You know what? I almost skipped this month. That’s so unlike me. Not only would skipping a month have ruined the symmetry of my monthly Natsume/Owls posts but you’d figure with a theme like “Happiness” I would have been all over it! It’s the perfect theme for Natsume’s Book of Friends and, let’s face it: it’s so…
I don’t know about you but I am extremely jealous of the joyful festivals that seem to take place in so many animes. Form school sports and cultural fests to those beautiful looking summer festivals filled with goldfish scooping, fireworks and beautiful yukatas to solemn temple visits on new years. It’s not that I’m a…
That’s quite the title. I’ve been working hard on my titles and no I still haven’t come up with anything better that Nowlsume. It’s March 12 right now. In a recent Owls chat it was hinted that April’s topic would be masculinity and I hope that wasn’t a joke. I’m not often there so there…
This is possibly a first for me. This month OWLS chose a topic I was a bit stumped by. Usually I’ll find a way to just prattle on about any given subject with very little difficulty but this one…it was a doozy. Do you like my attempt at burying the lead? As if it’s not…
Anime is such a fickle mistress. There you are, innocently going about your life, when Zing Boom! You fall head over heels in love with a new anime. The world is brighter, there are birds singing, wonderous adventures and fascinating characters await you behind the screen just to have all of it ripped away right…
You all know that I’m tragically behind on my tag posts. Embarrassingly so really. I should be working on getting those that have been sitting in my to do file for over a year and I hope to slowly go through them. However, in the past few weeks two wonderful bloggers tagged me to cheer…
Did you have fun on St Valentine’s Day last week? I bet you did! Everyone is on their best behavior for…some reason. Man, people are so easy to trick! But now it’s over and done with, the chocolate has gotten stale and your sweetie is right back to normal. For the lucky ones that means…
Genre : Supernatural, Slice of Life, drama, Everything that’s good with the world Episodes: 11 (+1 OVA) Studio: Shuka There are those of us who are driven to change, pushed by wanderlust to seek out adventure. There are those of us who can’t seem to stay still, terrified of stagnation and uncomfortable with silence. But in time,…
Genre: Supernatural, Slice of Life, Drama Episodes: 11 + 2 OVAS + 1 special Studio: Shuka Takashi has come a long long way and been through several lifetimes worth of hardship and adventure, yet the real work has only just begun. Once you manage to pull yourself together and somehow reconcile an existence half rooted in…
Genre: Slice of Life, Action, Drama, Supernatural Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base Since the dawn of time, Yokai and Humans have existed alongside one another but never quite together. Each side shielded from the other’s more destructive tendencies by humans’ inability to fully perceive the world in which we live. But after all this time, the…
Genre : Supernatural, Slice of life, Action(?), drama Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base Natsume is finally starting to feel at home. The Fujiwaras have been so warm and welcoming and everyone at school is so kind. For the very first time Natsume has both friends and a family but how long will the good days last….
Genre : Supernatural, Drama, Comedy Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base As Natsume and Nyanko-sensei continue their adventures trying to help both yokai and humans alike, while protecting both sides from each other. Natsume slowly starts to discover the world beyond his backyard and for the first time, begins to see that he may not be so…
Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Magical Boy(?) Episodes: 13 Studio: Brain’s Base This show recounts the epic adventures of the great and powerful Nyanko-sensei and his young attendant Natsume. Every week the great Nyanko-sensei patiently teaches the young boy about the mysterious spiritual world which coexists with our own but is invisible to most humans, all the…