The Battle Royale Slam Book

Essays from Beyond the Program

By Charles Dunbar

Monday, Jun 02, 2014

• Feature
• books
• manga
• movies
• Battle Royale
• Haikasoru
• Takami Koshun

Life of Ledo

What Gargantia can tell us about the challenges facing Japan's youth

By Jared Nelson

Thursday, Apr 03, 2014

• Feature
• anime
• Gargantia on the Verderous Planet
• Japan

For the Love of the Game

The World God Only Knows Season 3: consequences of an otaku fantasy

By Ink

Thursday, Nov 14, 2013

• Feature
• anime
• Crunchyroll
• Manglobe
• Shigehito Takayanagi
• Tamiki Wakaki
• The World God Only Knows

Tilling The Garden of Words

Dissecting the visual acuity of Makoto Shinkai

By Ink

Friday, Aug 16, 2013

• Feature
• anime
• CoMix Wave Films
• Makoto Shinkai
• The Garden of Words

Year of the Rogue

In 2012, Spelunky and FTL showed you can still teach an old genre new tricks

By Evan Minto

Sunday, Dec 23, 2012

• Feature
• video games
• FTL
• Rogue
• Spelunky

Stranger in a Strange Land

As anime fandom converges with other groups, the future of convention culture hangs in the balance

By Evan Minto

Friday, Jun 22, 2012

• Feature
• animation
• anime
• comics
• conventions
• manga
• Adventure Time
• Anime Boston 2012
• AnimeNEXT 2012
• fandom
• Homestuck
• My Little Pony

Poetic Propaganda

Reading Between the Cards of Chihayafuru

By Ink

Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012

• Feature
• anime
• Chihayafuru
• Crunchyroll
• karuta
• Madhouse
• Morio Asaka
• poetry
• Yuki Suetsugu

Manga Moveable Feast: The Immaculate Conception of Yotsuba Koiwai

By Elliot Page

Thursday, Sep 30, 2010

• Feature
• manga
• features
• Kiyohiko Azuma
• Manga Moveable Feast
• Yotsuba

Digital manga isn't just for the pirates

By Elliot Page

Saturday, Jul 17, 2010

• Feature
• manga
• digital distribution
• features
• piracy

Raised by a Computer: To Terra and Childhood

By Elliot Page

Wednesday, Jul 07, 2010

• Feature
• manga
• features
• Keiko Takemiya
• Manga Moveable Feast
• To Terra
• Vertical Inc.

The Rise of Cosplay in New York City

By Uncle Yo

Friday, May 28, 2010

• Feature
• anime
• manga
• cosplay
• features
• New York

Aim for the Top: Gunbuster, Gurren Lagann, and the Mechrescendo

By Evan Minto

Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010

• Feature
• anime
• features
• Gainax
• Gunbuster
• Gurren Lagann

Guest Post: Tezuka and the 108 Stars of Destiny

By Evan Minto

Thursday, Apr 01, 2010

• Feature
• anime
• manga
• features
• guest articles
• Osamu Tezuka
• Reverse Thieves
• Theme Month - Tezuka

Metropolis: Taking a Stroll Through the "Tezuka Backlot"

By Evan Minto

Friday, Mar 26, 2010

• Feature
• anime
• manga
• features
• Metropolis
• Osamu Tezuka
• Theme Month - Tezuka

Far Cry 2: Questioning in-game morality one year before "No Russian"

By Evan Minto

Saturday, Dec 12, 2009

• Feature
• video games
• Far Cry 2
• features
• Ubisoft