Love ’em or hate ’em, Christmas songs are ubiquitous during the holiday season. In my household, we have Michael Bublé, Martina McBride, Andrea Bocelli, and MercyMe playing constantly. The music of the season has become part of the holiday tradition for many families. A lesser tradition here on this blog is my rewording of a… Read More My Favorite Things (2012)
In Viz Media’s most recent Cross Game release, Ko and the rest of the squad begin their tournament, edging closer to the dream of making it to Koshien. As they battle squads that are more and more superior, the team keeps responding with wins. But strangely enough, even as they win, the team seems to… Read More Cross Game Vol. 7 and a Lack of Institutional Control
I LOVE Christmas songs. In fact, I love them so much that I listen to them year round. As a kid, I remember sitting in the pews at church and browsing through the hymn book, singing Christmas songs one after another in my head. I also enjoyed watching videos of Christmas songs sung by contemporary… Read More My Favorite Things (2011)
“Will you give it your best shot?” “Yeah…if I’m in the mood.” These words end a short, but important exchange in episode five of Touch, the long-running anime adaptation of the hit manga series by Mitsuru Adachi. Recently, I revisited Cross Game anime and read the lastest Viz Media release of that series, which led… Read More Touch and the Life Extraordinary
Cross Game is an anime that is suprisingly mature and very subtle in its depictions of romantice love. On Tuesday’s post, I posited that people should stop playing games in love and that it’s important to be honest in what one expects from a relationship. Today, we’ll finish off with a couple more topics related… Read More Cross Game of Love, Part II: Letting Go
Like many of us, I have a laundry list of anime to watch. So this past week, I dived in. For whatever reason though, I decided to try a show that wasn’t on my checklist. And so, I began Cross Game, not knowing much about it and in fact confusing it with a much older show, Touch… Read More Cross Game of Love, Part I: Playing Games