ROMEO'S BLUE SKIES
— door Charles McCarter

Animation is an art form, and as such it appeals differently to different people. Perhaps that accounts in some small way for the success and variety of animated programming, especially in Japan. But so much of the time it is the toon with the flashiest animatie of the biggest advertising budget that gets the lion's share of the public's attention.
The mega-blockbuster "hits" of the season will beat a path to our door through word of mouth, magazine covers, internet posts and the like. They sometimes seem inescapable. But what...