Posts by Angely Mercado

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  From Yandere Girlfriends to Social Anxiety: Handling mental illness in The Future Diary and A Silent Voice

  Mental illness is a part of life for many people, yet it’s still a taboo topic that has a lot of stigma attached to it. Often times in fiction it’s portrayed through a “crazy” person, and there haven’t really been a lot of realistic discussions about it. Anime is no exception.

  Versus | by Angely Mercado | June 27, 2018 | 0 Comments
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  My road to finding better Latinx representation in anime

  Throughout my ever-growing love for all things manga and anime, there have been a lot of pretty good and some downright horrible portrayals of Latinx people.

  Perspectives | by Angely Mercado | January 19, 2018 | 13 Comments
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  Dangerous Women for Feminism: A defense of Lady Eboshi

  For a movie to appeal to me as a woman, female characters had to be more than just caricatures and stereotypes. They had to make mistakes and learn from them; they had to have bad hair days. I think that’s why I fell deeply in love with Princess Mononoke when I first saw Lady Eboshi.

  Perspectives | by Angely Mercado | July 28, 2017 | 6 Comments