It was the day of the big university oral examination, and the unnamed student was understandably flustered when the phone rang. When she picked up, there was a deep, sonorous voice at the other end, a woman she had never met but who still somehow sounded familiar. She introduced herself as Amy Howard Wilson, the […]
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The Beauty and the Dragon (美女と怪龍, Kozaburo Yoshimura, 1955)
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Plans for 2021
Let me know what anime you’d like to see reviewed this year.
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