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Tuesday, 12 January 2016

How I learned to love David Bowie

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My first thought when I read that David Bowie had died echoed Metternich’s apocryphal response to the death of Talleyrand: “And what did he...
Thursday, 8 January 2015

Legend of Korra: Final thoughts

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Part way through season three I made a few observations about Legend of Korra and its approach to thefantasy genre , and now it has come to...
Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Shooting at Japanese women with bamboo rifles

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There's a lot of outrage on social media (and real media) about a certain "dating coach" and his let's call it unorthodox ...
Sunday, 3 August 2014

Legend of Korra: the perils of making fantasy "relatable"

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There are a lot of reasons to really love Legend of Korra . Compared to the anime it takes so much of its inspiration from, its fight seque...
Sunday, 22 June 2014

Artists and the machines of death: The Wind Rises (2013) and The First of the Few (1942)

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Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises was pitched as the director's final film, and as such has an extra weight of expectation attached t...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014

My troubled relationship with Joss Whedon

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I have a problem with Joss Whedon. I find his work pretty much universally enjoyable, ranging from at worst (early episodes of Agents of S...
Monday, 17 March 2014

Kill Your Sempai 2

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As part of an event I sometimes organise with my friends Gotal and Ralouf from the band Lo-shi, I did a set of illustrations under the title...
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I'm a writer, indie music busybody, owner of Call And Response Records, and surly expat based in Tokyo. Plot Shield is a space for my thoughts and writings about the geekier aspects of pop culture and my frequent frustration with them, with a particular emphasis on what I see around me here in Japan. Note: Content on this site is generally safe for work, but I make no guarantees about linked material. Articles also regularly include spoilers. I assume all my readers are adults.
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