Behind The Nihon Review

Have you forgotten completely?  Let me refresh your memory:

Sometimes a pivotal scene will simply fail. You’ll hear rousing music, animation quality will skyrocket, and the main character may suddenly gain whatever he was lacking to overcome the challenge, but all of it rings hollow. It doesn’t matter that the production studio has pulled all stops and warned you that a significant turn is [...]

I think the divisiveness of the response to Shinkai Makoto‘s latest film, Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo is very interesting, and it perhaps paints a picture of a set of expectations that fandom has for him that he still hasn’t quite met. Personally, I thought Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo was a great film but my precise [...]

On the flight to Sydney to meet Akira, the word “off-kai” rang continuously in my head. This was the first time I’d gone to meet someone from the internet, and I was reminded of what 2DT said of his meeting with Akira and the nerves he had beforehand, in his post on 2-D Teleidoscope. I [...]

Surprise, bitches— I’m back. (Not really. Just for right now.) After a night of revelry and watching the fireworks at Darling Harbour, Sorrow-Kun and I ran back to my friend’s house to record this very special hour-long (LIVE!!) New Year’s Extravaganza. We patched in Kylaran, delirious from Comiket 81, and also had two special guests— Furinkan and [...]