Satoshi Kon
I read this morning that Satoshi Kon had passed away. He was only 46. He was a brilliant director and writer. Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers are two of my […]
anime
NYAF
I bought my 3-day pass for New York Anime Festival today. I went last year, and enjoyed it, though I didn’t really buy much or spend that much time at […]
AnimeNEXT
So I went into work on Friday and found out that there was an anime convention going on at the Expo Center across the street from my office building. And […]
Satoshi Kon
I’m going into NYC today to catch a bit of the Satoshi Kon program at the Walter Reade. I’ve seen all this stuff before, of course, but Mr. Kon himself […]
random anime stuff
I watched the last two DVD volumes (V6 and V7) of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2nd Gig) yesterday. I’d watched the earlier episodes on Cartoon Network a […]
Newtype USA to be replaced by PiQ magazine in March
I let my subscription to Newtype expire about a year ago, but that was just because I was falling so far behind with my reading. It was a pretty cool […]
Paprika
The NY Times had a review of Satoshi Kon’s new movie Paprika in Friday’s paper. It’s a fairly positive and reasonably well-informed review. Of course, regardless of any reviews, I’d […]
Fullmetal Alchemist
Today, I finished watching the last few episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist that were on my TiVo. I’ve been working my way through the 51 episodes of the series on and […]
too much anime
After buying 25 anime DVDs from Right Stuf’s Geneon sale a few weeks ago, I went back and bought another 10. They just showed up in the mail, so I […]
The New York Film Festival
I just found out that Satoshi Kon’s new film Paprika is playing at The New York Film Festival today at 12:30. If I hopped on the next train to NY, […]