Tag: anime

Are Filipino-Americans a ‘marginalised’ and ‘invisible’ people?

October 27, 2016 benign0 37 Comments

According to the article The marginalization of Brown Asians published recently on the Seattle Globalist, this is a perception begging serious consideration. The following excerpt from this article captures the all-too-familiar lament with regard to how “under-represented” Filipinos think they are as Asian-Americans… We are tired of the fact that when people think of Asian…

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Alternative Media 15: Going Berserk Over Berserk

December 20, 2015 Grimwald 8 Comments

Are you looking for a cute anime where everyone ends up happy in the end and the theme of the story is love and friendship? Well, then you shouldn’t be reading this article as this will be tackling the theme and story of the anime Berserk which is, as far as I’m concerned, one of the…

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Animation and Imagination: Why We Want Them Back

July 21, 2015 Grimwald 54 Comments

Well, in light of Benign0’s recent article about the “Pabebe” Girls and the reaction they’re garnering across the country, I come to wonder just what happened to the youths of today and what will become of the following generations. I’m not going to judge the children in the video. After all, as some of our commenters like…

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Alternative Media (Part 6): Attack On Titan

March 31, 2015 Grimwald 11 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve done an Alternative Media article as I had to take time to watch and read a couple of more stuff before I decided to go on with what was on my mind. Here’s one of the latest ones I’ve managed to watch over the course of a few weeks with…

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Alternative Media (Part 4): Realistic Fantasies

March 5, 2015 Grimwald 12 Comments

With my last article, I exposed how the Pinoy fantasy genre is degrading the minds of the Filipino people. As already mentioned, I still think there are a few fantaseryes worth looking into from time to time. Encantadia was actually pretty good because of the way it presented fae that were neither bad nor good and were…

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Alternative Media (Part 3): Mediocrity is the Enemy

March 4, 2015March 4, 2015 Grimwald 34 Comments

Yes, as mentioned by a commenter before, fantasies aren’t going to save the country. They are only mostly ideas and, at the end of the day, ideas will not mean anything if no one will stand for them. However, it is often ideas that build people’s character and, without good ideas, how can we hope…

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Alternative Media: What Most Pinoys Are Missing

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Grimwald 43 Comments

The Bible says something about one must be like a child if they seek to enter the Kingdom of God. I have always been intrigued by the way Filipinos perceive the idea of maturity. When I was a teen in college, a lot of my friends clamored about “being treated like adults”. They would whine…

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Filipino cosplayer among Top 7 to follow on social media

July 15, 2012July 15, 2012 benign0 19 Comments

Filipino Cosplay Queen Alodia Gosiengfiao was recently listed by Mashable among its list of 7 Cosplayers to Follow on Social Media feature. Gosiengfiao is a noted personality in the eclectic cosplay community in the Philippines and has broken into mainstream media trying her hand in TV hosting and appears in a supporting role in the…

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