Author Archives: Raphael Cardenas

An Art Form for Any Story: Is There Stigma Against Animation?

“People keep saying, ‘the animation genre.’ It’s not a genre! A Western is a genre. Animation is an art form, and it can do any genre. You know, it can do a detective film, a cowboy film, a horror film, an R-rated film, or a kids’ fairy tale. But it doesn’t do one thing.” Brad…

Anime Review of the Dead: A Brief Look into Zom 100

“Who would’ve thought a single beer was enough to make somebody that happy, despite being in such a state of disarray?” (Shizuka Mikazuki, reminiscing her first meeting with Akira Tendō) Imagine—you’re in a zombie apocalypse, a desolate dystopia fraught with destruction. Supplies are low, services are scarce, and pillars of smoke rise from the urban…