East Meets West #17: 5 Centimeters Per Second .vs. The Great Gatsby

Many of us are familiar with the works of Makoto Shinkai, the famous Japanese director of modern hits like Your Name or Weathering With You. Throughout parts of 2020-2021 I've looked through a bunch of his works and have noticed that they all hinge on one specific theme: getting a boy and girl together. With …

Anime Review #49: 5 Centimeters Per Second

Today is the 4th of January, in the year of Our Lord 2021; I would like to take this time to wish all of you a Happy New Year! Now that we're out of the woods of what has been unanimously declared as the worst year in recent memory, one can hope that the following …