Stories that follow exploration and challenge, tracing growth through travel and the unknown.
Release: 2021-11
In a world where science and magic collide, two sisters find themselves on opposing sides of a conflict between the prosperous city of Piltover and the underground realm of Zaun.
From *Gunbuster* to *Bubblegum Crisis* and *PLUTO*, exploring how the OVA spirit of creative freedom echoes through today’s short-form anime.
Release: 2023-09
After the Demon King’s defeat, the elf mage Frieren sets out on a solitary journey. Outliving her companions, she slowly reflects on time, memory, and human bonds. The story unfolds through quiet encounters after the adventure has ended.
Reexamining the term “loli-babaa” through Frieren, this essay explores how age, appearance, and character coding shape its meaning within Japanese character culture.
Release: 2026-01
Frieren’s travels continue as she teaches disciples and revisits places shaped by the past. Magic becomes a way to understand people rather than to win battles. The journey deepens into learning how to truly know others across time.
Reexamining the term “loli-babaa” through Frieren, this essay explores how age, appearance, and character coding shape its meaning within Japanese character culture.
Release: 1989-07
At thirteen, Kiki leaves home to train as a witch and finds herself in an unfamiliar seaside town. With her talking cat Jiji, she opens a delivery service, facing new friendships, setbacks, and the quiet struggle of growing up.
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.
Release: 1988-04
A fantasy mecha adventure in which a boy is summoned to a magical world and fights through episodic trials with his robot allies to defeat an evil ruler.
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.
Release: 1967-04
Princess Sapphire, born with both a boy’s and girl’s hearts, must hide her secret as she battles plots for her kingdom’s throne.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2001-07
Easygoing Yoh Asakura trains with spirits and friends to win the Shaman Fight and claim the title of Shaman King.
Tracing how Kapitaro’s “Osorezan Le Voile” grew from Nico Nico and Vocaloid-era fan creation into *Shaman King*’s most definitive anime ending—through Reiwa remakes, Japanese era-name intuition, and a thought on what generative AI can’t replicate.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2021-04
A manga-faithful remake following Yoh from his first battles through the full Shaman Fight and its hidden designs.
Tracing how Kapitaro’s “Osorezan Le Voile” grew from Nico Nico and Vocaloid-era fan creation into *Shaman King*’s most definitive anime ending—through Reiwa remakes, Japanese era-name intuition, and a thought on what generative AI can’t replicate.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2024-01
Hana Asakura, son of Yoh and Anna, clashes with new shaman factions while struggling with the weight of his inheritance.
How anime reimagines the Japanese concept of Wa (和) across eras — from Ribbon no Kishi to Mushishi and Suzume — and how emptiness becomes a vessel of meaning.
Release: 2012-07
A virtual-reality action series where players become trapped in a deadly game, following a skilled swordsman as he fights to survive and clear the world.
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.