With All That Said, I’ll Probably Watch it Again on Blu-Ray: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Over the past few years I’ve become a rather big fan of director Shinbou Akiyuki and studio SHAFT. However, my relationship with these two has naturally had some rough patches, especially when it comes to the Shinbou side of the equation: Between keeping up with his current collaborations with...
Reports from the Front Line of the Japanese Middle Class: Tokyo Sonata
Despite being abruptly fired from his middling Tokyo office job, by-the-book salaryman Sasaki Ryuuhei still heads out the house everyday clad in his suit and tie. His stay-at-home wife, Megumi, is taken for granted and unsatisfied. Their two sons are similarly miserable. Older son Takashi is rarely seen around...
SHOUNEN JUMP MOVIE TIME: Dive in the Vampire Bund
Throughout my travels across the Japanese pop-culture landscape, I am ashamed to say that I have never once partaken in a work with the word “gaiden”–or “side story”–in its title. Well, until now, as I have just finished reading Dance in the Vampire Bund Gaiden: Dive in the Vampire...