The Traditional Catholic Weeb Speaks: Me, Myself And Manga

When it comes to the topic of manga, I quickly tap out because although I've been involved in the anime sphere since 2016, I haven't bothered to deal with reading a manga volume as extensively as most other people I know. I've already got a sizable-enough collection of random historical tidbits, software documentation, pre-Vatican II …

The Anti-Modernist Academia #4: To Serve And Protect Tradition

The last three Anti-Modernist Academia articles explored the components of Little Witch Academia from the perspective of characters who previously displayed beliefs consistent with Modernist tendencies, as expounded in the 1907 encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis of Pope St. Pius X. In the first, Professor Croix Meridies and her latent scientism were symptoms of rationalism, which …

East Meets West #24: The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya .vs. It’s A Wonderful Life

It's not uncommon to have an episode of an anime set around the Christmas period, such as in Toradora, Digimon Adventure, and basically every single slice-of-life show (K-On, Lucky Star, Azumanga Daioh to name a few). However, very few worthwhile Christmas anime movies have been made, as opposed to the barrage of Western movies dedicated …

Anime Review #92: Cowboy Bebop – The Movie

Two weeks ago, I reviewed the Cowboy Bebop series which depicted the exploits of bounty hunter trio of Spike Spiegel, Faye Valentine and Jet Black across space, capturing hoodlums of all sorts to sustain themselves financially. Well, that is, at least on the surface: beneath their adventures was their inner struggle between themselves and their …

Anime Review #91: Boku No Hero Academia – Two Heroes

What if I told you that there's an anime version of a certain famous 1980s blockbuster involving a group of terrorists taking over a skyscraper, holding its occupants hostage unless their onerous demands are met, and it's up to an underdog character to jump into the fray, and dispose of them? (If you haven't been …