Anime links
yoshitoshi ABe
thought experiments lain. Notes on Serial Experiments Lain. Don't visit this site until after you've watched all of Lain at least once.Sekai no Hajimari. A site devoted to Haibane Renmei. It includes the Old Home Bulletin Board, noteworthy for the literacy and courtesy of the participants.
AB's Webpage. It's in Japanese; however, there's a gallery of ABe's art, including several pictures of Rakka and Reki.
Alice 6. Scriptwriter Chiaki J. Konaka's website. Konaka collaborated with ABe on Lain and Texhnolyze. His site is mostly in Japanese, but there is some English text.
Hayao Miyazaki
Nausicaä.net, including the Hayao Miyazaki Web Site.Other anime
Seikai no Monshou A guide to the Crest/Banner of the Stars universe.Gateway to the Goddesses. A guide to the Ah! My Goddess universe.
Tea Time in Elenore City, a Dirty Pair omnibus site.
Tenchi Muyo! Another Universe
Tomobiki-cho, the Urusei Yatsura Web Site
Reviews
There are a vast number of sites devoted to reviewing anime. Most are wastes of server space. Here are a few that I have found useful.Chizumatic. The most reliable critic I know of. If Den Beste says it's good, it probably is.
T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews
The Anime Review
Anime on DVD. If it's not reviewed here, it's not reviewed anywhere.
Music
The Yoko Kanno Database.topazstorm. Includes sheet music for several of the tunes from Haibane Renmei.
Anime Scores. Sheet music from a variety of animes.
Anime Lyrics. Some of Yoko Kanno's songs really are nonsense.
Josh's anime sheet music collection A wretchedly unreadable page that features a vast collection of downloadable sheet music and MIDIs. (Caution: There are problems with some of the MIDI files. They may crash your MIDI player or browser, or computer.)
Et cetera
Anime News Network. Features many reviews and a useful encyclopedia.Anime Music Videos.org. The quality varies wildly, but occasionally there's an inspired combination of image and music.
Cartoon Brew. A weblog devoted mainly to occidental animation, but the writers have a healthy respect for Miyazaki.
fps: The Magazine of Animation
Rob Kelk's Anime Website, featuring the meganekko gallery and an anime primer
Megumi-Toons. Autobiographical cartoons by voice actress Megumi Hayashibara
Flyin' Eyeball Animation
Synonyms and Sugar. The weblog of an artist and animator (and a graduate of the University of Dallas, my first college).
Kinesca. The weblog of a critical anime enthusiast.
Bee Train Fan. Devoted to the studio responsible for Noir.
Cosplay.com, where you can find people even crazier than I am.
Anime Festival Wichita. The local anime convention.
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