Porco Rosso is a 1992 Studio Ghibli animated film. Miyazaki Hayao planned the film based on his own manga Hikoutei Jidai, Era of the Flying Boat. But the idea was to produce a short in-flight film based on the fifteen pages manga for Japan Airlines. A forty five minute film. After the war in Yugoslavia […]
The Boshin War was a civil war fought by the Tokugawa Shogunate against the Imperial forces. After more than two hundred and fifty years of Tokugawa dominion the dissatisfaction of nobles started to boil. But the increased influence of Western powers led to a decline in the economy. Even partisan violence in Edo by pro
Hijikata Toshizou was the youngest of ten kids. His father was a farmer. He died months before Toshizou’s birth. A tall and handsome man according to historians. But a spoiled man according to others. Hijikata started practicing swordsmanship in his youth as a self taught. His older sister Nobu married Satou Hikogorou, the manager of
Shin Kamen Rider is directed and written by Anno Hedeaki. That is all you need to know to want to watch it. Believe me. And the third by Anno in his own SHIN saga. After the unanimously celebrated Shin Godzilla, a movie no Evangelion fan should miss, and Shin Ultraman. This last one was written
Hentai Anime can be seen as much more than just pornography. The Japanese Culture and historical relation and perspective towards sex were influential into the development of Hentai. In other words, even when you can see plenty of sexual depictions today, one can see reflections of the idiosyncrasies of Japanese people. And how the Japanese