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Subs vs Dubs – Here We Go!

Paul Kemner.com Posted on October 5, 2023 by pkemnerOctober 5, 2023

This debate crops up with some regularity. First of all, it’s pointless and stupid to tell you which you should prefer. But there are some interesting things about brain science and anime history that can be added to the mix.

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Posted in Anime, Geekery | Tagged #anime, #Cons, #Conventions, #Dubs, #Subs, Subtitles | Leave a reply

Bandai / Toei messed up?

Paul Kemner.com Posted on September 14, 2023 by pkemnerSeptember 14, 2023

On August 4 of this year, one of the Precure events for children was held in Tokyo. They’re popular, featuring all sorts of activities, including a live-action stage battle and dress-up corner where girls can transform into their favorite current season Cures and have their photo taken. Something was missing this time. There are outfits for Cure Sky, Cure Prism, and Cure butterfly, but none for Cure Wing! Maybe the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime, Geekery | Tagged #anime, #Bandai, #Maho Shojo, #Precure, #Pretty Cure, #Shonen, #Toei | Leave a reply

Geeky Self-Improvement: Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3

Paul Kemner.com Posted on September 8, 2023 by pkemnerSeptember 8, 2023

There’s a genre of anime i like, usually under slice-of-life or iyashikei, where the main character’s dissatisfied with their life and wants to make a change. They want to make friends and stand out from the crowd. With Yura in this series, it’s her first day at a new school, and she’s failing to make an impression. Maybe joining one of the official school clubs is the solution!

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Posted in Anime, Geekery | Tagged #Airsoft, #CGDCT, #CuteGirlsDoingCuteThings, #Gainax, #GeekySelfImprovement, #hobbies, #Paintball, #SchoolClubs, Anime | Leave a reply

Pretty Cure: I love the writing!

Paul Kemner.com Posted on August 29, 2023 by pkemnerSeptember 4, 2023

I’ve been impressed by the writing on the Pretty Cure series from the very first. It’s a great example of Hopepunk, positive and uplifting, with the characters making tough decisions and coming up with different solutions and unconventional tactics. They make things better, but not perfect.

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Posted in Anime, Geekery | Tagged #anime, #Precure, #Pretty Cure, #Purikyua | Leave a reply

Otaku Month – Time To Celebrate Your Passions!

Paul Kemner.com Posted on August 18, 2023 by pkemnerAugust 18, 2023

What’s an Otaku? An otaku is someone passionate about their unconventional interests, and spends considerable time, thought, and/or money in support of them. People usually think of anime and manga fans, but in Japan it would also include trains, martial arts, traditional/historic clothing, gaming, etc.

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Posted in Anime, Cons, Geekery | Tagged #anime, #Fandom, #Otaku, #Weeaboo, #Weeb, Manga | Leave a reply

Bocchi the Rock

Paul Kemner.com Posted on August 14, 2023 by pkemnerAugust 18, 2023

Bocchi the Rock! is the new entry in the girl’s rock band category. It’s more of comedy to K-On!’s relaxing iyashekei. Bocchi’s more succinct, with 12 episodes to K-On’s 41 + Movie. The real difference is that we see a lot more musical realism with Bocchi, which gives them challenges to work on.

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Pretty Cure Then and Now- Episode 01

Paul Kemner.com Posted on February 22, 2023 by pkemnerFebruary 25, 2023

In the last entry I introduced the project to compare episodes from the 2004 Futari Wa Precure with the new series, Hirogaru Sky! Precure. Here we look at the first episode from both:

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Posted in Anime | Tagged #anime, #Hirogaru Sky, #Magical Girls, #Maho Shojo, #Precure, #Pretty Cure | Leave a reply

Pretty Cure Then and Now – Introduction

Paul Kemner.com Posted on February 11, 2023 by pkemnerFebruary 11, 2023

In a discussion over on urusai.social (mastodon anime instance), I got the idea to watch Hirogaru Sky Precure (new 20th season) and Futari wa Precure (1st season) in synch, and compare them. I’d watched quite a few magical girl anime series, but I was reluctant to try Precure because there were over 600 episodes at the time, and I’d heard that it was aimed at 5-8 year old girls. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime | Tagged #MagicalGirls, #Maho Shojo, #Precure, #Pretty Cure, Anime | Leave a reply

Top Twenty Reasons to Watch Pretty Cure – Guest Post by Margaret Moon

Paul Kemner.com Posted on February 11, 2023 by pkemnerFebruary 22, 2023

Back in 2020 I was thinking of starting watching Precure, but was reluctant because there were so many episodes. I asked my friend Margaret about it, and she had written this article a couple months before that. She was sure I would enjoy it, so I decided to start at the beginning. Here’s her article: May 29, 2020 Hello my friends and happy Friday, I wanted to put down a … Continue reading →

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Kishotenketsu: Asian Story Structure & Anime (Garden of Words)

Paul Kemner.com Posted on December 23, 2022 by pkemnerJanuary 5, 2023

Garden of Words is an excellent example of the Kishotenketsu story structure. If you haven’t seen that movie, I also look at Kiki’s Delivery Service here. Did you ever notice that things play out differently in some anime movies? They just don’t follow the familiar pattern of action that we’re used to in Western fare. For fans expecting something like a typical action movie, it’s a disappointment. The reason? It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime, Japanese Aesthetics, Story Structure | Tagged #4-part Asian story structure, #anime, #Garden of Words, #kishotenketsu, #story structure, #writing | Leave a reply

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