How Shinkai reminded me that the earth is not a cold dead place
A few days off work have eased a bit of the writer’s block but I must admit that my K-On! post stubbornly refuses to leave Draft Rewrite Hell. Anyway. A little late given that Global Shinkai Day was...
View ArticleSo, I’m in this aniblog tourney thing…
I got an e-mail asking if it was okay to include my blog in the running order so after being reassured that I didn’t have to make any special effort I happily agreed. Whatever the point to it is, I’ve...
View ArticleNews just in: waffling idiot tries to solve the fansub debate
A recent comment thread on GRSI, plus this bit of news and my experience with this site, has led me to ask myself a question so bleeding obvious that I feel stupid asking it. I’ll stress right now that...
View ArticleRemembering Satoshi Kon
I must admit I didn’t hear about Perfect Blue until around 2004, when the only anime I’d watched were Miyazaki’s Laputa, Anno’s Evangelion and Tsurumaki’s FLCL. It was an eye-opening experience to say...
View ArticleWhy having Tumblr might save my sanity
I caved in to temptation. I know this Tumblr malarky could well be a passing fad or whatever, but it’s currently a less labour-intensive way of writing that fits in well with everything else that’s...
View ArticleI-I-It’s not like I regularly read Colony Drop or anything
I listened to the ANNCast with the editorial team of Colony Drop recently and found it to be an interesting listen. The interview used the site’s noteriety as a springboard for questions on a number of...
View ArticleA quick message of congratulations to Kenichi and Maaya
I rarely pay any attention to the latest news in the worlds of seiyuu and Jpop (my knowledge of the language is too limited to appreciate the former and my musical tastes veer too far into the...
View ArticleKatawa Shoujo
I hadn’t followed the development of what’s commonly known as ‘that 4chan eroge about disabled girls’ but since the finished product isn’t really anything like that, maybe I was better off in blissful...
View ArticleThe 50 questions filler post
Since my latest article still isn’t finished, here’s my version of the latest community meme that’s doing the rounds. They’re pretty interesting to read and I don’t have anything better to do right...
View ArticleYou gave me Page & Plant, I give you Yuki Kajiura
I should have reviewed After Eden by now since I bought the thing on release day but like many things, I never got around to it. Even after watching the live DVD that arrived last week I still don’t...
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