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12 Moments 2012 – Day 6: Reuniting Over Jazz

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Tom Langston

By episode 7 of Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon), friends Kaoru and Sentaro have started to drift apart. Kaoru focuses his attention on helping organize the school cultural festival while Sentaro is playing drums in a rock band, … Continue reading →

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Finishing Off Leftovers: Kids on the Slope

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Tom Langston

Over the past week, I watched the last four episodes of Kids on the Slope (Sakamichi no Apollon) and liked what felt like a happy ending. I wrote a bit about the show in a spring season roundup but nothing … Continue reading →

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Common Threads: Real Brands in Anime

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Tom Langston

One thing I noticed while watching both Kids on the Slope and Tsuritama this season is that both feature brand-name items instead of knock-off names: Yamaha musical instruments in the former and Shimano fishing equipment in the latter. That got … Continue reading →

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Spring 2012 Outlook After A Month

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tom Langston

April is over so here’s my feelings about the current spring anime season, which has been surprisingly strong.

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