Karakuri Babble is a daily column by the editors of i360.com, usually on topics tangentially related to anime and cosplay.

In the past we have endorsed many things; in the future we shall support many others.

I've finally gotten around to watching Madoka, and it's kind of overwhelming. I feel like the target in a knife thrower's act, and I'm not even done. (Two more episodes.)

But if they'd told me it was Utena 2.0, I would have worked much harder to watch it.

Utena 2.0, you ask? I only have one answer for you, direct from the script: "That's power. With that power, anything is possible. You can even free her from her fate. But how that power is used. . . is my decision."

Actually, two. Whose castle do you think that is, in Utena? Who is trapped there, and why?

words from chris, 2011-10-06 00:55:30, los angeles