anime « The Hooded Utilitarian

September 29, 2011
By Anne Ishii
Blog
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Is the Bamboo Curtain More Treacherous Than the Glass Ceiling?

They say it’s over for animation in Japan. When we look for new hires only women respond, and I get the feeling that we’re done for.

September 19, 2011
By vommarlowe
Blog
6 comments

Avatar the Last Airbender: a very fun American anime! (kind of)

Flying bison! Bat eared flying lemurs!

August 22, 2011
By Erica Friedman
Blog, Columns
3 comments

Overthinking Things 8/22/2011

One of the factors of why anime and manga are so popular globally – they deal with topics that can’t be addressed comfortably over the dinner table.

Overthinking Things 7/1/2011

What Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert should and shouldn’t do with the new Noir live-action series.

March 19, 2011
By Anja Flower
Article
4 comments

For my temporary stay here at the Hooded Utilitarian, I’ll be doing a series of pieces on the intersection of comics and related media with queer genders and sexualities, including how these issues have touched on my own life. I thought I’d begin with the gender politics of the Ghost in the Shell franchise.

August 24, 2010
By Sean Michael Robinson
Blog
49 comments

What Do I Do With Those Damn Anime Kids?

Keira Lozeau- age 17 My first meeting as a high school teacher was almost five years ago to this date, mid-August, on a hot Washington afternoon. I was a new hire at a school district to the north of Seattle, and I was young at twenty five, still idealistic despite a rough student teacher [...]