Space the final frontier and why getting scientific information from Hollywood is probably a bad idea.
Atmospheric Reentry in Mecha Anime In Gundam and many other mecha anime the plot often takes place in two places, Earth and space. In the original Gundam, and the spiritual reboot of the series Gundam Seed, the action starts in space before heading to Earth, only to return to space again. A key issue Read More …
Little Witch Academia- Orbital Launch Little Witch Academia is an anime original by Studio Trigger that first came onto the scene in March of 2013 with a short film funded by the Young Animator Training Project. The Young Animator Training Project is a program funded by the Japanese government through the Agency for Cultural Read More …
One Piece, Waves, Surfing, and the Green Room Spoiler Alert During chapter 881 the Straw Hat Pirates manage to escape from being destroyed by Big Mom due to the quick actions of Jinbie, who steered the ship into the Green Room. Now this led me to the question just what the heck is the green Read More …
The Drake Equation Does alien life exist? Are there other intelligent beings somewhere in the universe? Are we truly alone in the universe? These seemingly existential questions and thought experiments have been mathematically quantified in the Drake equation which was created in 1961 by Dr. Frank Drake. The original intent was to try and stimulate Read More …
Solar Eclipse Solar eclipses are interesting events that have occurred throughout history and were seen as harbingers of doom and/or had religious connotations. It comes as no surprise then that solar eclipses will appear in modern media including anime. Digimon Adventure and The Familiar of Zero use the eclipse as a gateway to another world, Read More …
Turning Jupiter into a Star Heroic Age Heroic age was an anime first production by studio XEBEC that aired in 2007. Airing alongside the likes of Gurren Lagan and Gundam 00, during a period of waning popularity of giant robot shows, it didn’t get the biggest reception at the time. It was also an Read More …
Cosmology references in Sailor Moon Welcome class, today we are going to be talking about Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon was the brain child of Naoko Takeuchi, and first hit the shelves back in 1992. It can be seen as the successor to the less well known Code Name Sailor V. Over the years it Read More …
Gurren Lagann and the Spiral Nemesis Welcome class, today we will be examining the 2007 Gainax classic Gurren Lagann. Yes, I know it is a super robot show, running on the power of guts and awesomeness, but there is a small sliver of cosmology that can be examined. Cosmology is the study of the nature, Read More …