No Matter How I Think About It, This Show Is Kind Of Too Close To Home–Watamote
As children, a lot of us didn’t have to think about making friends. It was a natural thing that just happened. However, as the chemicals in us start to change, interaction with other humans starts to require skills. Social skills. To some, these come naturally, but to others, social...
Actually Getting Too Old For This Shit–Like, Physically, My Body Hurts: Otakon 2013
Otakon celebrated its 20th year a few weeks back at its usual venue in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore, Maryland. As a DC native, Otakon is more or less my local con, and I’ve been going regularly since I was about 15-years-old. That would make ten straight years,...
Shortchanged: Short Peace
Two animated features dropped in Japanese theaters this past Saturday: Miyazaki Hayao’s Kaze Tachinu, and Ootomo Katsuhiro’s Short Peace. While normal members of society flocked to theaters nation-wide to see Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, I found myself in a tiny, half-filled theater in Shibuya waiting for Ootomo Katsuhiro’s Short Peace...