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Species in A Centaur’s Life

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The Taxonomy of A Centaur’s Life   Before I dive into all of the different monster girl variations in A Centaur’s Life there is one last topic I wanted to address, and that is what is a species and how they are classified, taxonomy.  A species is a group of organisms that can mate and Read More …

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Starting an Anime Club

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Creating an Anime Club   After school activities, extracurricular activities, student activities, or whatever else your school calls them, are either the bane or joy of teachers everywhere.  If you end up with an activity you like, it’s great, and if you end up with one you don’t like, then that is a little less Read More …

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Evolution in A Centaur’s Life

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Evolution in A Centaur’s Life As I have said before, Darwin’s Theory of Evolution is a major underpinning of modern biology and A Centaur’s Life is unique in the fact that it makes evolution a major plot point.  Other anime might mention evolution as causing something, Newtypes in Gundam, or the human-like Invid in Robotech, Read More …

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Artificial limbs in Violet Evergarden

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Prosthetic Limbs in Violet Evergarden   First off, I want to say that Violet Evergarden does live up to the hype and is an excellent show.  I saw the English dub on Netflix and loved it.  The animation is some of the best I have seen in a long time and it is a joy Read More …

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Yu-Gi-Oh Serenity Wheeler’s Blindness

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Serenity Wheeler and Blindness   Serenity Wheeler is a side character from Yu-Gi-Oh, and an after school and Saturday morning anime from the early 2000’s.  Serenity Wheeler is the sister of Joey Wheeler and his motivation to enter the Duelist Kingdom tournament, in order to earn enough money to pay for a surgery to cure Read More …

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Gundams are not nuclear bombs

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Gundams are not Nuclear Bombs   As a long time mecha fan I have seen many Gundam series over the years including 08th MS Team, which is a classic for showing how giant walking war machines would actually work in real world combat.  Another series that I happened to have enjoyed and that helped to Read More …

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Teaching with Anime- English Class- Romeo and Juliet

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Teaching with Anime- Romeo and Juliet So far all of my teaching with anime posts have focused on science related topics, but this time I am going to try my hand at English.  Romeo and Juliet, the classic play by Shakespeare and a feature of many English classes around the USA, has been remade many Read More …

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Full Metal Alchemist- Alchemy and the Gate

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Full Metal Alchemist- The Gate Alchemy is the mystical science that actually gave rise to modern chemistry as we know it, but that is a story for another time.  Today I will be diving into scientific basics of the scientific magic known as alchemy in the hit anime/manga Full Metal Alchemist.  I will also be Read More …