On the 27th of February 1996, a pair of games were released for the Nintendo GameBoy: ポケットモンスター 赤 (Poketto Monsutā: Aka, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Red’) and ポケットモンスター 緑 (Poketto Monsutā: Midori, or ‘Pocket Monsters: Green’). Between these two games and their English counterparts (Pokémon: Red Version and Pokémon: Blue Version, released two years later), over … Continue reading A global phenomenon: Pokémon in translation
I’d like to talk about something today that I’ve not really gone into for a while. Now, maybe it’s just me, but I still have a lot of guilt attached to watching television - maybe it’s because I sometimes struggle to focus on just one thing, or maybe because it’s always been perceived as a … Continue reading Down the anime rabbit hole: Neon Genesis Evangelion
I find it quite hard to believe that's suddenly May already. I must have expressed this before, but there's a certain amount of stagnation involved in a global pandemic in my experience. Or perhaps 'stasis' would be a better word that doesn't make me sound like a load of old pond water. Everything feels like … Continue reading A statement of intent
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