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Round the Sphere
First I have to say my apologies to the Paper for going AWOL with this column for about two weeks. Here is Round the Sphere for this week. Remember Cool Japan? Seems like the Japanese government still...
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Bridging The Gap: That Moment
Whenever I discuss any creative medium, one often is remiss if unable to bring up moments of vibrant inspiration. Moments that not merely find themselves as great water tower conversation starters,...
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Round the Sphere
This is going to be a sphere filled with many 3/11 remembrance memorial posts… but Happy St. Patty’s Day for today as well. Tsunami affected Japanese towns are still left barren after two years....
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Bridging The Gap(Literal Edition): TAF 2013′s BIG Early Announcements
OH. YES. And so it turns out I come out of half-hibernation to reflect upon a pair of interesting announcements to come out of Day One of this year’s TAF (Tokyo Anime Fair). It seems as if a number...
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Oreshura OP, Soramimi (mishearing)
Oreshura OP, genius otakus are making up the lyrics based on mishearing on Nico Nico Douga. Soramami (空耳) is “mishearing” or “homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect.”...
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Round the Sphere
So this is another week…..Spring is coming, what plans do you all have for the arrival of Spring? Though the map above is forecasting viewing times for Hanami in Japan, I am very sure Spring is a time...
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Round the Sphere
Spring is finally here!! Spring is in the air.. at least in my mind it is… can anyone guess which series is this sweet granny from? If you watch Chihayafuru.. how do you play Karuta in real life then.....
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Daisuki, a Studio-Backed Anime Streaming Service: First Look and Interview
A new entrant into the legal international anime streaming scene has arrived—Daisuki. What makes Daisuki unique is that it enjoys the direct backing and co-production of several major Japanese...
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Bridging The Gap BULLETIN: The Anime Sols Experiment
After what seemed like years since the anime streaming market reached something of a cooling point, the week was aglow with news that there was more than one bold newcomer aboard, ready to challenge...
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Anime Diet + Lacoste LIVE: Wednesday May 29, 7-9 PM!
We are proud to announce that on Wednesday, May 29, 7-9 PM, we will be taking part in Lacoste’s NYC launch party for their new Osamu Tezuka inspired clothing and shoe line! Gendomike will be giving...
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Sony Entertainment rocks E3, declared the winner by the Internet
Editorial After Microsoft’s spectacular blunder of a press conference last month, people were already saying that the PlayStation 4 was going to blow away the Xbox One. And even after Microsoft tried...
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Aku No Hana : An Assessment Of The Impulse
And so with self-expulsion comes long-sought intention. Flirtation with the unfamiliar, and an attraction to all things id. What can be perceived as broken and dangerous to some, just might be...
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WataMote
So were many of us. I’m not exactly sure when I realized that I had more friends than I thought. It might have been sometime during my mid 20s, when I was sitting in a Corner Bakery with other church...
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Pacific Rim: A Triumphant Ode To Anime’s Golden Age
Oh yeah. It’s here.. For those less familiar with many of the other things I tend to post on the internet, I also happen to share views of other forms of entertainment via The Wandering Kaijyu, a blog...
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I got those post-convention blues…
If you are of the geek/otaku persuasion, July is a busy month here in Southern California. The beginning of the month brings along Anime Expo, the biggest anime convention this side of the pacific,...
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The Days of Whine and Moes. Have you met Ms. Yukino? (meditating on WataMote)
Oh, WataMote. Mokocchi (Tomoko) suffers from not being recognized. Yes, loneliness. Isolation. People don’t talk to you. There is no person to hit off at school. Totally transparent. That’s the same...
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Attack on Titan: “Why We Fight” For the Otaku Age?
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old,...
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Komuro composes for Railgun, since City Hunter’s “Get Wild”
Komuro Tesuya, the electro-master before Nakata Yasutaka, composes the 2nd OP of Railgun 2nd Season. But I liked the first season’s OP better. I mean the first OP of the first season. Komuro made the...
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Attack On Titan: From Buhi (oink) to Hihiin (neigh).
Attack On Titan, as usual, shows cruelty of the battles between humans and titans. It’s so cruel and brutal and gruesome that I can’t even conceive to get any moe out of this anime, even Mikasa the...
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Oreimo Reunion by ClariS is amazing!
You know, I just watched the unaired last three episodes of Oreimo 2nd season. That was shockingly astonishing…, so no wonder it didn’t get aired, I mean I’m not a huge fan of moral decadent anime...
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