Today I would like to introduce to you a so funny and great movie "Kamikaze Girls" (Japanese tittle: Shimotsuma Monogatari). The movie tells the friendship story of two girls who are have complete different fashion sense and tastes each other.

This Japanese movie "Ballad - Namonaki Koi no Uta" isn't any tlanslated verison so far, but I believe it will have someday. It is great and my favorite. I can't see it without Kleenex.

As all people know well, Japan has suffered from severe diasters by earthquake and tsunami that happened on March 11. I extend my heartfelt condolence to victimes and sincerely hope that devastated area will get re-establishment at the earliest possible date. My first piece in a long while is about "Another" by Yukito Ayatsuji. 

Let me introduce a Makoto ShinKai's new and much-awaited anime film "Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below" (Japanese tittle is "Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo"). It will be released in Japan on May. 

I wrote a piece about a teary ghost story "Strangers" (Japanese tittle is "Ijin-tachi to no Natsu") by Taichi Yamada on last October. This novel made into a movie in 1989, which directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Yesterday Ms. Mina Quiao, my friend on facebook and live in New Zealand, gave me an e-mail for her comment of watching the movie. So I wanted to write that again.

I just read a novel "Route 255" by Chiya Fujino a few days ago. It has been made into a movie and a manga. A main character and her brother lost a way of home and wanderd into a strange world. It depicts an regular life with a sence of loss.