Based on the extremely popular {and HILARIOUS} fantasy novel written by Diana Wynne Jones in 1986, Howl’s Moving Castle garnered praise from film critics world wide as one of Hayao Miyazaki’s most colorful and enjoyable animated films. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2006 as best animated film and has since won numerousContinue reading “ハウルの動く城, Hauru no Ugoku Shiro (Howl’s Moving Castle), 2004”
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Series Review: Psyren 2007-2010
It has been a while since I have actually written a legitimate book review, but after finishing this series for the second time I couldn’t help myself. Since I have become a school teacher my time spent writing these reviews has regrettably been limited but I have realized that writing my feelings here, even if hardly anyContinue reading “Series Review: Psyren 2007-2010”
From Far Away (彼方から, Kanata Kara) 1993-2003
This manga, written by Kyoko Hikawa, is one of those few diamonds lost in the shuffle. What makes this story different then others? It is simple; its execution and profundity. This series is only fourteen volumes long, and uses a classic fantasy plot model. It begins with our heroine Noriko, an ordinary school girl whoContinue reading “From Far Away (彼方から, Kanata Kara) 1993-2003”
Rurouni Kenshin るろうに剣心 (2012)
It has been a long time since I have been blown away by a movie. Some like Gravity, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, I watched with mild fascination. Others, like Disney’s Frozen, I genuinely liked and could see more than once. Yet, since 2012, I haven’t seen any that I have loved. I find it ironic that this filmContinue reading “Rurouni Kenshin るろうに剣心 (2012)”
From the Perspective of an Old Soul 