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2020: a year of change
This has been a strange year. In January, my flatmates fled the country to return to their home, obviously sensing just how serious the new virus would become.…
A decade (or so) of translation…
As some friends would know, the final year of this decade has seen me formally enter the industry as a translator. To be precise, I work as a…
The decade that was…
“Anime of the decade” posts seem to be all the rage these days, as we count down to the 2020s, but I was honestly debating whether I wanted…
Eventing in 2018 Part 12! Banana Fish at the noitaminA cafe
I am sure it escaped no one’s attention that I have spent more time at this cafe then I probably should have. In fact, if I’d spent less…
Eventing in 2018 Part 11! Liz and the Bluebird
Liz and the Bluebird was, hands down, my cinematic highlight of the year. But…I still cannot tell you why it affected me so much. It may be because…
Eventing in 2018 Part 10! Skate Crazy
I debated about whether I should include this or not, considering that it’s not anime-related per se… But in the end, a certain figure skating anime was what…
Eventing in 2018 Part 9! Thank you, Sakura-chan
Part of the reason I postponed this piece is that I hadn’t quite finished this particular event as of yesterday. The Card Captor Sakura 20th Anniversary Commemorative exhibition…
Eventing in 2018 Part 8! Should I roll that gacha…?
Hang on! you say. Why is a mobile game on this list? It’s meant to be all about events in Japan, right? Well…you see, mobile games have “events,”…
Eventing in 2018 Part 7! Really, Ash, ramen on rice?!
I…am not going to tell you just how much I’ve spent at this cafe. Let’s just say, “A LOT.” But it was totally worth it, if only because…
Eventing in 2018 Part 6! A trip to the home of Rakugo
Unfortunately, I didn’t tweet about this one either — was I just not feeling up to covering the events I was doing that month? So thank you to…