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Sky Blue (Wonderful Days, South Korea, 2003, Theater)
I just watched Sky Blue tonight at the Belcourt Theater here in Nashville and despite its so-so plot and storytelling, it was worth watching. I wanted to see what a high-budget Korean anime would be like. Read a synopsis of it here. I think the CGI team wanted to show off its skills [...]
Same Old Stupidity
Why does the Japanese Ministry of Education stupidly continue to approve for use purposefully provocative school textbooks? Yet again, in full knowledge of whitewashing Japanese aggression against China and Korea in WWII and downplaying war atrocities, authors have written and the Ministry of “Education” has approved textbooks that piss off Chinese and Koreans. And me [...]