Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei (The Tatami World) OP , ED and Nakamura-sensei's art

The crazy trip has begun. Subtitles will soon be out; I mean I saw that there'll be a release from you tube by a not so well-known group...won't more serious groups follow? It's Yuusa in the cockseat after all...

Beautiful foxes and cute, playful cats

by foxfire on deviantart

Me and my cat in our "animal forms" :P I just love these pictures and these animals. If you like them , too, come with me after the link *wink*

Oh tempora, oh mora ! (or not?) - When the generation gap shows its ugliness

Oh boy, how difficult it can be for your parents to understand you? I'll answer: VERY VERY MUCH (especially if your age difference is over 30 years...) If clothes represent personalities and mentalities, then just seeing the picture below, speaks volumes...

Kobato's touching moments- an overview (part 2)

 CLAMP's artwork is FTW! Continuation of Kobato!anime touching moments and some AMVs.

Kobato's touching moment- an overview (part 1)

by CLAMP

Kobato was a nice anime with some very sweet and sad moments, that invoked contemplation on some life issues that almost anyone faces. Yet it wasn't perfect. Some moments were strong some other more weak. It was spirit-uplifting though and very warm, so I watched it till the end.

(Warning: Image heavy)

RAINBOW: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin OP & ED

The first episode is aired yet sadly no subgroups appear to be eager to sub this little diamond :( Let's hope things will change soon. It seems a very mature and therefore worthy series.

Draw with me- a glass wall between

by mike inel

In which a girl with an aged body saves a mage with a heart of a child

This post comes as answer to this one Howl’s Moving Castle Anime by Kitsune from Kitsune's Thoughts. My answer would be too long for a comment, so I thought it'd be much better to link an entry of my opinion.

For me, this movie is one of my all-time favourites. From the very start, I loved the soundtrack, it made me smile and it brought me moments of peace (Joe Hisaishi couldn't produce anything less than a masterpiece after all), the colours of the city and the vast lush landscapes (don't forget the movie was made in the traditional way, not through computer!) and the characters. Howl might be a little annoying in the beginning but, you know, real people aren't flawless.

Mankind is no island

Something to remember we are not alone in this world. Turn around and see; there are people in need. But what do we do about it really?

With the same hand we cause pain, we can offer love and heal.

Memory- a short film by Osamu Tezuka

We mainly know the great film-makers from their long-length features and we ignore other shorter creations of them. This is one good example. Tezuka parodies here human memory, while giving a quick lesson of cognitive psychology, one might dare say. His style in this short film mingles real people faces with 2D animation, perhaps with the intention of adding a caricature feeling to it. It makes me wonder, if Yuasa Masaaki is influenced directly from Tezuka.

Let's take a look at the qualities of memory Tezuka mentions in the short:

• Memory is based on oblivion. If we couldn't forget ,then we couldn't remember either. The useless details are erased.
• Memories are organized inside the brain. We remember what leaves strong impressions.
• Memory is selective and distorting and idolizing.
• Memories are influenced by emotions and influence emotions. Bad memories either get pushed away or get magnified.
• Time soothes and minimizes the effect of memories and memories wear off.