TWWK recently posted his “top 30” anime series. Although I’ve quit following current shows, I still frequently rewatch old favorites, and I thought it might be fun to assemble my own list. TWWK [...]
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Princess Mononoke wasn’t quite what Disney expected: Disney executives like Michael O. Johnson, the president of Walt Disney International, had only seen Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour Totoro and [...]
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Are the members of Gryphon closet Sailor Moon fans? (Picture from here.)
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My Crunchyroll subscription lapsed a month ago. I’m pretty much done with anime, though I’ll probably always retain some interest. Possibly someone might like to read about my experiences and [...]
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Like many urban centers, Roppongi Hills in Tokyo is infested with public art. It’s perhaps a bit more elegant than what you find in Wichita — some of it, anyway. (Screencaps from Joshiraku.)
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It occurs to me that stills from Joshiraku would make passable New Yorker cartoons.
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I wrote this seven years ago: Joshiraku — Nobody is ever likely to license this. Five girls, practitioners of a peculiar form of Japanese comedy, sitting in a dressing room talking about random things [...]
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… doesn’t apply here, except maybe in a Cramps sense. (Right-click and open in a new window to see every lurid detail.) A friend spotted this vehicle in a college parking lot near his place and sent [...]
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Tomorrow is World Fiddle Day, or something like that. Here’s Roger Netherton with some fiddle music. More of Roger and his friends here and here. Update: Roger’s in Japan now. Here’s a video of the [...]
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The Greeks have Achilles and Odysseus; the Romans have Aeneas; the French have Roland; the Spanish have the Cid; the British have King Arthur. And, Americans have Batman. (Illustration from here.) And [...]
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