Rachel

Rachel

I was exposed to anime as a child while living in Germany after watching the Japanese version of Hans Christian Anderson’s the Little Mermaid. In high school, a classmate in art brought in Akira as an example of Japanese art. I wasn’t very impressed with anime at the time, but my re-exposure to it in 2000 thanks to Escaflowne had me hooked for life.After sorting out what I liked about anime (great stories, beautiful animation and epic battles) and disliked about anime (big boobs, angst-y 15 year-old kids, most mecha, sports stories and style-over-substance), I got into it with a vengeance.I do love almost all aspects of Japanese culture and try to be involved with it as much as possible. I have no problem admitting that I incorporate a lot of Japanese trends and traditions into my life as I modify them and make them my own. Anime is a big part of that, along with all the sub-cultures, past and present.

East-East Oriental Food Grocery

East-East is an Asian food market with two locations in the St. Louis area, both of which are located on Olive Blvd. One is in U-City and the other in Chesterfield. EE is primarily a Korean grocer, but as often happens with ethnic stores, isn’t strictly Korean.
There are lots of tasty Korean flavors in [...]

Amendment to J International and Global Foods Post

Just wanted to say that J International Food has increased their variety and supply of Japanese sweets if not Japanese crackers and snacks. The Pocky selection has gotten better and they have a few more varieties of Kasugai and Lotte candies. You still have to search the store, though, to find all the different types [...]

UPDATE – Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children Delayed – Again!

The head bitches at Sony have done it now. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children will now be coming out on DVD towards the end of 2006. WTF!? 12 more months of waiting? Why?

I’m guessing us overeager fans are to blame. Some fans have gotten their greedy lil’ hands on Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children via [...]

A Girl Doesn’t Get Killed by a Make-Believe Lover

What makes something real? Is it real if it’s something we can touch and hold? Is it a quantifiable entity? Would a painting done of a fictitious time, place, or person still be considered real if it is real to the artist?
Now that I’ve asked some truly “deep” questions, what the hell am I [...]

A Tree of Palme

Akira is one of those anime movies that almost everyone’s seen and has strong feelings toward. Not so much for A Tree of Palme, a film created by Nakamura Takashi – chief animation director for Akira. A Tree of Palme is, essentially, an artsy-fartsy anime rendition of Pinocchio.
There is no introduction into the world [...]

Excuse Me While I Fix This Site…

Sorry for the weirdness going on with the site – I’m trying to spiff it up a bit. So it’ll be going through some changes as David uses his wicked web skills to make my anime blog a super cool rock’n roll fun time place to be.

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