Off to Japan (and a three week hiatus)…

At 1:30 am tonight (technically tomorrow), I’ll be catching a nighttime flight to Japan and arriving in Osaka for a 3-week, all expenses paid cultural/travel program…

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AnimeYume.com’s 7th anniversary!

Today my domain name and main web site, AnimeYume.com, turns seven years old…

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Graduated college, now seeking Japan-related jobs…

Well, I finally hit the big crossroad in life that most of us get to eventually; graduating college and figuring out what to do afterward…

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My 5 favorite anime of 2008

Although I only had time to watch a small handful of all the anime that aired in 2008, I enjoyed pretty much all the ones I watched. But of course, while some simply came and went, there were a few that really stood out and reminded me why I like anime so much. So I decided to kick off the new year with a look back at the five 2008 anime that I liked the most…

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Mainichi Anime Yume on Twitter!

About a week ago I decided to sign up for the fairly new but popular short-messaging site, Twitter…

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Back to uni (and back on hiatus for the fall)

Well, my three months of summer vacation have finally come to an end; tomorrow I’ll be putting MAY back on hiatus for a while, heading back to university, and starting the fall quarter of my (hopefully) last year of schooling…

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Nostalgia: what anime did you used to watch on TV when you were little?

I used to love Samurai Pizz Cats! ^.^

It wasn’t until I became an anime fan around 1999/2000 did I find out what anime really is. However, unbeknown to myself at the time, I used to watch some anime and anime-related shows on TV back when I was a kid in elementary school, despite the fact that I didn’t have cable TV back then (and anime like Voltron, Robotech, and Kimba were before my time). Lately I’ve had a wave of nostalgia these past few days thinking about and missing some old cartoons I used to watch. So I felt like sharing four of the old anime TV shows I used to adore when I was a little kid…

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私の部屋へようこそ – Welcome to my (anime covered) room

*Click the image for a larger, better version*

Since I first became an anime fan back in the late 90s/early 2000s, I’ve always tried to make my room look like an amateur “anime art gallery” of sorts; basically I try to cover just about every inch with anime pictures and products. Of course it’s changed many times over the years but I think it’s at its best right now so I decided to take some photos and share them here on the blog…

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15 favorite MAD movies

Following up on my last post about the 15 best AMVs, here are 15 (plus 2 extras) of my favorite MAD movies…

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Off on a tentative hiatus…


Yes, I’m away but I’ll be back! Read on to find out what and why…

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