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From the studio who brought us My Neighbor Totoro, Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke, and most recently Ponyo brings us Ni no Kuni. The adventure game for the Nintendo DS follows Oliver, a young boy who just lost his mother, into a parallel universe called Ni no Kuni. More »

It’s a fact: girls (most of them anyways) don’t like bugs. There’s just something about those creepy, crawly little pests that send women into a fright. But Nausicaä, the heroine and star of Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind, isn’t like every girl. She likes-nay, LOVES bugs and is able to communicate with them unlike us spider squashing, raid wielding, bug bombing ruffians. More »

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Liberal or Torry? Catholic or Proddy? Pro-Skub or Anti-Skub? But more importantly: Anime dub or anime sub?

I long took for granted that the issue was resolved in favor of subs; but there apparently are those, after all, who prefer dubs–and at that, quite vehemently. To me dubs are the most preposterous idea; the only place I’ve seen them outside of anime is on the Criterion edition of Kurosawa’s Rashomon(!?). But I can understand that subtitles take some getting used to. It must be confessed that there a few good dubs out there–and more than a few very, very bad ones. Thus, without further ado (because everyone loves lists)(and because we like to accentuate the positive), the top five best anime dubs of all time: More »

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