Twelve Days of Anime #5: Outlaw Star – You Better Get Ready!

Future-Hero Space Pilot Looking GAR

I thought about many weighty topics for this post. I considered revisiting my article earlier this year on the subject of gender roles in anime, which judging by the sheer volume and ferocity (in both directions) of the feedback I received, was surely the most provocative anime-related piece I’ve written. I thought about something historical, looking at anime over the last four decades. But in the end, given that it’s the holidays and I’m a little tired of controversy, I thought it’d be nice to simply say a few words about a series that meant an awful lot to me as an anime fan.

Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai – 12 (END)

「終天の契約(エターナル・エンゲージ)」 (Owari Ten no Keiyaku ( Eta^naru . Enge^ji ))
“Eternal Engage”

A sweet ending – and not a little bit silly – to a series that richly deserved it. Be true to yourself, embrace the weirdness within, and your happy ending just might await you up on ahead, under that Unseen Horizon.

Twelve Days of Anime #7: Best Moments in Anime (2012)

Also, Stilts’ newest fetish. Zephyr’s too. We’ve got problems around here, folks.

Twelve Days continues with a special collaborative post on a more traditional topic. Today, we discuss that one 2012 anime moment that we found particularly awesome (or in other words, made us go WTFBBQ). And as with any post of this nature, note that there will be various spoilers throughout this post, so exercise extreme caution upon viewing.