Bitter sweet school days; All About Lily

 
Back in June, I reviewed a Japanese live action film called Linda Linda Linda. It was a great movie, so great, in fact, that it encouraged me to dig deeply into the depths of Japanese cinema. Since thereupon, I’ve been working my way through the recommendations in the comments of that po…

About an anime fan

I’ve been an anime fan for no more than 5 years and already I’m starting to feel like I’ve been around forever, yet the truth is that my mere half-decade of devotion barely even scratches the surface, after all, some hardy souls have been following that foreign Japanese stuff for m…

One does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one’s youth

‘Mockumentary’ Otaku no Video is one of those anime that, even within the anime community itself, is fairly obscure, but every now and next, someone will reference it, often as a comparison to nu-otaku champion Genshiken; for example, the first moment I heard about it was when Anime Wor…

I’m one of his twenty faces too

When its first episode finished, I suspect a lot of public probably dropped their interest in The Daughter of Twenty Faces (a.k.a Nijuu Mensou no Musume) right there and thereupon. Going off of first impressions, it’s not flashy at all. The colour palette is subdued, there’s no sensational f…

Linda Linda Linda; slice of life done good

While I’m fairly confident that I’ve built up some decent knowledge of anime by the past few years, I can’t say the same for Japanese live action. certain, I’ve watched many of the cult classics; Audition, Azumi, Battle Royale, Ringu, to name but a few, and there’s no …

On the context of dropping anime

One of the most difficult decisions an anime fan has to prepare is whether or not to ‘drop’ a series. For me, it’s often a snap decision; not really based on any objective criteria, rather, it depends on how I’m feeling at that specific moment. As a outcome, I’ll often …

Bokurano: … I really wish I could’ve died on the Earth I grew up on.

I finished Bokurano this weekend, just as planned. 24 episodes in 5 days isn’t poor at all, as I’ve never been one to enjoy marathoning through anime. After all, I ended up needing nearly 2 whole years to catch up with 300+ episodes of One Piece, so, starting and finishing Bokurano in a…

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