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Classic Anime Review: Porco Rosso

The IFC Studio Ghibli retrospective give me the chance to revisit an old Miyazaki classic after many years. Its uniqueness in his catalog, and in anime in general, is undeniable.

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Haganai final episode – otakus gone wild!

Just finished watching Haganai (I don’t have many friends). Yozora got a hair cut really short, and she looks good!

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Tamayura final episode…A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Ahhh, already over? That was really short. Just saudade…

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Blu-ray Review: Onigamiden (Legend of the Millennium Dragon)

Onigamiden (Legend of the Millennium Dragon) is a pretty, mediocre anime film, whose lovely background art and battle animation cannot quite make up for a lack of character depth and emotional connection.

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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?

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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…

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