Putting “Japanese” through its paces

The iPod Touch puts Swiss army knives to shame. Never mind that you can’t use it to cut cheese, start a fire or skin a wild mountain goat. With a Touch in hand, you can bop along to the heavenly tunes of Palestrina one minute and study for the JLPT the next. [...]

I don’t think Sony should get my Christmas bonus this year

Thanks for the warning, Adolf.

No KyoAni, you are not forgiven yet

But if I see the following scenes from the novel brought to life . . . then we’ll talk.
What was this reaction… similar to a normal person’s?
Nagato’s eyes were tightly shut, and a blush of red began spreading on her ceramic-like pale cheek. Moans, like faint sighs, escaped from her [...]

I’m thinking of the good old days

Remember when this show used to be good?
Remember when the next episode was something one used to look forward to?
Remember when the adoring masses wanted to heap bouquets on KyoAni’s doorstep, instead of burning tyres and Molotov cocktails?
Yeah, I do too.
So here, for a limited time only, is a reminder of [...]

And now for a brief update . . .

. . . on my present circumstances.
Not much to say, really. Work is proving a major drain on both my overall enthusiasm and my time at leisure, but that’s all par for the course – and the not-inconsiderable pecuniary fruits thereof are regularly being converted into fresh acquisitions for my manga shelves. If [...]