Tag: dAIa-log

All the articles with the tag "dAIa-log".

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

  11 Jan, 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

• dAIa-log 003: Reimagining “Wa”: How Anime Curates and Transforms Japanese Aesthetics

  9 Dec, 2025

  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.

  dAIa-log • cultural-context • wa

• dAIa-log 002: The OVA Boom and the Re-Evaluation of Modern Short Anime

  11 Nov, 2025

  From *Gunbuster* to *Bubblegum Crisis* and *PLUTO*, exploring how the OVA spirit of creative freedom echoes through today’s short-form anime.

  dAIa-log • OVA • anime-history

• dAIa-log 001: The Story Told by an Opening Theme

  31 Oct, 2025

  How anime opening themes (OPs) tell stories before the story itself — from *ARIA* to *Madoka Magica* and *Aquarion*.

  dAIa-log • OP • song