In the effort to keep myself from becoming too distraught by the events occurring in Northeast Japan, I’ve been revisiting an old favorite – and when I say “old favorite” I mean it. Rurouni Kenshin was one of the very first anime I ever watched, and was the very first […] Read more
For the second time in a week, I had the opportunity to see a film by a young director often hailed as “The next Miyazaki”. Last week it was Makoto Shinkai’s seminal masterpiece 5 Centimeters per Second. This time around, Mamoru Hosoda’s “Summer Wars”. First if I may, a word […] Read more
Tonight, I went to a theatrical screening of Makoto Shinkai’s magnificent “5 Centimeters Per Second” at Viz Cinema in San Francisco. It had been a couple of years since I watched it, and I was curious to see if my reaction would have changed. Though I’ve watched it multiple times […] Read more
Since I’m on the topic of sports anime, I figure I may as well use this platform to evangelize for an even more obscure title… Not only is Capeta a sports anime, but one about one I don’t especially care about – motorsports. It passed under the radar a few […] Read more