Continuing on their exploration of new animation style and Asian relationship dysfunction, NMA brings us the third installment of their ‘Next Files’ series, Storm Girl. Without giving too much of the plot away, whilst the previous two installments revolved around couples, Storm Girl takes a look at the all too often prevalent ‘little emperor’ syndrome [...]

I thoroughly enjoyed the first installment of Next Media Animation’s showcase of their new animation style, A Cursed Relationship.  It was good to see a story usually reserved for Chinese news aired out in public for the rest of us to enjoy! Continuing the relationship focused theme, NMA have begun their second installment of the [...]

In what I think originally started off as a way for Taiwanese animation studio Next Media to showcase a new animation style they’d been working on, The Next Files: A Cursed Relationship has since proved to be an interesting enough series in its own merit. Although based on a news story originating out of Hong [...]

I don’t really know all that much about European football, but I found myself in the early hours of this morning sitting in Taipei bar ‘Barbados’ watching the UEFA Champions League final. The Barbados venue was quite a nice choice to watch the game. You had a massive projector screen up front and numerous smaller [...]

One late night during the FIFA World Cup I found myself waiting for a match featuring Australia to start. It was about 11:40pm or so but the match wasn’t due to kick off till around 2am’ish. With my writing for the day done and nothing much else to do, I flicked on the television and [...]

I like to think of myself as somewhat of a television addict. When the US television season is in full swing I can easily put aside half to three quarters of a day a week watching my favourite shows. By no means a quantitative addict instead I get horribly attached to shows I really like [...]

Taiwanese cable tv continues to amaze me with the absolute randomness that is broadcast at any given time of the day. In my latest channel surfing adventure I happened across what appears to be the Asian wrestling equivalent of what we know as wrestling. Forget flashy intros, cunningly witty dialogue, themed characters and Emmy award [...]

There’s a strong culture amongst Taiwanese girls that cuter is better. This really hits you when one day you find yourself talking to some random girl who’s apparently twenty something, but you feel like you’re staring into the eyes of a twelve year old. And I’m not just talking about looks either. There’s a hell [...]

It’s the end of the work day. All around the country kids are getting home hoping to catch a few cartoons before they make a start on their homework. Flicking on the tv, you’d expect to see Chinese dubbed versions of Barney the Dinosaur, Pokemon or even the Wiggles. …then you remember you’re in Taiwan.