a late note on Fruits Basket

Five minutes into the pilot episode, i knew i was going to love this series, without prior knowledge of how the story was going to unfold. What prompted me to buy the series (26 eps) though was the consistently good buzz it generated from various sources — reviewers, fans, etc. 
The series starts on a funny-bittersweet [...]

miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro

this is a fond glance at a well-loved anime classic…
The other day, while I was rearranging my CDs, I stumbled across an old anime favorite (Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro) that got mixed up in the pile by mistake. Without further ado, I popped it in my player.

As the familiar strains of the upbeat opening [...]