Going down the slippery slope

Remember when I said that MaxFac’s Nagato would be my first and only character figure purchase?
Well, forget what I said. The moment I laid eyes on Kino I knew I had to set aside a place in my anime bookcase just for her.

Ordained From Above (ManyLemons AMV)

This one’s something of an oldie – vintage August 2006, as a matter of fact – but I saw it for the first time yesterday.

Discovering テレビドラマ, Part Two – “Lunch Queen”

ランチの女王 (Lunch no Joou, Summer 2002)
DramaWiki / Wikipedia / JDorama.com

Mugita Natsumi is enjoying a delicious omuraisu when a stranger suddenly drags her out of the restaurant and makes an odd request: play the part of his nonexistent fiancée. The man – Nabeshima Kennichirou – explains that he left his family on bad terms [...]

Fancy a prequel? The best Tolkien movie idea I’ve ever read (so far)

No, it’s not The Hobbit. This film, if it ever gets made, is about as child friendly as that horror film Yuuichi saw with Ms. Uguu.
But as far as epic proportions go this one will blow Peter Jackson’s puny trilogy clear out of the water.

DIEGO C.> Data link established. Transfer initiated. Download complete.

First, there was one.

Then there were three.

Now the gang’s all here.

Why you might (just might) see less of me in the next few weeks

In one of my previous posts I wrote that I am a man of varied interests. Anime is one of those areas of interest and currently takes up most of my spare time, but there are others with a far longer history (including some, such as numismatics, that date back to my childhood years). [...]

Discovering テレビドラマ, Part One – “Nodame Cantabile”

A few months ago, on the basis of strong recommendations from several trusted sources – imouto-chan included – I dipped my toe into what was then for me the alien world of Japanese live-action television dramas. But instead of quickly pulling out my foot in disgust (which pretty much sums up my initial expectations), [...]