After what seemed like years since the anime streaming market reached something of a cooling point, the week was aglow with news that there was more than one bold newcomer aboard, ready to challenge the current model in ways few others have yet to venture. As recently mentioned, the Daisuki concept and site represents a [...]
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A new legal streaming service, backed directly by Japan’s biggest animation studios, has just launched! It’s called Daisuki, and we got a chance to speak to them about the service and what it promises.
Spring is in the air.. at least in my mind it is… can anyone guess which series is this sweet granny from? If you watch Chihayafuru.. how do you play Karuta in real life then.. look here. Thoughts about reading manga physically or digitally? If you haven’t heard that Vertical’s going to go digital later [...]
So this is another week…..Spring is coming, what plans do you all have for the arrival of Spring? Though the map above is forecasting viewing times for Hanami in Japan, I am very sure Spring is a time for people to enjoy. Japanese people at no matter what age, is pretty studious. Masks are to [...]
Soramimi of Oreshura OP. The most creative lyrics I ever heard! Note: PG13
And so it turns out I come out of half-hibernation to reflect upon a pair of interesting announcements to come out of Day One of this year’s TAF (Tokyo Anime Fair). It seems as if a number of souls out in animeland see it the right time to revisit a pair of old favorites. [...]
This is going to be a sphere filled with many 3/11 remembrance memorial posts… but Happy St. Patty’s Day for today as well. Tsunami affected Japanese towns are still left barren after two years. Ongoing artist charity collaboration projects for Tohoku quake. WW2 air raid survivor has awareness talks to tsunami orphans. Turning a tree that survived the tsunami into art. [...]
Whenever I discuss any creative medium, one often is remiss if unable to bring up moments of vibrant inspiration. Moments that not merely find themselves as great water tower conversation starters, but moments which find themselves endlessly replaying themselves over and over again. And this isn’t merely in regards to anime, film, and so [...]
First I have to say my apologies to the Paper for going AWOL with this column for about two weeks. Here is Round the Sphere for this week. Remember Cool Japan? Seems like the Japanese government still has it going on. Wow.. a Japanese restaurant using robots instead of dancers. Inspired by the previous hyperlink, (Paper’s [...]
Happy Single Awareness Overpriced Commercial Holiday! Be aware that this week, I was pretty link happy, alongside Paper’s link contribution. I wish him, who is heading off to Katsukon with Shizuka, a great time. ^_^ A recent response to punishment vs. disciple. Is this bullying? I believe that I may have seen an example of this [...]
This week, Paper was great enough to remind me that there are links to round up. Are there any comments you may or may not have? Can you guess which links are mine, and which are the Paper’s? Yet one more reason why Japan is awesome. This is why Lauren and her blog are awesome. [...]
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