I kind of forgot that I was already 65 % done with this translation when I went on my bikepacking trip from Okinawa to Nagasaki. But I’m back now, so no excuses for further delays. This the last part of Suzuki’s musings and covers the particularly notorious part about Takahata “killing” Yoshifumi Kondō. An additional … Continue reading "Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 3)"
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