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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 [...]
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Binbou Shimai Monogatari , which translates roughly into something like “The Story of Poor Sisters“, is a 10-episode anime based of a seinen manga of the same name. The general premise of the story is that two girls, the older being in middle school, live alone in a rather modest apartment (think Maison Ikkoku). They live in relative poverty without parental support, as their mother has passed away and their father has left them for his gambling addictions. The older sister takes up a part time job while the younger one devotes herself to housework, and by depending on each other, they are able to live independently……
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