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.