Pleased to see a friend

 

Mourning my lost manhood

 

Family at last (for Alice)

Alice, I am very sorry to have missed your birthday, but I was away on a mission and hope that this caption may bring a smile to your face even if it is late!

Happiness (for Yuu and Alice)

A sort of completion of the "Being Yuu" story, based on requests from my dear friends.  Sorry to take so long to respond.  😄

The original "Being Yuu" request
The Alice Harumi follow-up 

Humming Harumi (request)

The original "Being Yuu" request

Being Yuu (request)

Wedding bells (request)

L'etranger (for Mike)

For Mike, and I'm sorry that it took me over a month to address your request!
RL stuff and assorted complications, ya know.  ;) 

Pleasing

A tiny gift for Vicky! 

Geisha blues

Another gift for my dear Marti! :D

Lean in

That's not what you said!

Change of orientation (request by 4lice)

Story requested by my friend 4lice.  

(Alice, I hope you enjoy, and sorry it took over a month for me to get to this!)

Flower power

Bridge of Fate

Unbound

Great Film! - YOUR NAME (Kimi no Na wa) - 君の名は

I've just had the pleasure of watching a new TG Anime film: Your Name (Kimi no Na wa 君の名は), by Makoto Shinkai (2016).  It's a story about a high school girl in rural Japan and a high school boy in Tokyo who swap bodies.  I highly recommend it to you!  It is funny and beautifully animated---and it's TG! ;) 

I have been a fan of Makoto Shinkai's work since his very first film Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi No Koe ほしのこえ), which was not TG.  Your Name is very nice, and it happens to feature a TG love story and also one of my favorite themes, the Japanese legend: Red String of Fate!  Two people who are connected in this way are bound together by Fate itself.  A dream...a shared destiny....

The film is lovely, and it's cute; it also did very well at the box office and is internationally acclaimed, which is wonderful.  I hope that we will see more of these kinds of creations in the future. 

Some photos and the link to the movie trailer to whet your appetite (and I hope that you will watch this film!).  Lemme know what ya think if you watch the film. ;) 

<3 karen 

"Your Name" film trailer 

Thanks, Doc!

New profession

Time machine errors