Category: Random Thoughts

At yesterday’s Daytona Beach Comic Con I found and purchased this 1979 oddity of anime history for $5. Osamu Tezuka published his Magma Taishi manga in May 1965.

KJJ Animation & Big Firebird Animation’s currently airing “Jikken-hin Kazoku: Creatures Family Days” seems to be blurring the clear distinction of “Japanese animation” more than any prior production

Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers follow. I’ve been thinking a bit about Luke in Last Jedi. Contrary to the seeming predominant perspective, I still do like Luke’s

A seemingly ever increasing number of annual anime productions are adaptations of Japanese light novels. Anime productions have frequently been adaptations of other media from the outset of

A pre-adolescent boy lives with a robot pet from the future. The boy’s daily life involves a crush on his female classmate as well as an assortment of

I’ve been an virtually obsessive Dirty Pair fan since roughly 1986. I’ve collected more than 50 Japanese Dirty Pair doujinshi, although I’m probably not even half-way to a

Best wishes to all for a joyous Christmas season. Here I am this 2017 Christmas mid-day wearing the Totoro hoodie given to me by my closest female friend,

Since Star Wars Episode VII director Rian Johnson has been contracted to direct the first trilogy of Star Wars films unrelated to the Skywalker family, he has the

My “season pass” for this summer & fall’s G-Kids & Fathom Events Studio Ghibli Fest screenings arrived today. My Neighbor Totoro will be screened in limited American theatrical

I’m amused by Beyblade Burst God’s halfhearted effort to propose that playing with spinning tops is a genuine athletic sport rather than a hobby.

DC Comics has released a preview image of this week’s new Flash Rebirth issue 16 comic book. Artist Carmine Di Giandomenico’s illustration looks a bit familiar. Coincidence or

I feel a tremendous sense of satisfaction knowing that the most successful anime film in history is not a soulless, corporate franchise picture owned by a giant conglomerate

A scene in this week’s third episode of Akiba’s Trip occurs at the Schatzkiste maid café. Neat! I’ve eaten lunch there once.

I was reorganizing part of my collection today when I was struck by the uncertainty, “How and when did I end up with two copies of this book?”