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Diary of an Anime Lived: The Slice of Life Age, Part 2

The first period of my anime fandom ended with my college years. While I never stopped watching anime, the age of discovery was over, and…

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The Living Ghosts of Ano Hana

The past is never dead. It’s not even past. —William Faulkner

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Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths is not a light read.

It has been a while since I have done a graphic novel review, and this is a book I would recommend older teens to college…

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Moshidora review

Moshidora(もしドラ). もし高校野球の女子マネージャーがドラッカーの『マネジメント』を読んだら “What if a high school baseball team’s girl manager reads Drucker’s “Management?” Such a long title.

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Diary of an Anime Lived: The Slice-of-Life Age, Part 1

Part 1 of a look at how anime has shifted away from SF/fantasy toward slice-of-life—and how I’ve done the same too.

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A New York City evening with mangaka Natsume Ono

New York City manga fans recently had an opportunity to meet Natsume Ono, the author of not Simple, Ristorante Paradiso, Gente, and House of Falling…

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