Rainbowsphere recently posted the picture above for Carl who in turn tweeted in to me. But the picture in question sparked my creative engine. If Chika Ogiue is Saber then who would the rest of the cast of Genshiken be in Fate/Stay Night. Here is the result of my pondering. As with any of these casting games there is sure to be alternative choices. Feel free to post you opinion below.
Anime and Manga are in trouble. Sales are down across the board and no one knows how to change that. Innovation is dead and all we see are copies of copies being sold as new ideas. Your favorite genre is all but forgotten. For some God forsaken reason, they brought back To Love-Ru.
The blogosphere is divided. Old school VS. new school. Moe fans VS. mecha nerds. Otaku VS. Fujoshi. Nichibros VS. Nichijou. There are only roving tribes of angry warriors in the hellish post-apocalyptic blogging landscape.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
-William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming
In this time of troubled partisan politics, you need to vote for an aniblog you can trust. An aniblog that stands up for the titles you hold dear. An aniblog with the integrity and experience to brave the storm and hold the course. The only aniblog that has that leadership ability is Reverse Thieves.
With almost five years of blogging experience the Reverse Thieves have a proven track record that speaks for itself:
Their biography shows them to be simultaneously devoted patriots and free thinking radicals in the community.
They are proven friends to the shonen, seinen, shojo, yaoi, mecha, hentai, and yuri communities.
They are noted scholars on the topics of screen tone, page layout, symbolism, sex, and crime.
They are statesmen that have not only moved crowds with their own podcast but reached out their hand in friendship to others as well.
They are also tireless ambassadors to neighboring nerd communities, having done work with comics, movies, television, toys, and video games as well.
A vote for the Reverse Thieves is a vote for a better blogosphere.
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Recently Twitter was discussing the ending to the Jellyfish Princess anime and I was surprised by how many negative reactions there were. I’m not going on to argue that it was great, but rather that it was just. It felt like a very inoffensive “now go read the manga”-ending because it was and is an ongoing series. I’m not saying I wish it wasn’t the case, but there were a mere 11 episodes to tell a character rich and complex story. There was forward movement for characters and plot which doesn’t end in a way that says nothing has changed.
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