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It seems appropriate to break my months-long silence on this blog with a post about Studio Ghibli, as the company remains my lifeline to Japan despite the wavering interest in the “usual suspects” of the broader “anime world”.  So it was with great anticipation that I opened up ANN’s article about the film’s announcement.  I cannot pretend that my enthusiasm did not take a slight dive when I saw the name Goro, as I was not particularly a big …

Much of my site traffic comes from people searching for my Youtube performances of anime pieces from Honey and Clover, Ghibli films, and other films/series. Well, today, unfortunately, all links to those videos are broken thanks to Youtube’s decision to disable my account without any warning………

I originally planned to use this summer to catch up on anime that have been sitting on my to-watch queue and deliver a whole slew of new reviews.  That doesn’t seem to working out as I had planned.  To be perfectly honest, I think I’ve grown a little bit sick of anime for the moment.  The last series I watched that truly impressed me was Future Boy Conan.  After that, I picked up quite a few other series and …

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 spend more time together as pitcher and catcher, Tajima is more of a friend to Mihashi than Abe, as they speak on the same level, …