The Place Promised in Our Early Days

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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...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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Alternate title: Astro is the Coolest Person in the World Right Now.

Had a surprise1 package featuring the two Blu-ray movies above. In fact, these are the first two Blu-ray movies that I own now. I got a Blu-ray player2 for Christmas from my Girlfriend, and I've only had one Blu-ray disk play through it: Appleseed: Ex Machina from Netflix.

• 1. Ok, not entirely a surprise, as Astro had been hinting at it. I am surprised at what was in it...
• 2. Specifically, the Samsung BD-P2550

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:

One thing that has struck me about Makoto Shinkai is how his style had evolved over the years, and watching through all of his short films emphasized that point. He