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Posted in Anime Reviews
Chihayafuru: The Rules of the Shoujo Game
I’m now caught up on Chihayafuru, which is an interesting experiment in how much an anime can be fixated on a single subject without losing its human focus. Is karuta really a metaphor for everything?
Live-Action Ranma 1/2: Damage Assessment With Joy To Spare
wintermuted December 12, 2011 5 Comments on Live-Action Ranma 1/2: Damage Assessment With Joy To Spare
So it has come to pass. As the great Stephen Tobolowsky once said that was something to the effect of, “When you take a…
Through Older Lenses : California Crisis
Sure we’re virtually well out of the sphere of merely looking into the 1980s as a trendy hot-point of discussion, but what often doesn’t…
Posted in Manga Reviews
Thoughts about Gate 7
Linda November 14, 2011
Chikahito Takamoto is a normal high school student from Tokyo visiting his dream city of Kyoto. While visiting a site, he comes upon a battle…
Posted in Manga Reviews
An evening with Vertical’s Tasting for Drops of God
Rarely has there been a story that would inspire the interest of an industry outside of its target audience. However, this has been the success…