Stories that explore perception, identity, and the fragile workings of the mind.
Release: 2002-04
An early online-world anime in which a player unable to log out wanders a game space shaped by identity, isolation, and hidden system mysteries.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2009-07
Koyomi Araragi helps classmates bound to oddities, blending wordplay-heavy dialogue with abstract Shaft visuals.
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.
Release: 2007-04
A group of children are drawn into fatal mecha battles where each victory requires one pilot’s life, exposing coercion, guilt, and the fragility of ordinary ethics.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 2004-07
A persecuted mutant girl escapes captivity, unleashing violent abilities as fragmented identities and fragile human bonds unfold.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 2007-09
The first Rebuild of Evangelion film follows Shinji Ikari as he is brought to NERV, pilots Evangelion Unit-01, and confronts the early Angel attacks threatening Tokyo-3.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 2009-06
The second Rebuild of Evangelion film follows Shinji, Rei, Asuka, Mari, and NERV as new Evangelion pilots, Angel battles, and personal conflicts push the story toward a large-scale catastrophe.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 2012-11
The third Rebuild of Evangelion film follows Shinji after he awakens in a transformed world fourteen years later, facing WILLE, NERV, Kaworu, and the consequences of the previous impact.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 2021-03
The concluding Rebuild of Evangelion film follows Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Mari, WILLE, and NERV through the final confrontation over Instrumentality, Evangelions, and the future of humanity.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
Release: 2025-10
A single-player social-deduction SF where repeated loops, shifting roles, and fragmented memories drive a search for the hidden Gnosia among the crew. Each cycle reshapes trust, identity, and survival, gradually revealing a larger structure behind the game.
A co-laborAItion essay on why *Gnosia* somehow holds together—tracing its narrative coherence through script composition, counterfactual thinking, and the behavior of world lines.
Release: 2002-10
In a walled town, newly born Haibane struggle with lost memories and unspoken rules as questions of guilt, identity, and redemption unfold.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
A dAIa-log dialogue with ChatGPT defining rain-like expression in anime by asking what rain does, what makes it specific, and how its function might be applied without depicting rain itself.
Release: 1995-10
A landmark anime where teenagers pilot giant bio-mechanical units to fight mysterious beings called Angels, exploring themes of identity, fear, and human connection.
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 opening themes (OPs) tell stories before the story itself — from *ARIA* to *Madoka Magica* and *Aquarion*.
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.
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.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
A dAIa-log dialogue with ChatGPT defining rain-like expression in anime by asking what rain does, what makes it specific, and how its function might be applied without depicting rain itself.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.
A co-laborAItion essay on why *Gnosia* somehow holds together—tracing its narrative coherence through script composition, counterfactual thinking, and the behavior of world lines.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2023-04
Reborn into the entertainment industry, a former fan witnesses the gap between idolized images and harsh reality, uncovering secrets hidden behind stardom.
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.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 2024-07
As stage productions and adaptations unfold, performers and creators clash over interpretation, ambition, and the invisible forces shaping success.
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.
Release: 2026-01
Past events and constructed narratives begin to overlap, tightening the psychological tension surrounding identity, truth, and performance.
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.
Release: 2012-10
In a surveillance society governed by quantified mental states, inspectors and enforcers confront justice, violence, and the limits of social optimization.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 2011-01
A dark reimagining of the magical girl genre, following middle school girls who make contracts with a mysterious creature, only to uncover the despair behind their wishes.
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 opening themes (OPs) tell stories before the story itself — from *ARIA* to *Madoka Magica* and *Aquarion*.
A dAIa-log dialogue examining rain in anime as a shift from private, viscous interiority to a shared and whitened social condition—linking Evangelion-era “liquid” motifs, 2000s dampness, and contemporary visual purification.
Release: 2016-04
A young man summoned to another world repeatedly returns from death, turning isekai fantasy into a story of trauma, attachment, and choice.
An autograph essay beginning from Yuna’s 2026 Sword Art Online live performance, tracing fiction-reality synchronization, SAO’s technological invention of another world, AI, death, empathy, and continued existence.
Release: 1998-07
After a classmate’s death, Lain begins receiving messages from her, drawing her into the Wired. As reality and networked space intertwine, she confronts shifting identities and a world increasingly defined by information.
A dAIa-log dialogue analyzing rain in anime as a metaphor for identity, boundaries, and modes of being, with readings of serial experiments lain, Totoro, and Haruhi.
A dAIa-log dialogue with ChatGPT defining rain-like expression in anime by asking what rain does, what makes it specific, and how its function might be applied without depicting rain itself.
Release: 2011-04
A self-styled mad scientist and his friends discover a way to send messages to the past. Small changes cascade into diverging timelines, forcing increasingly desperate choices to prevent catastrophic outcomes.
A co-laborAItion essay on why *Gnosia* somehow holds together—tracing its narrative coherence through script composition, counterfactual thinking, and the behavior of world lines.
Release: 1998-04
The first Yu-Gi-Oh! television anime adapts the early manga's games, Millennium Puzzle, and shadow-game structure before the later card-centered ecosystem fully took shape.
A dAIa-log dialogue on nostalgia IP, reading anime, toys, remakes, and fan creation as ways fiction takes time to become real in the age of AI.