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by Wings of Fire
Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:54 am
Forum: Anime and Manga
Topic: Anime vs Cartoons
Replies: 16
Views: 3841

Re: Anime vs Cartoons

I only found out quite recently that my absolute favourite Western Animation from when I was younger, Powerpuff Girls, was heavily inspired by anime. Conversely, my favourite anime, FLCL, wouldn't look out of place in an Animaniacs episode in places, and not just 'cause of those wacky hijinks. Reall...
by Wings of Fire
Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What books are you reading?
Replies: 467
Views: 111028

Re: What books are you reading?

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, the narrator is so damned unreliable I'm not sure what I'm supposed to think of the prose, characters or narrative in general. It doesn't help that I'm still inside the first hundred pages and the man has blatently contradicted himself over twenty times so far. Really go...
by Wings of Fire
Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Member Introduction Thread Mk. III
Replies: 583
Views: 195218

Re: Member Introduction Thread Mk. III

Evening all. My name is Joe, I'm a second year student studying Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Glasgow and I've recently gotten back into anime and Japanese culture in general after spending much of my teenage years with only terrestrial television and no internet, and henceforth had...