my profile. Read more

You can look forward to Brian’s guide soon! Read more

Haha, I totally had the same thought when I first heard about it. It’s one of the top 5 anime, ever. It will fuck you up. It is dark and violent and irredeemably cynical, all wrapped up in a sugar-coated layer of moe, which only makes it darker. Read more

Cooking Mama/Katamari fusion. With some fighting thrown in. Read more

Politics are in everything, including video games. Developers make decisions about breast physics, how to depict black men, what body type indicates male strength, whether to give women voice lines and what poverty looks like. These decisions do not exist in a void. They exist within a society that can treat some… Read more

Boris performing Pink. SO excellent. Read more

Definitely Madoka Magica! Read more

The Sims Online, released two years earlier, had a market for real-money transfers as well. This is a really interesting question, though! I’ll look into it. Read more