dreaming between the pages

A few days ago I saw an anime called Only Yesterday or おもひでポロポロ (Omohide Poroporo).  It aired in Japan in 1991, so you could say it’s pr...

Based on a manga called   羊の歌   or "Song of the Sheep", the story revolves around a boy named Kazuna who begins to suffer...

Finally the long-awaited live action film has been released in Manila. This movie was released in Japan in August of this year, and so ma...

The premise goes: The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea   tells of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult ...

映画祭 2012 The Japanese Film Festival is on once again! Come enjoy these Japanese movies at the Shangri-La Mall in Ortigas. I just saw the t...

Quite a while back I finished the anime series "Katanagatari" and I enjoyed it immensely. It's the story of Shichika and ...

Based on a manga of the same name, the story revolves around the challenges faced by a young Japanese man aspiring to be a chef at an Ital...

A friend of mine, a Japanese lady, gave me this poem today.   It is so simple and elegant, and yet so profound.  My friend told me that it...

This is one of the most gracefully told stories I have ever witnessed.  Upon having seen it, it’s really no wonder why it won all that acc...

Karami tsuku kazeni sakarai Ushinatta kisetsu wo sagashite iru Wazuka demo mesasu houkou he Azayakana kioku ga tsuki ugokasu How many cuts ...