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Otaku Corner: Death Note Vol. 11

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Administrator

The light at the end of the Death Note tun­nel is clear Light, Light, Light. I keep find­ing more rea­sons for con­fin­ing Mr. Yagami to a high-level men­tal health facil­ity than hav­ing him in ANY level of employ­ment in pub­lic safety. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Gundam Thunderbolt Vol. 1

Posted on March 27, 2021 by Administrator

Gun­dam side story delves deeper in the mecha ethos “Only the dead know the end of war.” — Plato As many of our read­ers know of my love for the Gun­dam series, I have men­tioned the series’ leg­endary mark on anime and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Pandemic blues or a geek’s battle cry against Covid 19

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Administrator

Or how we will learn to emerge awe­some from Down­ersville As I write this, like many of our fel­low geeks around the coun­try and the world, GI staff are deal­ing with a new and unknown “nor­mal.” Ever since Jan­u­ary 20, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Cosplay is not Consent Vol 2

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Administrator

Con fool­ish­ness: Full metal wildin’ out at anime pan­els Trig­ger warn­ing: This arti­cle con­tains descrip­tions of stalk­ing, intim­i­da­tion and sex­ual assault. Unless oth­er­wise stated, the indi­vid­u­als men­tioned are to be pre­sumed inno­cent until proven guilty in courts of law. In 2017, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Tokyo Tribes Vol. 2

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Administrator

Tokyo pre­pares for all-out gang war­fare in Tribes Vol­ume 2 In a pre­vi­ous Otaku Cor­ner col­umn, I reviewed the first vol­ume of the manga series “Tokyo Tribes.” Tokyo Tribes is the first manga series I’ve read that per­fectly com­bines Japan­ese comic … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Death Note Vol. 9

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Administrator

Death Note wrap­ping up in its usual suspense-filled way Schol­arly. Resource­ful. If I had to describe Light Yagami, I would use these words to char­ac­ter­ize him as well as to say that I could see him becom­ing a future min­is­ter … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Death Note Vol. 8

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Administrator

L con­tin­ues to inspire jus­tice in Death Note Vol­ume 8 Four years after his death, the world’s great­est detec­tive L con­tin­ues to chal­lenge Light Yagami in the most intense  game of cat and mouse via his suc­ces­sors. Will L and com­pany … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Cosplay is not Consent

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Administrator

Say it loud and proud: Cos­play is not Con­sent I’m divert­ing from the nor­mal course of review­ing the lat­est in anime and manga for a new seg­ment called “the otaku tent.” I’ll give my thoughts on issues that not only … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: Tenjho Tenge Vol. 2

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Administrator

Ten­jho Tenge heats up in sec­ond vol­ume of action Wel­come back to another install­ment of Otaku Cor­ner. This time, we’re going back to school, which means we’re enrolling again at the renowned Todo Acad­emy where stu­dents learn the three basics: … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Otaku Corner: The All-New Tenchi Muyo Vol. 5

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Administrator

Tenchi Vol. 5 pro­vides enjoy­able escapades Tenchi, Tenchi, Tenchi. As a college-aged otaku, I remem­ber when Tenchi and com­pany graced Car­toon Network’s air­waves in 2000 when I had my first expe­ri­ence with harem anime, a kind of com­pro­mise that gave … Con­tinue read­ing →

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