Eugene Woodbury, best translator of the Juuni Kokki novels, occasionally blogs about other things.

On Plastic Little, and strong buttkicking but still sexual women in anime, vs. a minor presence on TV and near absence in modern movies.

The geopolitical sophistication of My Zhime/Mai Otome.

Geeks in love, rambling over to Japan's temporal closeness to its feudal roots, and un-fossilized tradition.