Warning: anime academia ahead...

Just some random thoughts that pop into my head when I watch anime/read manga...

Why do anime characters lack nipples? Is this a desexualization or objectification of the female? Dolls don't have nipples; are female characters being made into dolls?

What is the obsession with mecha (aka mechanical/mechanized armor)? Man's integration to machine? Overcoming the limits of the human body with a oversized mechanized humanoid?

What in Zeus' beard were Sadamoto and Anno on when they made NGE? Seriously...

Is Malice Mizer ever going to do a reunion concert? Seriously?

Was Shinji made more sexually ambiguous (allusions are made to attraction to Rei, Asuka, and Kaworu) to make the animated version of NGE more popular amongst girls for yaoi/shonen ai purposes? I think so...

What makes transgender so seemingly acceptable?

Is CLAMP ever going to finish X? Seriously?

Can Sora's death after the sexual consummation of his relationship with Arashi be considered a punishment? After all, he dies and she loses her powers...there's some sort of connotation of sex = punishment there...

That's all for now...