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  • The Anxiety and Issues of Nakahara Misaki
    Nakahara Misaki, female lead of the series “Welcome to the NHK!” has a lot of issues.Aside from being a compulsive liar and having a dramatic personality disorder, she also displayed signs of social anxiety and mild hints of depression throughout the series. Oddly enough, this makes her fit in perfectly well with the rest of the show's cast, who all have their own issues to work through.
  • A Brief Glimpse Into “Welcome To The NHK!”
    In the grand tradition of the media using social and political problems as a concept for their work comes the Japanese anime “Welcome to the NHK.” As a show that delves into the life of a person suffering from such social anxiety that he needs to shut himself off from as much contact as possible, the show presents the problem in both dramatic and comedic ways.
  • The Promise and Peril of Genetic Manipulation
    Genetic manipulation, while a distant possibility given the current limitations of technology and human understanding, is something that is already being opposed. This is partially the fault of science fiction, which can sometimes feature genetically superior humans in large numbers, often with ideals and ethics that put them at odds with normal humans.
  • Works From the True Masters of Fear and Anxiety
    Fear and anxiety are among the fundamental things that are part of the collective human psyche, which easily explains the existence of the horror genre. However,horror, dread, and anxiety are not easily captured in the written word, such that most horror stories lose their “bite” after time. There are, however, quite a few that endure and have come to be considered among the finest examples of horror in existence.
  • The Anime That Makes Fun Of Itself: “Lucky Star”
    The Japanese anime industry often does not like to make fun of itself, because self-deprecating humor is rarely appreciated in Japanese culture. Occasionally, such things tend to slide by without causing too much of a stir, but up until the release of “Lucky Star,” there has never been an anime that has consistently used the anime industry and its fans as a source of humor.
  • Lost and Found In Adaptation: “Fate/Stay Night”
    Adapting something from the literary world, whether a traditional novel or a Japanese visual novel, can often be difficult. There is usually a large amount of detail that must be removed for the adaptation to work, with some attempts cutting too much of the original material. For less hardcore fans of the source material, the anime adaptation of “Fate/Stay Night” presents a workable balance, though still missing some arguably essential details.
  • Classic Villainy
    Villains are often the lynch pin that holds narrative action stories together, having a more important place in the success of the story than even the hero himself. There are several examples of good villainy over the years, in a variety of formats, but there are some villains that truly stand out as the best examples of the worst humans can do to one another.
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