Category: Review
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Retrospective on My Hero Academia Season Three
This post will contain spoilers for My Hero Academia You have been warned. I love My Hero Academia. And with season four only months away,1 it’s hard not to think about the show that immediately shot to the top of my favorites list. Still, I have to admit, I’m nervous. Season three was a mixed…
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April Recommendations (4 of 4): Nando v Movies
Since realizing how important it is to me to provide constructive criticism with my less-than-positive reviews, I also realized how difficult it can be to offer ways to improve the writing of a film. Enter Nando v Movies. Nando takes the time to analyze the good, the bad, and the ugly about films–mostly superhero films,…
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April Recommendations (3 of 4): Aleczandxr
I first stumbled across video essayist Aleczandxr while preparing for my Type Casting post on Riza Hawkeye of Fullmetal Alchemist. The depth he delved into another character from that show, Solf Kimblee, was incredible, especially given how much it allowed me to appreciate a character I honestly hadn’t cared much for nor understood well upon…
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April Recommendations (2 of 4): Weight of Cinema
I first noticed Weight of Cinema when they put out an incredible video series analyzing Avatar: The Last Airbender‘s writing and cinematography. It was well-edited, the voiceover/script work was phenomenal, and the carefully-crafted and loving analysis was a delight to behold. I’d find myself eagerly awaiting each new entry in the four-part series, and I…
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April Recommendations (1 of 4): Sage’s Rain
There’s nothing quite as memorable, unique, and soothing as Sage’s voice–both his physical voice and his writing voice. Each video begins with the visuals and sound of pattering rain, immediately washing over my soul and preparing me for another one of Sage’s well-thought, quiet essays. As he says in his video “To Understand Rain,” his videos are…
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From Pilot to Product – Little Witch Academia
TV show pilots are a curious and wonderful thing. One of the few things I love more than enjoying media is seeing what happened behind-the-scenes. I love to see how they got the special effects to work for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. I love watching animators scribble away at frames for my…