Because of this studio, many knowof soldiers in metal who don’t panic,of girls in the sky who both come and go,of espers, robots, and gods who’re manic. They helped bring us foxes who had lost it alland deadly jams and ghosts and verbal ticsand otaku girls and high-stakes baseballand purple-haired maidens and girls who’re sick. […]
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