Hanime on Anime

Season’s greetings, everyone!  December has come to a short close this year, so it’s time to unveil this month’s, and this year’s final, Character of the Month.  So if you hadn’t read last week’s review, this month’s character will be from Nanbaka .  And I’ll admit, I chose my favorite from the show, so maybe I was a little biased.  I’ll let you be the judge of that.  So without further adieu, let’s talk a little about this month’s character: Uno! Since I just reviewed Nanbaka , here’s a brief rundown of the series:  Nanbaka follows four prisoners of the infamous Nanba Prison and their antics behind the prison’s walls.  Uno, one of the four prisoners, is a gambler and more or less of a womanizer.  Originally arrested for running an illegal casino, he would break out of prison just so he could go out with women.  When he came to Nanba Prison, he stopped trying to escape because he didn’t receive any dates.  Yeah…that about covers it. ...

Well, ladies and gentlemen, it happened again… Another missed Sunday with no alert whatsoever.  Before I start with this month’s first post, I have some news to share.  Lately, things have been very difficult for me emotionally the past several weeks.  Granted, grad school stuff aside, I got a new job some odd months ago and moved into my own place.  All great things.  Still, there’s been a lot of emotional problems in between that.  Some days I’m so distressed that I can’t even look at my computer and type.  I don’t have any definitive answers, but I believe that I have depression.  As many of you are aware, I have Asperger’s syndrome, a high functioning form of autism.  Depression is something that is often attributed to being autistic.  That’s why I believe I’m depressed.  I am seeing help very soon and I’ll hopefully have some answers.  I didn’t necessarily need to discuss this, but I believe that I owe all of you an expla...