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anime syllabus

watchin' & writin' akira, animation, anime, anime syllabus, japanese, katsuhiro ohtomo, mamoru hosoda, michael arias, tekkonkinkreet, the girl who leapt through time

Big in Japan pt. 5 – Concluding the Anime Syllabus

May 15, 2012

The finish line comes into sight…but those final fifty meters felt like the toughest leg to run.

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Ryan McNeil
blogathon, watchin' & writin' animation, anime, anime syllabus, hayao miyazaki, howl's floating castle, japanese, princess mononoke, Studio Ghibli, whisper of the heart, yoshifumi kondo

Big in Japan pt. 4 – Continuing the Anime Syllabus

March 22, 2012

We approach the clubhouse turn as I experience Studio Ghibli larger-than-life.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' 5 centimetres per second, animation, anime, anime syllabus, grave of the fireflies, isao takahata, japanese, makoto shinkai, the place promised in our early days

Big in Japan pt. 3 (Continuing the Anime Syllabus)

February 16, 2012

Shinkai and Takahata bring me back to earth.

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Ryan McNeil
watchin' & writin' animation, anime syllabus, foreign, hayao miyazaki, japanese, millennium actress, paprika, satoshi kon, spirited away

Big in Japan pt. 2 (Beginning the Anime Syllabus)

January 19, 2012

Time to pop my cherry with the help of Satoshi Kon and Hayao Miyazaki

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Ryan McNeil
listy goodness alex kittle, anime, anime syllabus, nerd vampire, ryan helms

Big in Japan (Setting The Anime Watchlist)

November 8, 2011

I’ve Been In The dark Long Enough, It’s Time For Me to Step Into The Animated Light.

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Ryan McNeil
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