“Kotoura-san” is the anime of the year 19 Jan 2013 | 01:36 pm

Trip Report: Rokkenjima (Kyu Furukawa Gardens) 26 Nov 2012 | 09:00 pm

Once upon a time I went to Hinamizawa (Shirakawa-go), home of “Higurashi no naku koro ni”. This year I happened to find myself in Japan once more, so what better thing to do than continue the series? ...

Madoka Magica movies 22 Oct 2012 | 01:47 pm

Last night I went up to New People SF to see the two 120 minute Madoka movies. I don’t think they need a review here – I’ll say it was worth spending 5 hours of travel time for, but hopefully next tim...

C82 genre stats 13 Jul 2012 | 03:36 am

Source: unknown (Comiket staff?) via Yaraon This time around the most interesting change is the new section for Tiger & Bunny, which was split out of “Anime (Sunrise)”, and starts out with an enormou...

Tezuka’s Apology at the End of “Magic House” 10 Jul 2012 | 12:18 pm

Translated from pp. 194-7 of Folkloristics as Pseudohistory (Gishi toshite no Minzokugaku, 2007) by Eiji Ootsuka. One of Osamu Tezuka’s Occupation-era works is “Magic House” [Mahou yashiki, 1948]. Fo...

AX2012 Mirai no Neiro playlist 9 Jul 2012 | 01:47 pm

Sorry about the delay on posting this; the web host had the first downtime I’ve seen in years just as I was going to update, so lying on the floor the whole weekend seemed a bit more attractive. Ther...

Mirai no Neiro @ Anime Expo 2012 26 Jun 2012 | 01:27 am

Just like last year, kransom and I will be at AX with D.P.H with new translated Vocaloid PVs and composer guests for you. The panels are at 5pm Friday for Part 1 and 10am Saturday for Part 2… in othe...

Review: Momo e no Tegami 22 Apr 2012 | 11:54 pm

What is this, Shii’s Anime Blog? Uhh, anyway. Momo e no Tegami, “A Letter to Momo”, is a technically ambitious and heartwarming success by Hiroyuki Okiura (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, Paprika) and Pro...

Independent manga translations 4 Mar 2012 | 07:25 am

Here are some independent manga I translated and never posted about anywhere besides Twitter. I almost started a new blog for this but I don’t think it’s worth it. Let me know if you’d like to get the...

Analogue: A Hate Story: A Literary and Intellectual Delight 2 Feb 2012 | 05:54 am

Analogue: A Hate Story By Christine Love, with art by Raide — released February 1, 2012. Windows, Mac, and Linux. $15/free demo. Reviewed by Shii I don’t like video games. I like to read, a lot, a...