Category Archives: Anime-ted Living
What’s Wrong with Suletta Mercury
As the latest in a very long line of installments to the Gundam franchise, The Witch From Mercury was all but guaranteed to at least begin with a substantial audience. The trick has always been to keep and perhaps expand that … Continue reading
My Top Ten Hottest Gundam Girls
As long as there have been gundams, there have been gundam girls. The gundams have given us giant mecha suits, sci-fi knights fighting epic battles both on Earth and in space, and the girls have given us something very nice … Continue reading
My Five Favorite Gundams
In the continuing spirit of Mecha March and with so much of Gundams on my brain that I’m looking forward to the end of Witch from Mercury if only to get a little break from the franchise for a bit, I … Continue reading
The Real-World Evolution of Gundam Technology
Mecha March is… well, a thing that someone came up with, where we bloggers dwell for a bit on mecha in anime, manga, movies, etc. I’ve never really done it before, and my showing this year will probably be a … Continue reading
My Favorite Anime From 2022
This might be considered a little late, as we’re already two weeks into 2023. Certainly, it comes well behind a number of similar posts I’ve seen from my fellow bloggers, most of which posted within a couple of days, or … Continue reading
Useless Male Leads in Anime
In the practice of my one-episode rule, I watched the first episode of a fairly recent anime called Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie. It didn’t appeal much to me, but I was fairly certain other people would enjoy it, so I … Continue reading
Slimes, Slaves, and Sexy Maids: The New Wave of Tropes?
It’s no secret whatsoever: when something new and unusual gets any sort of success, it gets copycatted out the freaking wazoo. Hollywood’s scramble to imitate the Marvel Cinematic Universe is but one outstanding example of that. There’s also all the … Continue reading
Merlin's Musings 