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Here there be writings of all kinds, but mostly my own thoughts and ramblings about art, sketches, video games, animation, and design.

5 Characters That Have Huge Eyes (and Aren’t From Anime)

December 16, 2009   3:53 am

From the very onset of my discovery of anime, I’ve noticed one of its staples amidst Western fans and critics alike have been the “huge, sparkly eyes”. It can’t be denied — it’s become such a staple that there are now contacts to simulate the look of them, and also stuff like this. It’s especially […]

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On Writing About Japan

December 16, 2009   3:47 am

I had wanted to write some kind of uncategorizable blather here for quite some time, some of my feelings on Japan and why I’ve been updating this blog so little. Hopefully the following doesn’t sound like some kind of mish-mash dribble that makes no sense, nor sounds like something just anybody could say. Slow Around […]

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Japanese Treehouses

September 15, 2009   10:43 pm

Are you addicted to Toxel? I am. It posted about treehouses, and there are a couple of interesting ones in Okinawa. The Beach Rock Treehouse was designed by Takashi Kobayashi. What’s best is this is the thing in which we’ll likely make first contact! Kobayashi, a leading treehouse-maker, also made this: One speculates that because […]

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Ambassadors of Kawaii

September 7, 2009   10:20 am

Kawaii is more than just a word meaning “cute” to be thrown around by 14-year-old manga fans on deviantArt. In Japan, it’s an entire culture, one that has captured the hearts of many and slowly rolled its way westwards to claim others as well. Good thing, too: I’m weak to adorable and tiny things. Very […]

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