Author: Chris

Will Kyoto Animation Close Because of the Fire?

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On Thursday, July 18th 41-year-old Shinji Aoba entered the front door of Kyoto Animation with gasoline and set the building on fire. The fire killed 33 and injured more than 30 (Romo, 2019; Associated Press 2019). Twenty of the 33 were women. They were trapped in a stairwell leading to the roof of the building….

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Upcoming Novel and Other Projects

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Aside from the library keeping me busy with projects–we are putting in a retro video game library–I have several writing projects in the works. One is nearing publication! Oh, if you are wondering about the retro video game library, I put together a library of NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and Game Boy Advanced…

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Read Unless You Want to be Dumb and Antisocial

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Fiction lays the foundation of the human soul. A grandiose statement from an anime and J-pop blogger eh? Fiction of all types encourages us to develop empathy. In fact, you can’t lose yourself in a fictional story without changing. Empathy and compassion sit at the base of a proper human. It’s such a basic part…

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The Visual Depiction of Taste – Food Wars

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I enjoyed watching Iron Chef back in the day, but when I first saw a Food Wars preview on Crunchyroll, I had little interest in it. As you likely know (if you’ve followed JP for any length of time), I don’t like fan-service. It stops anime from being more widely accepted in the West (of…

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My Pirate Crew Blog Tag

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Chris over at Anime Science 101 nominated me for the My Pirate Crew Blog Tag. Boy, this sort of chain post brings me back! When blogging blossomed, these sort of tagging posts were a nice way to discover other blogs. Sadly, I don’t follow that many anime blogs anymore. Most writers I used to follow…

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