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The Decline of Akihabara
A reporter for The Register visits Tokyo’s Akihabara district and finds it’s not quite the tech paradise that he was hoping for Step out of the station’s “Electric Town” (denki… Read more »
Hope Springs–Movie Review
Hope Springs (IMDB) is a sensitive and thoughtful comedy-drama about a marriage in trouble. Kay and Arnold Soames (Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones) have been married for 31 years… Read more »
Moonrise Kingdom–Movie Review
Moonrise Kingdom (IMDB) is an offbeat comedy by Wes Anderson. Like many of his movies it deals with strangely eloquent misfits confronted by clueless but well-meaning normal people. The story… Read more »
Kokoro Connect–Anime Early Impressions
Kokoro Connect doesn’t strike me as an “obvious must watch” series. It’s more of a “worth keeping an eye on” series. It looks like it might turn out to be… Read more »
Sword Art Online–Anime Early Impressions
Sword Art Online (Crunchyroll) has certain similarities to Accel World which isn’t surprising since both are based on light novels by Reki Kawahara. However the differences are more striking than… Read more »
Natsuyuki Rendezvous–Anime Early Impressions
Natsuyuki Rendezvous (Crunchyroll) is yet another of those high-minded josei shows, in this case a supernatural romantic comedy. It is also probably the best anime of the Summer 2012 season…. Read more »
Utakoi–Anime Early Impressions
Utakoi (Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi) (Crunchyroll) is a high-quality anime series that is lovely to look at. However it is probably a specialized taste since it is based on… Read more »
Humanity Has Declined–Anime Early Impressions
Humanity Has Declined (Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita) (Crunchyroll) is a rather strange anime, but one of the most promising of the Summer 2012 season. Mostly this consists of whimsical surreal… Read more »
Happy Tanabata!
July 7 is the date of one of Japan’s most beloved festivals. It is called “Tanabata” (written as “seventh evening”). In English it is often called the “Star Festival”. It… Read more »