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It’s hard to read, but the first pic from Shuffle! says “Animators have been living in bad conditions.” Normally, I wouldn’t notice such a trivial sentence, but the red underline shouted out to me and opened my eyes to the possiblity that maybe, just maybe, this might be a genuine plea for help.    …

At first, I thought that Suzuka was a simple romance about a female high jumper, but, like most anime, there are subtle clues that detail the evolution of thought in society. For instance, we can witness the struggle of Japanese animators with English words from episode to episode.          Xylem is a difficult…

I had saved the top pic from Teizokurei Daydream a while ago because I thought that Suzuran Doori might be an actual place, but I neglected to look anything up on it (neglecting things is the first sign of old age… tabun). I noticed another instance in Suzuka, so I looked around and found a…

Everybody and their mother has probably commented on the first pic from SHUFFLE! (it stands for “Kitto Kitto Kaede”), so I never felt the need to mention it here until I saw a recent episode of Peach Girl.    While the first one has a reasonable explanation, the second one makes me wonder what it…

When I saw the pic on the left from Hani Hani: Operation Sanctuary, I didn’t think much about it until I saw the other pic from ToHeart – Remember my memories.    Now, I’m not one for conspiracies, but I was curious to see if there were any links between the two. After a bit…

While watching Tantei Gakuen Q the other day, I thought that the arrow with the lips on Yukihira-san’s shirt was a bit odd since it seems to imply that people should kiss her armpit. Those Japanese and their strange fetishes…       In contrast, the picture from Idol Tenshi Youkoso Yoko of a pair of lips…

The kids from School Rumble were kind enough to send me a cake celebrating two years of Kitchen Discotheque. Naturally, I’m flattered for all the attention that I didn’t have to imagine; being recognized by anime characters is quite an honor. It’s unfortunate that Kotone and Ayaka couldn’t make it this year, like they did…

At first, I thought the word “WELL COME” was just a fluke as I noted before, but it seems to be the usual way to spell the common American greeting in Japan. The two examples below, going left to right, are from Speed Grapher and Idol Tenshi Youkoso Yoko.       Some may think that this…

In the relatively normal world of Gakuen Alice, I question the use of the word “Sweat” when describing a consumable item – it seems redriciaus to use that word. The next thing you know, someone’s going to use that in the name of a drink… Glen sent me a curious link that uses sprites from…