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Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time)

This feature film, directed by a Studio Ghibli castoff and with character designs by Gainax co-founder Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, is anime’s version of Eternal Sunshine of…

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More Anno Gold! Anno + Sixth Graders =…?

Here’s a rare glimpse of Anno from one decade ago, before Kare Kano and after Evangelion. The public TV station NHK asked him to go…

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Not Anime, But Maybe Related

I don’t normally advertise my other, main blog, but for all those who not only love anime and manga, but also comic book movies–I have…

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The Royal Catchup Roundup for This Week

I had not one, but two papers due this week, so anime has generally not been on my mind as much as usual (my last…

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All Right! Claymore did pick up! EPS5

After anticipating something good for Claymore, I finally got rewarded. My friend Mike always says that he usually watches 6 eps of a show before…

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My long-assed response to the previous post – sorry it’s not quite anime related, so if you’re not interested yadayadayadayda…

Sorry, but my reply to the previous post got so long that I just have to make it into a post. Take it as a…

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