BY JOAN LI These are more than just labels. If there’s anything I’ve learned about myself over the summer, it’s that I’m hard to beat when it comes to making nametags. That’s right, nametags. Those things that you stick on yourself for maybe an hour before they end up abandoned and crumpled on the floor. […]
BY JOAN LI When the “Go”ing Gets Tough in Hikaru No Go I went to Anime Boston at the Hynes Convention Center last weekend and it was pretty much like seeing different fictional worlds enter 3D reality and crash together in one place. Cosplay — the portmanteau of “costume play” — is the norm at […]
BY JOAN LI Slice-of-Life without a Slice of the Pie If things were to go originally as planned, I would introduce Yuki Urushibara’s Mushishi as a standout series in its genre. But then I saw Hayao Miyazaki’s latest and most likely last contribution to the anime industry, The Wind Rises, which spirited a piece of […]
BY JOAN LI Cutting the red string with Honey and Clover “An ancient red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.” According to this ancient Chinese proverb, the gods above link soul mates together with a red cord […]
BY JOAN LI Introducing Pandora Hearts as a Gateway Series If you’re like me, then you suffer from a kind of wanderlust for places that neither the wondrous stretches of the T nor any amount of funding from the OIE can satisfy. That’s because unfortunately, you can only get to Hogwarts via platform 9 ¾ […]