For this article I wanted to return to my favorite anime once again. Naruto is not perfect, but it has many interesting ideas in its story that I keep going back to thinking about one or the other thing. There are great fights, there are great arcs and there is great lore. This time however …
When I watched episode 7 of the second season of Arcane, I was in awe. Not necessarily due to the content of the episode. That made me feel more … complex emotions. I was in awe of the writing and the directing. How did the creators manage to make me feel such complex emotions? That’s …
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Last of Us is now a TV Series. The first episodes have gotten positive reviews and it seems like the people involved take the story and characters serious. Yet I can’t help and be a little bit annoyed at it. I have a hard time to understand why this award winning and great-on-its-own game has …
With the start of the new year, I started watching a new show. Or rather, an old one, it’s just new to me. Bojack Horseman premiered in 2014, almost a decade ago, yet I’m just now discovering its greatness. There is a lot to love about the series that combines subtle humorous moments with a …
I come to find that in Naruto Shippuden, at least before the war starts, the arcs are quite intricately planned out and efficiently written in terms of set ups and pay offs, themes and world building (not so much efficiently, in terms of flash backs and scene repetitions). Anyways, I’d like to explain here briefly, …
The Art of War: A beautiful Tragedy Silence. In empty space – another dimension, far away from the commotion of war – two high class shinobi face each other off: Kakashi versus Obito. No words are wasted. Only the fists talk. The hits echo through the space as the eerily beautiful fight choreography flows over …
Art of War: Casting a Narrative Stories are illusions, cast to lead away from reality. This fight is all about knowing what is real and what is not. For one contrahent the fight is real and cathartic, for the other it’s simply a tool to conjure up his image. This concept is what draws me …
Art of War: An old tale reinvented Fights in media are always thrilling to watch. But what differentiates a good fight scene from a bad one? Is it only about the spectacle of violence, or is more behind it? What aspects all belong to a fight? These questions I try to answer in this new …
The Art of War – Character through Choreography Battles and fights in fiction can – or even should – entail more than only stylish action. In the series “The Art of War” I will look at fight scenes I find particularly compelling and try to figure out, what makes them so great. I will start …