Running to the Ranobe Cafe

|240x180px|Light novelsJust came across a blog called The Ranobe Cafe, a blog dedicated to light novels. These are the short novels (novellas, really) published in Japan as ongoing series that are so often turned into anime. Popular examples include The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Full Metal Panic!, among many others.

The blog's well-written; the author has a solid grasp of English blog writing and posts on a variety of topics. Good to see stuff like this out there.

There's a particularly interesting post on learning the Japanese language so you can enjoy light novels in their original form. Seems crazy at first glance, but really, is it that bad of an idea to take it upon yourself to learn another language? It's not exactly a waste of time. That's a useful skill right there.