By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting We are at the beginning of the Spring 2024 season, and I’m late, but still thought it would be nice to share a few quick recommendations for those watching things this season. In upcoming/ongoing works to consider watching this season, I recommend: Natsume Yuujinchou is probably my all-time favorite anime. It’s one of the few series I can rewatch … Continue reading Anime To Look Forward To – Fall 2024
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Note: Hello, Everyone! So, last summer I took a special course on anime and Japanese culture. During that course, I completed a project discussing Japan’s cultural background regarding spiritual beliefs (Shintoism, yokai, etc.) and how these beliefs and myths influence animation and other entertainment media in Japan. For part of the project, I discussed how the mythos lives on … Continue reading [Analysis] Natsume Yuujinchou: A Place for Yokai in the Modern World
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting I was recently introduced to the idea of a visual haiku and my first thoughts went to CLAMP. For those of you who were as knowledgeable on the subject of a visual haiku as myself prior to the introduction, the best definition I can find is one in which you take the moments of everyday life as the subject … Continue reading CLAMP’s Visual Haiku
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting If you know me at all, you’ll know that Natsume Yuujinchou is probably my all time favorite anime/manga. It is to me as Yu Yu Hakusho is to Krow, @coffeewithkrow (if you know, you know). And one of the things that always has stood out to me about Natsume is the importance of names within the story. It’s not expressly … Continue reading The Importance of Names in Natsume Yuujinchou – Analysis
