Word: hitomi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...intrigued by this apparent anomaly. What an utter antithesis to Bugs Bunny and the Road-Runner! Surely, "Fushigi Yuugi" was just an exception. Satisfied with this conclusion, I reviewed another popular mainstream series. Vision of Escaflowne (VOE), similarly, transported its heroine, 15-year old Hitomi Kanzaki, to an unfamiliar world, named Gaea. She aids the King of Fanelia, 15 year old Van Fanel, in protecting his kingdom from mysterious "invisible" invaders. Sounds flimsy right? You'd be surprised. Again, another tightly crafted storyline, with strong, evolving characters in a fascinating backdrop, which interwove the right mix of action, romance, comedy...
Continuing with the theme of bold illumination is Harvard senior Hitomi Nakao's photograph of a naked woman seemingly bathed in the swirling light of a projector. This photograph, although darkly colored and almost confusing, radiates warmth and sensuality. Indeed, this nude is much more striking than Nakao's other nude photo series, in which a woman is photographed close-up from several different angles. The woman bathed in projected light is more a statement than an exploration, asserting the compatibility of the body and technology...
...women praise Raftery's knowledge of both American and Japanese cuisine. "She tries to take into account Japanese taste," Hitomi Yoshida says appreciatively. "Less sugar, more salt, and not so much turkey or lamb. Just pork and beef and seafood." "Mariann widened my shopping choices," says Takai, who, having dutifully taken one sample of each item Raftery has described, is visibly strained by the weight of her shopping basket...