Dec 01 2009
 Kaoru Kumi is a freelance writer and anime scholar who authored Miyazaki Hayao no Jidai (The Age of Hayao Miyazaki), a book containing detailed analysis of the famed director and his work. |
Oct 16 2009
 The respected Harvard Business School recently published a working paper by Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu which analyzed innovation in Japanese companies by looking at three case studies: software, mobile telephony, and animation. |
Jul 28 2009
 I just finished Accelerando by Charles Stross (2005), an incredible book that delves into the fascinating world of trans and post humans, uploaded and branched identities, self-assembling nanomachines and supersentient AI. |
Jul 07 2009
 This site is dedicated to anime, manga, games and anything inbetween. Most of the time. Every once in a while you stumble on a trend that seems worthy of mention. |
Apr 06 2009
 I returned to Japan after ten years to teach English at a university in Kobe. |
Apr 03 2009
 After deciding to review the entire ef: A Tale of Melodies series, I have come to the conclusion that series reviews are useful, at least for shows that you might not have watched all the way through. |
Jan 23 2009
 As I reread the previous two articles from over a year ago (a year and a half, to be precise), I am struck by a few things that I have discovered since then that simply reinforce my previous conclusions about how rich the Haruhi story is. |
Jan 21 2009
 To conclude the article from yesterday, I post the second part of my rant unedited. |
Jan 21 2009
 As a followup to my anti-review rant, here is something I wrote in June 2007 in response to a review by a certain popular anime news site. I even quoted the review. I am stunned after all this time to reread the quote. |
Dec 30 2008
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This article began as a review of Tales of Vesperia, but instead I will take a tangent that applies to game reviews specifically, but could just as well be applied to anime, manga and novel reviews as well. |
May 01 2008
 I really don’t want to store up any bad maid karma. After writing negative things about Royal/T, I’ve been feeling kinda guilty. |
Apr 25 2008
 Well, in my convoluted way I have finally assembled all the parts I need to try and explain this whole Kyonko-ism thing. |
Apr 23 2008
 The second part of the Kyonko phenomena is part of a long-term trend I’m seeing in entertainment. |
Apr 21 2008
 I have seen a steady increase of Kyonko images and articles on the web, so in a series of essays that I call “Deconstructing Kyonko-ism,” I’m going to wear my academic hat and see if we can get a better understanding of the phenomena. |
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