Tag: Anime
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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…
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An Unabashed Love Letter to Gurren Lagann
This post will contain spoilers for Gurren Lagann You have been warned. There are few anime that have nestled their way into my heart as quickly as Gurren Lagann. Aniplex of America 2007 To this day, I’m not entirely certain what specifically won me over to this show so quickly. Was it the characters? The…
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Episode Review: Mob Psycho 100 – “Ripped Apart ~Someone Is Watching~” (S2E1)
This post will contain spoilers for Mob Psycho 100 Season 2, Episode 1 You have been warned. I saw great things from the newest season of Mob Psycho 100. Familiar Old Faces Never hurts to start strong: everything I loved about the first season was back. Funimation 2019 The beginning monologue, which introduces the world…