I was taking a nap this evening, and I had this strange dream that seemed a bit like a romance movie with all the fixings of your typical romance ( Read more... )

If you keep tabs on what I've written in the past, you'll know that I had posted my opinion piece on The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo) back in March. It's been a while and there's some good news for those of you who aren't into reading subtitles. As of November 18th Bandai Entertainment, one of the larger import companies, ( Read more... )

That phrase literally translates, "Shin'ichirô of shoes of that place also cockroach." It actually translates, "There's a cockroach under Shin'ichirô's shoe." And that is the theme of Noe's little nursery rhyme in a lovely little series called True Tears. It took me like half an hour to determine what words were spoken in this little poem.

( And to ramble about translating... )

So I just watched this movie, Rapid Fire, on TV. It's a fight movie from 1992 with this karate kid and a cop fighting this mafia boss and an international drug lord. If you're into watching movies purely for over-the-top fight scenes, this would be it. What fight movie is complete without a bad guy getting smashed through glass display cases on ( Read more... )

So here's another installment of anime in review. The title of this series, H20 ~ Footprints in the Sand, makes zero reference to the series itself. Most of the series itself displays more interest in the wind. It makes use of a lot of pinwheels/wind wheels/spinners. Not much water and not many footprints either ( Read more... )

So, I got a bit of feedback from a few of you about that awful anime series, School Days. Primarily you asked for some of my better recommendations. And since some of you really are not caught up in the scene, I think I'll start with this beautiful piece.

So leap forward for more on ( The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. )