Japan, in the midst of an unprecedented recession, has asked its corporations to work toward fixing another major problem: the country’s low birthrate. Facing a dwindling birthrate of  1.34, well below the 2.0 needed to maintain the population, Japanese corporations have be asked to let workers go home early to spend time with their families [...]
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First of all, Happy Chinese New Year. Was your New Year’s eve eventful? Living in Sydney has resulted in a distinct lack of interest for Chinese New Year in my family. A typical New Year’s eve in my family involves dinner with the whole family, followed by my parents pestering me to stream the Spring Festival [...]
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Has anyone seen Examurai? It sort of came out of the blue. I think it got announced like a week before it first aired. I remember when I first heard about this show, I couldn’t even find a raw to watch. Probably because no-one knew about it. I really should stop checking out new animes [...]
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I really shouldn’t have committed to blogging Viper’s Creed so soon. I’ve just recently checked out Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo, and it is clearly the superior mecha anime this season. So much so that it’s not even a mecha anime. It has transcended the limiting boundary known as the mecha genre and transformed into some [...]
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No this is not a guide on how to turn change into “tip”. It’s merely one of my stranger experiences purchasing an Easy Way, which is the biggest (and probably only) milk tea fanchise in Sydney if not Australia. More after the jump. There I was getting a large honeydew milk tea, which cost $4.70. [...]
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After much deliberation, I’ve decided to blog Viper’s Creed. Everyone seems to be talking about Rideback, so I thought I’d blog about the lesser known mecha anime this season. Also if it makes any difference, it’s not by GONZO, so there’s still a chance it won’t crash and burn many of GONZO’s animes. Synopsis Sigh… I really [...]
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Merry Christmas everyone! There, obligation over. If you didn’t read it, it’s not my fault. One of the good things about living in Australia, and there aren’t many, is that being +10 or +11 during Daylight Savings, you get to see the new day before most people in the world. The benefits of that is, you get [...]
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I recently checked out the anime, Kurozuka, and I know this is a pretty big claim, but it’s got to have the worst OP of 2008. “Systematic People” by Wagdug Futuristic Unity. It’s one of the few occasions where I actually thought, “holy crap, that’s a bad song”. I think it was the first time an [...]
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The Clannad production team seems to have decide to make a contribution to society with a sequence of imagery depicting the consequences of drugs. However, it seems to be a rather confusing message involving gender bending. That’s right! Do drugs and you’ll turn into a girl! XD An adequate message to all those young, impressionable minds that [...]
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I’m not sure what the thought process of the screenwriters were when they adapted this series, but I’m sure at some point someone stepped back and said, “eh… guys, I don’t think we have enough material for twelve episode.” “Oh don’t worry, we’ll just air the third last episode first so no-one will remember it when [...]
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