The Radical Positivity of Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san By Kris Ligman • November 19th, 2018 I’ve been thinking a lot about radical positivity. About how, in a world full of objectively horrible things and an even greater volume of subjective nastiness, the most defiant act is to be kind.
Spilled Ink Be Witched – Flying Witch Vol. 3 By Austin Price • November 22nd, 2017 The stillness of Flying Witch Vol. 3 comes to me as small, almost zen escape. What’s magical here is nothing loud, nothing that demands attention constantly.
Spilled Ink Serial Experiments Lain, “Listening To The Suicidal Tendencies” By Austin Price • December 20th, 2016 “What swayed me was how well Lain conveyed the emotions that are attendant with and eventually lead to suicide.”
Spilled Ink Akira or, “The Powers That Be” By Austin Price • November 30th, 2016 In Akira, politics only yield destruction.
Consentacle: Tangles with Romance By Riley MacLeod • November 4th, 2015 Naomi Clark’s two-player card game about a curious human romantically engaging with a tentacled alien
Makoto Shinkai: An Auteur’s Evolution By Daniel Imperiale • October 21st, 2011 Makoto Shinkai’s got a new film – somehow with a longer title than the last one – and Unwinnable’s got the goods on it!
Fall 2011 Anime Preview By Brian Miller • October 11th, 2011 Brian Miller looks at the next season’s upcoming animated shows from Japan.
