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Wednesday, March 8, 2006

WORK BEGINS SOON ON #3
I have an idea for a short (especially after the last one) article on Kashimashi - nothing too in-depth and nothing giving the main themes of the series (which, 8 episodes in, I [perhaps prematurely] take to be the necessary breaking down of sexual and relational norms in extreme circumstances) anything more than a glancing blow (just yet, anyways). I just want to see if I can center in on this one little bit in episode 5, which seems to me incredibly suggestive.

For the record, folks, I'm trying to keep myself to a schedule of writing at least one piece of reasonable length on anime every month. So far I've got two, and if this one goes well (and there's no reason it shouldn't) I'll have three. I got a little inspired by what Barthes did in Mythologies, writing a little bon-bon every month... of course, his pieces were only ever a couple of pages, and he had the advantage of holding clear contempt for his subject. If you also count his being French, Barthes already has a triple threat over me.

Huh, maybe I can publish these things if I ever get a whole bunch together. Anyone happen to know of any publishers who put out academic-style books devoted to anime?
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