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This derpy crocodile is VERY upset about the park closing.

Lost in Animeland: Fall 2014

Fall season, traditionally probably the biggest of the anime seasons, is finally upon us! There’s an enormous avalanche of shows, more than even I can watch. Even [Read more]

October 15, 2014 // 0 Comments

Lost in Animeland: Ghost in the Shell SAC and Dennou Coil

While we don’t know what aliens will look like, I think we can all agree that they probably won’t look like this. One thing that’s fairly rare in anime is [Read more]

October 1, 2014 // 12 Comments

They make a pretty cute couple, honestly.

Lost in Animeland: Sword Art Online

Last time I mentioned that I was watching Sword Art Online II, and enjoying it quite a bit. Unfortunately, it’s very hard to talk about part three of a series without [Read more]

September 17, 2014 // 6 Comments

For some reason, the moon seems to take it really hard in these SF shows.

Lost in Animeland: Summer Season’s Picks

I’m back! It’s been a while — lots of cons, book stuff, and other exciting happenings on my side. I’ve got a new John Golden novella out (and a [Read more]

September 3, 2014 // 12 Comments

It's become a favorite for cosplay, in spite of (because of?) the ridiculousness of the costumes. See here for a girl who has to wear a flesh-tone bra because her actual costumes doesn't actually ... cover things.

Lost in Animeland: Checking In with Recent Anime Seasons

Due to various people being absent at cons, I haven’t really dug into the new season yet, and in any event it only just started. So I’ll save the first episodes [Read more]

July 9, 2014 // 4 Comments

Lost in Animeland: Kino’s Journey

For me personally, the term “episodic” is usually not a compliment when it comes to anime. It depends on the genre, of course: comedies work better in an [Read more]

June 25, 2014 // 2 Comments

Because who doesn't love random beach hijinks in their adventure show? For thirteen episodes. One of them a musical.

Lost in Animeland: Code Geass and Endings

Endings have always been a problem in anime. Even among my favorite shows, those that actually come to some kind of satisfying conclusion at the end of the series are a small [Read more]

June 11, 2014 // 11 Comments

You can tell it's the future because they all have such slick white uniforms.

Lost in Animeland: Spring 2014, Part 2

More shows from Spring 2014! Lots of SFF this season. Related posts: Lost in Animeland: Spring 2014 Lost in Animeland: Ghost in the Shell SAC and Dennou Coil Lost in [Read more]

May 14, 2014 // 0 Comments

This is the face of a man you can definitely trust.

Lost in Animeland: Spring 2014

Apologies for the break! I’ve been a bit busy launching my new middle-grade fantasy, which means I haven’t had as much time to watch anime, let alone write about [Read more]

April 30, 2014 // 6 Comments

According to Google Image Search, Lain is about two things. Staring blankly into space ...

Lost in Animeland: Lain, Boogiepop, Paranoia Agent

Today I’d like to look at three shows that aimed to create a roughly similar atmosphere, with varying levels of effectiveness. Serial Experiments Lain, Boogiepop [Read more]

March 19, 2014 // 8 Comments

I feel this way at bookstores sometimes. (A lot of the time.)

Lost in Animeland: Read or Die

Read or Die deserves its place on the list of Best Anime Ever, but I’ve always had a extra fondness for it, both because I identify with the heroine at times and [Read more]

March 5, 2014 // 7 Comments

Here they are playing classic jungle video games.

Lost in Animeland: Hare+Guu and Nichijou

Comedy is hard. To date, I haven’t talked much about anime comedies, for a couple of reasons. First, and most important, in my experience they are much more of a [Read more]

February 19, 2014 // 4 Comments

It has a neat art style that evokes old Japanese paintings.

Lost in Animeland: Winter 2014, Part 2

Today we have the second half of the Winter ’14 season, alphabetically speaking. We’re now four weeks in, so I’ve seen three or four episodes of most of [Read more]

February 5, 2014 // 9 Comments

Guess which mech the girl has to pilot. Go on, guess.

Lost in Animeland: Winter 2014

Well, we’re almost two weeks into the Winter season, which has given me a chance to take a look at the first episodes. This season I’m trying a slightly different [Read more]

January 22, 2014 // 2 Comments

Lost in Animeland: Lyrical Nanoha and Gunslinger Girl

In the name of the Moon, I will punish you! The tradition of schoolgirls fighting things — monsters, criminals, each other — is an old one in anime, going back [Read more]

January 8, 2014 // 5 Comments

The main cast, Rock, Revi, and Dutch. Black guys are as rare as hen's teeth in anime!

Lost in Animeland: Black Lagoon and Black Heaven

This week, we have two shows that (a) are called “Black Something” and (b) fall well outside the norm for anime in terms of setting and protagonists. Anime fans [Read more]

December 18, 2013 // 2 Comments

Touma, with assorted weirdo supporting cast. Index is the one in the white habit. (Don't ask me WHY though.)

Lost in Animeland: Index and Railgun

Going Forward Now that I’ve done a once-over of the present season, here’s the plan. I’m going to talk about some shows that I have seen which (a) I think would be of [Read more]

December 4, 2013 // 8 Comments

Just your average girl-with-giant-colorful-hammer-facing-off-against-giant-Buddhist-robot picture.

Lost in Animeland: Fall 2013, Part Two

Here’s my look at the rest of this anime season. Most of the shows I’d been particularly looking forward to were in the first installment, so this was a matter of [Read more]

November 20, 2013 // 6 Comments

Lost in Animeland! First Episodes, Fall 2013

Every quarter there’s a new anime season, with a whole new lineup of shows to take a look at! I watch through the first episodes of anything that might have some genre [Read more]

November 6, 2013 // 16 Comments