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Kyon-kun, Meta

As I stated on an Anime3000 podcast, this season of Haruhi seems to be intended for enjoyment strictly at the meta level.  It’s easy to…

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Princess Lover 07 – Melons can’t stop Nuclear Missiles

Or plots to incite conflicts among small nations. Of course, in real life tiny “Non-Eastern-European” nations won’t have the resource, not to mention the contact…

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Mike’s treasure cove full of his goodies…

NO, girls, not that kind of goodies. I’m talking about his old reviews, which were some of the best non-fiction pieces he had written. Click…

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Hayao Miyazaki Interviewed by LA Weekly

From the LA Weekly, via ANN: At 68, Hayao Miyazaki sounds like he might be slowing down. The director of such animated classics as Princess…

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Ikari “Mike” Gendo Siskel Strikes again!

HEY! We’re on About.com Manga! Click on the pic to see the actual link. From About.com Manga – Movie Critics Round-up: Is Ponyo a ‘Masterwork’…

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2, Episode 10 – The Movie Business

So begins an arc that isn’t “Endless Eight”: instead, we’re now about to get the behind-the-scenes look at how that infamous film which launched the…

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