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Hi, I’m David, aka Part-time
Onee-san. I present Hibike
Strathclyde on Fusion Radio,
a show playing J-Pop and anime music.
I got into anime and J-Culture later
than most of my friends. Of course,
I grew up watching and influenced
by franchises such as Pokemon, but
as time went on and the only shows
available appeared to be long-winded
action dramas, I lost what little interest
I had and stuck with Western media.
It wasn’t until my late 20s, when
a friend introduced me to an anime
called Lucky Star that this began to
change. It was, by its own admission,
a show about nothing. No plot, just a
group of characters going about and
talking about their daily lives. I found
myself unexpectedly enthralled by
this strange slice-of-life genre.
After this initial introduction, it
snowballed. Watching more shows
and branching into other genres,
such as romantic comedy, I completely
fell in love with the unique
character-driven method of storytelling.
From the absurd comedy of
Nichijou to the beautiful love story
of Your Name. Eventually, all this led
to attending conventions in Glasgow
and further afield, such as MCM and
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