Happy birthday to all people whose birthdays i've missed.

And although a little late, happy birthday Ray! Bagheera is right on the money, and indeed it's nice to see you had some nice time with your friends! Sometimes it's the little things that really add the flavor in life

I have many problems and doubts plaguing my life, as is probably the case for most young persons, yet as of late my concerns lie not so much with the higher goals of what i intend to do in life, but on the more inmediate and mundane matter of economic and general self-reliance. Which is a lot of wor...

Shinji's unconscious goal of showing Rei the joys of life takes an unexpectedly sexual turn. Might or might not include a chapter about Rei making a painting with Shinji as a reluctant (nude) model.

I always found all the hate Eren (and his Titan plot tweest) got to be pretty befuddling, partly because it's just what i expected out of the series from the start and partly because frankly, i really liked Eren. There's just something about his drive and anger that i adored from the...

I've been rewatching Madoka lately, and while unfortunately i can't say it quite held up to scrutiny in a second watch so far, conclusion of episode 3 still hits as hard as i expected (and dreaded). I actually got a bit traumatized from it! I've also been watching Sakura-sou (...

Not sure if relevant but there's just something about the picture in the OP -Mana's expression, the light, the drops, her body, the sheer joy in the image- that makes it captivantingly beautiful.

I somehow misread "Hisashi Mori" as "Yasuji Mori" and was like OH MY GOD

Ehhh, more than a testament to the "abuse" of instilling a sense of self-reliance and confidence on a kid from an early age, i always took the fact a kid could actually do that in Japan to be a testament of just how safe their country is and how much trust they can place on their neighbour...

Which doesn't really make sense in universe. Aside from what Tines and Bounty_Hunter said, NGE (and all fiction, really) has artistic license to the bone. Any internal consistency goes just as far as to not have the audience getting lost/distracted at some inconsequential detail and to ...

The inconvienent truth about Japanese Animators and their working conditions http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_UfHnJ2jY This guy technically isn't wrong, but there's a massive amount of information (some vital) that he leaves out. As it happens i read the interview he mentioned and th...

I don't really want to get too into it because of the drama that was involved with it, so long story short i had to relocate my computer to our back attic due to noise complaints regarding my 2.1 system and my film/anime watching ways. The place is actually not that bad and in fact in many ways ...

Happy birthday, ChaddyManPrime.

So i logged back on EGF after a week dealing with the barrage of new content when out of the blue, skype told me a person i thought i'd never see again (on skype) was online. This person was very precious to me and i wasn't sure of how to respond or if i even should. After a few minu...

My interest in aviation is probably well known, as is my passion for the visual arts, but around the past week or so i just realized another hobby/inclination i had, which is singing. I always liked music and dabbled in the study of some instruments and musical theory in my teens, but life being wha...

Can't say i liked the animation, but the skill and effort put into it is appreciable.

Hugest false statement spoken on this planet within the last 24 hours, and we've had that Republican debate in that time period. Made me laff :lol: On regards to Mari, she was a character conceived by Tsumuraki with the general idea of breaking the established mold or rythm of Eva (what is ...

Anno will take as long as he wants to enjoying the Godzilla production and no Eva expectations are going to rush him throught that. Sorry, but that's just how it is. He certainly has earned it.

Short break from posting while the forum has its usual right wing vs left wing arguments that end up going nowhere because certain people don't know the meaning of an open mind. Hmm. A curious cosmic principle of the world is that whatever attitude you project ends up setting the tone for both ...

Well, it seems like there's nothing to worry about after all- The TPP just fell through after Japan discovered the US was spying on them. Wait, it's confirmed with certainty that Japan's inclusion in the TPP has falled down? Not some sort of ruse or something that'd be forgotten in ...

I second that. What we need is more dramedy . To that end, Alan Alda should be cast as in the very next animu featuring a milquetoast teenage protagonist. No offense but most of the time that makes the character look like a vapid jerk for me and similar tones is why i just can't get into Americ...