Makoto Shinkai

... but that's being covered by others much better than I can ever do it justice. I hope for the best.

For now, though, I'll offer the latest trailer for Makoto Shinkai's upcoming movie:

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Definitely a different direction setting-wise than his previous movies: a kind of contemporary/fantasy hybrid going on in there. There's definitely some kind of sword-fight sceme, but there's also a quick shot of what looks to be some kind of automatic pistol in a drawer in there too. I can't wait to see it!

... I'm just fanboying for a bit...1

Looky looky what I have!

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You can read me fanboying all over the Promise CD on twitter, if you choose, but yeah, the CD has some very good "reimagings" of some very familiar music.

It's been a year, and it's time to hold another one of these:

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I have to add another person to the coolest people in the world list1 list:

...is coming to a close.

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I figured this was going to happen last week, but it was only a few days ago that crunchyroll announced that they were going to host Makoto Shinkai's three major works for streaming for free for the 24 hours that Global Shinkai Day will last (Friday (2/27) from 5 pm/PST to Saturday (2/28) 5 pm/PST). So I'm late that even Anime News Network had covered this yesterday, just been a very busy time between work, trying to prepare a few things for GSD, and other responsibilities.

There's a group made on crunchyroll for this event. Click here or on the banner below to go to it.
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UPDATE 2-25-2009: Crunchyroll hosting Shinkai's movies for Global Shinkai Day

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I haven't posted anything on here for a while, but there's news of an event hosted by Cherry Blossoms Falling: