30 Day Anime Challenge – #7 My Anime Crush

#7 Who is your anime crush?

Howl

If you’ve been following my blog for a while (or even for a few weeks) you’ll know that I have a finely honed taste in anime bishies, a taste that has been refined and cultivated over the span of a decade like a sommelier’s taste buds. The kind of men who float my boat all fall into a few select categories, chiefly: cocky, confident, capable, flamboyant, and ever so slightly effeminate. Howl, of the Howl’s Moving Castle fame, fits snugly into all of these categories and, so, has been a favourite of mine for quite some time now (2009, to be exact). Below are some more of the many reasons why he takes my fancy.

From up on Poppy Hill review

So, Friday the 13^th I found myself heading off to Leicester Square, London, (rape alarm at the ready) for the UK premiere of Studio Ghibli’s new movie ‘From up on Poppy Hill’. I was blown away by how many people turned up as when I’d brought tickets to go see one of the first UK screenings of Arriety last summer only a handful of people were there at the cinema, and most of them were just little’ns with their parents. The atmosphere was, therefore, a tad more alive, and I’m guessing, from the round of applause it received afterwards, it was well-received but, what did I think of it?