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Sword of the Stranger is a 2007 film by BONES centering around a young boy and two warriors who are drawn to him due to various circumstances.  The film is set in feudal Japan, with more than a few similarities to…..

On April 4th, 1978, Japan was introduced to a series called Future Boy Conan, a 26-episode series which marked the directorial debut of a man who was then a seasoned animator – Hayao Miyazaki.  The anime is a loose adaptation of a novel by Alexander Tide…

Yojou-han is an 11-episode series by Madhouse, directed by Masaaki Yuasa and adapted from a novel written by Tomihiko Morimi.  The story follows a nameless college student (fans usually refer to him simply as Watashi) as he pursues…..

The original Oofuri was a big hit with me, despite the fact that I generally have an aversion to sports stories.  While Touch, an Adachi series, involved baseball, Oofuri was the first series I watched that was unashamedly centered entirely on baseball..

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Kodomo no Omocha, commonly called Kodocha, isn’t the most widely known series, but is generally well-liked by those who’ve seen it – in fact, I don’t recall ever reading a bad review of it.  I initially decided to watch the show due to an extremely positive opinion posted on the Star Crossed Anime Blog, which….

Episode 7 also brought the series further in terms of character development, most importantly that of Abe.  Much of the first season was focused on Abe and Mihashi learning to work and be comfortable with each other, but here Abe’s father asks the question of whether they are actually *friends*.  They aren’t, really.  Although they [...]

Well, I’m back after my exam-month break, ready to tackle some new anime series.  After waiting a bit for first impressions to start popping in, I ended up picking three series to try out at this relatively early point in the season.  Ookiku Furikabutte, of course, I was going to follow anyways due to being [...]

After a nice, long 50 episode run, we’ve come to the end of Cross Game, the anime adaptation of a manga by a relatively well known author – Mitsuru Adachi.  If you’ve read other articles on this site, this name might also be familiar as he is the author of one…

One of my recent Amazon purchases was this 500 page collection of writings by Hayao Miyazaki - Starting Point. As tantalizing as the idea of an autobiography sounds, Starting Point is nothing like that.  Rather, it is a collection of essays, speeches, and interviews written or done by Hayao Miyazaki between 1979 to 1996.  After reading [...]