• Special Effects Artists Need a Break

    Movies are among the top art forms in the world. Have been for about a century now. It’s easy to see why; you sit back for two hours and do nothing while a film transports you to a tale larger than life, be it an adventure or a comedy. They’re constructed like a clock. Each…

  • My Hero Academia S6 E7: Teachers

    My Hero Academia S6 E7: Teachers

    Remember the first few seasons of this show? How fun and optimistic it was? Yeah, we ain’t doin’ that no more. Deku and Bakugo join the battle against Shigurake. Meanwhile, Gigantomachia and the rest of the League set out to join their leader. When the heroes go down down, including one of UA’s best teachers,…

  • Isekai Has Lost Its Mind

    Isekai Has Lost Its Mind

    For as long as media has existed, there has always been one on the top. However, that one on the top rarely lasts all that long. Westerns used to rule American cinema; the genre became so oversaturated and repetitive, that people just collectively quit on it, and now Westerns have all but ceased to exist.…

  • Final Fantasy V: The RPG That Bullies You

    Final Fantasy V: The RPG That Bullies You

    I have a somewhat odd history with Final Fantasy V. Technically, it was the first game in the series I ever played; I would play it a fair bit when I was a kid. But I had never actually finished it. In fact, I never even got that far; I’d get to the ship graveyard…

  • Why We Adore the Body Improvement Club (Mob Psycho 100)

    Why We Adore the Body Improvement Club (Mob Psycho 100)

    ONE’s greatest strength as an author is his consistent ability to subvert tropes and expectations in a clever, funny way. Oftentimes, it’s this very skill that is at the heart of his stories. The entirety of One Punch Man is built off of his ability to subvert tropes and characters seen in shounen anime and…