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The thing that always bugs me about those propeller things is that if they accidentally crossed their legs, they'd cut their own feet off.

Lost in Animeland: Strike Witches and KanColle

Today in Lost in Animeland, Django Wexler dives into Strike Witches, Kantai Collection, and KanColle [...]

April 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

Miyamori spends a lot of time looking like this. It's a hard life being a production assistant.

Lost in Animeland: Shirobako

Today, in another awesome installment of Lost in Animeland, Django Wexler takes an in depth look at Shirobako [...]

March 25, 2015 // 7 Comments

The show has a stylized, simplified art style, but it makes it work remarkably well, especially in action scenes.

Lost in Animeland: Katanagatari

Today, in this installment of Lost in Animeland, Django Wexler takes an in depth look at Katanagatari [...]

March 11, 2015 // 2 Comments

Lost in Animeland: Suzumiya Haruhi

Django Wexler is back with another installment of Lost in Animeland, and this time, he takes an in-depth look at Suzumiya Haruhi [...]

February 25, 2015 // 6 Comments

Guts is perhaps the definitive "uses a sword way too big to be practical" character.

Lost in Animeland: Berserk

Django Wexler returns with another Lost in Animeland and asks "Can you love half a show?" [...]

February 11, 2015 // 4 Comments

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

January 8, 2014 // 5 Comments