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Nausica’s Glider
August 30, 2007 – 4:22 pm
Some people write fan fiction. Others do fan engineering.
St. David Protect Us
January 26, 2007 – 11:17 pm
Odd enough that there’s a site with a loop of an anime character twirling a leek. Odder still that there’s a Wikipedia entry on it. ETA: it’s St. David, not Crispin… you think I’d remember Henry IV correctly, thanks Cynthia. [ via Luke McGuff ]
Bento Physics
July 18, 2006 – 8:57 pm
Matthew Arcilla, who I know through his snarky blog on comics and Philippine pop culture, has a new blog he’s co-writing with Jamila Nedjadi where they consider Manga and Anime while trying to steer clear of fannish squeee and desiccated theory-speak.
Grrr, Argh.
April 23, 2006 – 10:18 pm
I don’t talk about role playing games here, but it’s something I enjoy. Friday night I ran the conclusion of Silicon Valley Slayage (SVS) , a campaign I’ve run with John Kim over the past three years using Eden Studio’s officially licensed rules for Buffy the Vampire Slayer-based games. Badgerbag live blogged the finale, which [...]
Last Castle in the Sky
February 15, 2006 – 10:36 pm
I watched Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky (1986) the other day, and was struck by how much the 2003 anime series Last Exile borrowed from it. There’s a whole post on that topic, and fortunately Tasha Robinson already wrote it: The series [Last Exile] and his movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky share many [...]
Last Castle in the Sky
February 13, 2006 – 12:23 am
I watched Hayao Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky (1986) the other day, and was struck by how much the 2003 anime series Last Exile borrowed from it. There’s a whole post on that topic, and fortunately Tasha Robinson already wrote it: The series [Last Exile] and his movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky share many [...]
Yoko Kanno
November 13, 2003 – 12:00 am
Yoko Kanno is to anime what Bernard Herman was to Hitchcock: a prolific film composer. What’s remarkable is her diversity. She’s responsible for Tank! the hard-bop opening theme for Cowboy Bebop, the symphonic score for Vision of Escaflowne, as well as Escaflowne’s infectious J-Pop theme song, Yakusoku Wa Iranai (Promises Not Necessary). I dare you [...]