Thank you for this fantastic article.

I rarely find myself able to get into anime, despite having some majorly otaku friends. I dug on Cowboy Beebop and fell in love with Attack On Titan, but I find certain anime tropes and conventions a bit offputting (so much yelling!).

Articles like this (and the linked essay) are…

Ooh, I love putting things into subjective ordered lists! I would rank them 2, 4, 1, 5, 3.

2 blew me away and totally sold me on the series. 4 was obviously brilliant and hilarious. 1 was the perfect Borderlands tone. 5 was forgettable. And 3 just did not do it for me- lame choice of song IMHO.

I have this crazy theory that the planet that they ended up on in the end with the Force tree will end up being important in Force Awakens.

(Nerd Theory to follow)

In the newest trailer there’s a shot of Kylo Ren lifting Poe Dameron’s head with the Force. Then there is a shot of a bunch of trees exploding in a big laser…

I feel you, I missed one installment of the series (Peace Walker) and I have no idea what is happening. But I can help you in one regard.

The series is like a psychotic Grant Morrison comic gone wrong (look him up if you are unfamiliar, you’ve got a ton of awesome reading to do), and like a Morrison comic, there is a…

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