Okamoto Lynn Archives - Unwinnable https://unwinnable.com/tag/okamoto-lynn/ Stories about Culture Mon, 11 May 2020 21:23:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://unwinnable.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-icon-1-32x32.jpg Okamoto Lynn Archives - Unwinnable https://unwinnable.com/tag/okamoto-lynn/ 32 32 Anime is for Feminists, I Think: Part 2 https://unwinnable.com/2011/04/05/anime-is-for-feminists-i-think-part-2/ https://unwinnable.com/2011/04/05/anime-is-for-feminists-i-think-part-2/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:00:49 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=10274 Just before PAX, we took a look at Kino no Tabi and its place among the few anime that could be deemed feminist. We concluded with the promise of violence–a promise I fully intend to keep as this week we take a look at Kanabe Mamoru’s Elfen Lied, a brilliantly violent series based on the manga by Okamoto Lynn that is either the most profound or most offensive feminist statement in anime. A bit of plot summary can be found in my Elfen entry on underappreciated anime. For our purposes here, we’ll dive right in. It’d be tough to argue

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]]> https://unwinnable.com/2011/04/05/anime-is-for-feminists-i-think-part-2/feed/ 4 Greatest Unknown Anime – Part One: Elfen Lied https://unwinnable.com/2010/11/29/greatest-anime-part-one-elfen-lied/ https://unwinnable.com/2010/11/29/greatest-anime-part-one-elfen-lied/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:30:28 +0000 https://unwinnable.com/?p=5209 Dan Imperiale reviews Kanbe Mamoru's Elfen Lied, an anime series based on Okamoto Lynn's manga of the same name.

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