Space Battleship Yamato 2199 is a remake of the 70s anime Star Blazers -Space Battleship Yamato. This 26 episodes space opera series came out in 2012 Synopsis The year is 2199, and the Earth has been all but destroyed by … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Space Battleship Yamato 2199
The Morose Mononokean (不機嫌なモノノケ庵, Fukigen na Mononokean) is a fantasy series based on the manga by Kiri Wazawa. The first season, 13 episodes, aired in 2016, and the second one, 13 episodes as well, in 2019. Synopsis Hanae Ashiya is all … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: The Morose Mononokean
Because we all need some escape right now, post about the best hikes you’ve done! And don’t hesitate to add photos so we can all grow maudlin and wonder when we can get back into nature again. Continue reading Hiking Thread
It’s catastrophic because it’s a last minute thread, and because it deals with catastrophe. When the Romans suffered terrible defeat upon terrible defeat at the hands of Hannibal, they went looking for what went wrong. After Trasimene, it was obvious … Continue reading The Catastrophic History Thread
Golden Kamuy: seinen, historical, based on the manga by Satoru Noda. 2 seasons and 26 episodes so far, with a third one already having a trailer. Synopsis Sugimoto, a scarred veteran of the Russo-Japanese war, is panning for gold in … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Golden Kamuy
A few of us have been talking, and what with it being September and everything, I thought I’d make an academic thread, since we haven’t had one for some time. I don’t have a them in mind, so maybe if … Continue reading Academic thread
Mushishi is an anime very faithfully based on the manga by Yuki Urushibara. A first season was broadcast in 2005, and a second one in 2014, with Hiroshi Nagama as a director. The music was written by Toshio Masuda. I’d … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Mushishi
When watching a movie or a series, you often find yourself thinking you would rock such or such outfit, and get the urge to dress like that. What are the outfits that have struck your fancy in pop culture, be … Continue reading POP CULTURE FASHION YOU NEED
Gintama is a 367-episodes comedy and action anime started in 2006 which ended (?) in 2018, based on the manga by Hideaki Sorachi. Synopsis In Edo era Japan, everything was turned upside down twenty years before when aliens invaded and … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Gintama
This is a season when a lot of us have to go around gathering gifts for various relatives. Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes you have absolutely no idea what to get. This thread aims to be a space where we can … Continue reading Gifting Thread
Hello, as promised, here’s the first part of the game. A few caveats: I kept it short, and without the main characters yet, because I didn’t want to monopolize all the story. Also I apologize because, being somewhat devoid of … Continue reading The Exquisite Corpse of Ava Cotto: Part 1
Hello. Here’s a game. Name a famous author (preferably a classic, or someone you feel everyone will know). Then, in the subthread, people have to write a paragraph in the style of that author. Don’t be too serious, but that … Continue reading Pastiche Thread
Planète magazine and its little brother, Le Nouveau Planète, were French periodicals published between 1961 and 1971 by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier. Those two were the authors of a book called Le Matin des Magiciens (The Dawn of Magic … Continue reading Planète: Let’s Read a Crazy Old French Magazine
