What makes us human? Is it our emotions or is it something more? These deep-seated ideological questions have been proposed and grappled with time and time again by philosophers since the dawn of man as there's not just one single homogeneous answer. Everyone has to find his or her own happiness in life and this simple idea is what makes Nobou Uematsu's short story, Blik-0 1946 so effective. Although it starts off with the contrite "monster of the week" trope, seemingly borrowing heavy motifs from Frankenstein and Mega Man, it quickly blossoms into a sweet and intimate fairy tale about a robot who struggles with his identity and humanity; all the while staying entertaining without ever feeling overly pretentious.
Created by web comic designers Christina Strain (writer, artist) and Jayd Alt-Kaci (artist), The Fox Sister is a weekly supernatural series that explores the life of its Korean protagonist, Yun Hee Cho, in her quest to take revenge on the shape-shifting fox demon known as kumiho. Seven years prior to the present day course of events, Yun Hee Cho’s parents and sister were brutally slaughtered by the kumiho, whom has now taken the form of her dead sister, Cho Sun Hee to seduce and kill her victims.
Who here is sick and tired of reading about Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Neon Genesis Evangelion in academic or fan literature? I certainly am, there's a world after Eva, and there are things in Japanese culture that can be appreciated that don't have ninjas. Well, for those of you who don't know what moe is, or have no idea what shokushu-kei is, there is The Otaku Encyclopedia by Patrick Galbraith (the guy with the DBZ hair, you might have seen him before on various websites.
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