Hello hello, my friends!  How are you? It’s been many months since I closed this place, and a lot has changed.  Just like I promised myself two years ago, I’m making a new life for myself in the States as a novelist.  It’s been a difficult transition, but I’m quite happy now. But here’s the real [...]
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About a week ago, I asked readers: “How has anime enriched your world?” I got many great replies, and it was hard to narrow them down to just five.  But here they are. This is the final entry on the blog.  Enjoy. — Digibro Anime didn’t enrich my view of the world. It became my [...]
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About a week ago, I asked readers: “How has anime enriched your world?” I got many great replies, and it was hard to narrow them down to just five.  But here they are. This is the final entry on the blog.  Enjoy. — Digibro Anime didn’t enrich my view of the world. It became my [...]
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What’s it like for them… to meet us? Direct Link to MP3 (5.28 MB, 5 minutes 46 seconds) Links @HirokiJpn on Twitter Sound Credits “Sculpture” (Skalpel) “Osaka Subway Jingle” (audio excerpt, Osaka Municipal Subway) “This is Osaka Station” (audio excerpt, Osaka Municipal Subway) “Osaka Loop Line” (Discovery) “Seoul” (Amiina) “China Kibun de High Tension! (off-vocal)” (Canaan OST) [...]
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Direct Link to MP3 (5.28 MB, 5 minutes 46 seconds) Links @HirokiJpn on Twitter Sound credits pending!
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Inspired by Radiolab Shorts and 99% Invisible, I’m going for a different approach to the podcast this month. Direct Link to MP3 (11.0 MB, 12 minutes 06 seconds) Links Akirascuro (Moe Fundamentalism) A History of Akihabara (Tokyo Scum Brigade)   Sound Credits: “The next station is Akihabara” (JR Yamanote Line) “Akihabara Station Chime” (JR Akihabara [...]
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Inspired by Radiolab Shorts and 99% Invisible, I’m going for a different approach to the podcast this month. Direct Link to MP3 (11.0 MB, 12 minutes 06 seconds) Links Akirascuro (Moe Fundamentalism) A History of Akihabara (Tokyo Scum Brigade) — Sound credits pending!
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Strap in.  This is a long story. In 2007, when Katawa Shoujo made the leap from a 4chan thread to an “official” forum, I was one of the first people to join.  Back then, apart from the admin who created the forum, all voices were equal.  Every day was cacophony.  It was exhilarating. I wanted [...]
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Strap in.  This is a long story. In 2007, when Katawa Shoujo made the leap from a 4chan thread to an “official” forum, I was one of the first people to join.  Back then, apart from the admin who created the forum, all voices were equal.  Every day was cacophony.  It was exhilarating. I wanted [...]
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Continuing my musings on the Enneagram of Personality.  Read the first part here. Kobato is difficult to categorize.  At fourteen, the brain’s electrochemical systems have only just started to put together the patterns that characterize adult thought.  At that age, you’re still puzzling out what a personality even is.  So I’d say Kobato right now [...]
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