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APRIL 4, 2009 2:41PM

5 centimeters per second: An unlikely anime review

I've always considered anime to be an exception to Sturgeon's law. Namely, 99.9 % of it is shit. You could blame that on my childhood being full of Pokemon and Digimon and Beyblade, but I never saw anime as something truly artistic.

That, is until I discovered Studio Ghibli and Hayao… Read full post »

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APRIL 1, 2009 12:04PM

Gaze into the centuries

"While moving, learn; gaze into the centuries"

These are the crudely translated words of a Serbian author, linguist and philosopher Dositej Obradovic.

Incidentally, they are also the title of an essay I was tasked with writing. An essay to be read in front of people at the gala commemorating the 100th…

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