When The Kids Stole Christmas.... First, we hope y'all had (and still have) a nice holiday. And with that, here comes the special Christmas update I was talking about in earlier updates. Tim gives Non Non Biyori Nonstop and he's quite happy with it... for the most part. He isn't quite sure about the new character in the roster, but that's about it. Good ol' Biyori magic strikes again. As for me, I had the pleasure of watching Ronja the Robber's Daughter, and the bottom line here is that I'm happy to see that Goro Miyazaki is doing better. I never got around to watching his "Witch and the earwig" show, so... yeah, not sure how that compares in his lineup, but this is some pretty nice stuff if you can stomach the CG characters. And that's that. We'll be taking the upcoming monday off since our reviewin' energy was spent making sure this christmas update made it in time, but we'll have some stuff for you on the first Monday of the next year. See you all then. -Stig Høgset.
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