Many people use anime as a form of escapism from the cold, harsh real world. Therefore, their preferences of the 2D world tend to be as unrelated to the real life as possible. The more unbelievable stuff that will never ever happen in the real world, the better. This is basically a refraction of real life, as the wavelengths between the 2 worlds differ, separated by heaven and earth.
Take Zero no Tsukaima for example, since I’ve just completed both seasons a couple of days ago. A tsundere mage as the main lead, excessive fanservice, a harem, an insane 1 vs 70000 battle and many more illogical. The reason why people enjoy the series is because none of this ever occurs in the real world. Hence, when watching such a show, it literally transports them into a totally brand new fantasy world, distant from the unfeeling world that one lives in.
Continue reading ‘Preferences of Anime : A Reflection or Refraction of Real Life?’
The Genshiken manga may have ended, and so has the Genshiken TV series Season 2. Despite that, how can we forget one of the greatest works that touched on otaku issues?
The purpose of this post is to classify otakus into 3 general groups. I know there are tons of otaku classifications out there, floating around in cyberspace, but all of them are really specific and are unable to include every single type of otaku in at least one category. On the other hand, my classification is so general, you would definitely be in at least one of the groups.
Continue reading ‘Madarame, Sasahara And Ogiue’
Yesterday’s post was FAP’s 200th post. Technically, it should not exactly be counted as 200 posts, considering some short crappy posts with to link to anime I wrote when I was hosted back on wordpress, but no matter.
Anyway, since this post is the first to pass the 200 mark, I decided I should post on something I have never touched on before. All this while, I have been writing posts that were related to anime. Today, I will be posting about the people who watch anime and post about it. That’s right, the anime blogsphere, or more like some of the local blogs which I frequent. If I did both local and non-local blogs, this post would probably see no end.
The girls of Genshiken shall grace this post
Here goes.
Continue reading ‘Some Thoughts On The Current Anime Blogsphere’
Look what I brought home today:
I managed to get 2 of my most wanted figurines. Now, I still have like 10 more figurines I want to get,but I’ll have to wait for the my wallet to get fatter before I can do so.
Continue reading ‘Today is a happy spending day’
