I propose a toast – in honour of Shinkai Makoto

Global Shinkai Day is here! Regrettably, this poor fellow can’t join the festivities just yet, seeing as how he’s got an appointment in the morning and (possibly) a parish meeting in the afternoon.
In any case, there should be just enough time between those two engagements for a quick toast in honour of the master. [...]

Diego’s plans for Global Shinkai Day

In my little corner of the world, Global Shinkai Day 2009 will be a quiet affair centred on a chronological private DVD viewing of Shinkai Makoto’s four main works: Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko; Hoshi no Koe; Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho; and Byousoku 5 Centimeter. I had originally intended to do [...]

The scent of a memory: Reflections on a scene from Clannad ~After Story~ 19

A very brief scene, but one that I find more touching than most.

Haruhi-chan? Better than expected – and beware the OP! Churuya-san? Meh.

The first episodes of the “official parodies” Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu and Nyoro-n Churuya-san have been streamed on YouTube. Raw and officially subtitled versions of both videos are available, with no regional viewing restrictions (to my knowledge).
Another tired marketing ploy? A complete waste of time? More cheap fanboy baiting? Perhaps. [...]

Putting “Kotoba!” through its paces

The best part about owning an iPod Touch (or an iPhone, for those lucky enough to live in places where it isn’t sold at an extortionate premium) is being able to download all those clever applications that keep marching onto the virtual shelves of the iTunes App Store. From war games to financial tools [...]

So this is where Rikuo’s been going lately . . .

I stumbled upon the Custom Receipt Maker through another site and was eager to give it a go.
Some notes:
* I haven’t the foggiest idea how much a cup of Evlend costs. (I just pulled these prices out of the blue.)
* The receipt generator won’t accept Japanese characters. (I tried.)
* You can type in [...]

New J-drama Review Alert! – Attention Please

What does it take to turn this . . .

. . . into this?

Hop on over to Wolf Hurricane for the full text of my review of the 2006 Japanese comedy series Attention Please.