Articles

List all articles in reverse chronological order. The most recent appear first.

• dAIa-log 006: Rain in Anime — Expression, Emotion & Narrative Layers

  Published

  28Feb,2026

  A dAIa-log dialogue exploring rain in Japanese animation as motif, emotional amplifier, and narrative device — from The Garden of Words and Totoro to Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop.

  dAIa-log • visual-expression • narrative-style

• dAIa-log 005: Why Humans Can Receive What They Do Not Fully Understand

  Published

  17Feb,2026

  Why can humans receive meaning without fully understanding it? A dAIa-log dialogue exploring intuition, cognitive shortcuts, and layers of understanding through anime examples like Kiki’s Delivery Service and Evangelion.

  dAIa-log • structural-context • media-form

• Shōtengai as Part of the Everyday: Starting from Tamako Market

  Published

  12Feb,2026

  Starting from Tamako Market, this essay explores the shōtengai as a spatial form of the everyday—tracing its historical development, institutional structure, and narrative role as a boundary between ordinary and extraordinary life in anime.

  autograph • cultural-context • structural-context

• dAIa-log 004: Shibuya in Anime — Why an Unfinished City Feels Like a Narrative Core

  Published

  11Jan,2026

  Exploring how Shibuya’s unfinished cityscape comes to function as a narrative core in anime, through works like Jujutsu Kaisen, Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Oshi no Ko, and Hi Score Girl.

  dAIa-log • structural-context • narrative-style