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Ultraman: Rising Anime Movie Review
Visually, the movie looks pretty solid as it takes some strong cues from the Spiderverse films with some stylistic flourishes. The iconic transformation is one of the coolest…
The Rising of the Shield Hero Audio Book
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The Rising of the Shield Hero Audio Book Volume 2
With The Rising of Shield Hero returning to Crunchyroll fans might want even more isekai adventures. The good folks from One Peace Books wil...
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Ultraman Rising Review: A Tale of Family and Balance
Ultraman is a series rich in history with all kinds of shows and movies over the years and the latest entry just recently released on Netflix. Now Ultraman…
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Storytelling In Video Games
Video Game storytelling and narrative has progressed immensely, games nowadays can rival movies with their cutscenes, characters, plots, cinematics. Games like Witcher 3, God of War Ragnarock,…
Pre-2000s Anime with Multi-Channel Audio
Had this in Drafts for about a year because I lost interest. Obviously this is an incomplete list, so I may come back and update it if I…
Mononoke, Jungle Emperor Leo, Devilman, Gunsmith Cats, Jungle Emperor Leo
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Netflix Series “ULTRAMAN” To End with 3rd Season in 2023
The sophomore season of the Netflix series ULTRAMAN dropped last week, three years after the first. But it looks like we won’t have to wait for another three…
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Anime Lockdown: Ultraman in Animation
I was recently able to present at the Anime Lockdown online convention and salvage the doomed “Ultraman in Animation” topic from a few years ago. Thanks to John-Paul…
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YEN PRESS ANNOUNCES NEW AUDIOBOOK PARTNERSHIP WITH HACHETTE AUDIO
Yen On has announced a partnership with Hachette Audio to start producing light novel audiobooks!
Kio Shimoku’s First Audio Interview is with a Virtual Youtuber!
Kio Shimoku has historically been a very private person, not even revealing his face until 2018. Shockingly, the Genshiken author had his very first audio interview, and it…
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Shin Ultraman
Shin Ultraman is a perfectly watchable film—though far from a great one. It's clear that the exceptional amount of creative freedom was given to the creators which brings…
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Shin Ultraman
Shin Ultraman presents us with intrigue and heavy questions about humanity's place in the world, the many threats of the future, and the many frightening things that lurk…
Storytelling in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Many people criticized The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild for its lack of storytelling. As I revisit the game, I struggle to understand their viewpoints. After…
Kyokou Suiri | Failure in Storytelling, Still Interesting
Kyokou Suiri is a mystery that implores some really interesting work with mystery, boasting an interesting twist of genres and themes that has me excited for episodes to…
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14 Anime With Non-Linear Storytelling To Piece Together
An anime with non-linear storytelling is pretty self-explanatory. It is an anime where the story is given to you with the events out of order – not in…
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Rising and Falling with Japan Sinks: 2020
TWWK: With the possibly exception of DECA-DENCE and its story with a story structure, the most surprising series this anime season may be Japan Sinks: 2020. I tuned…
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The Best Trick in Storytelling: Doing the Thing
I have come to a revelation. The single best writing trick is spoiling your own plot and just doing your story as advertized. Forget 10,000 IQ plot twists…
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Nonverbal Storytelling in Liz and the Blue Bird
Here I talk about how Liz and the Blue Bird uses its intro and outro first to introduce us to the main characters and later show their growth,…
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The Witch from Mercury and Subtlety in Storytelling
Gundam’s newest series provides a refreshing sense of direction and well thought out storytelling.
(Maris) The Choujo - Dual Audio
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#MechaMarch2022: The Ultraman
From talking robots, the change of mecha now takes the form of not having any at all. Welcome to the realm of Tokusatsu; a realm in which I…
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Ultraman Season 2
The new season on Netflix clearly has reverence to the tokusatsu series' origins, but also isn't afraid to cut what doesn't service the plot.
Thunderbolt Fantasy – Compelling Storytelling
For years I ignored Thunderbolt Fantasy but I shouldn’t have waited.
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The Pixar Storytelling Process
Pixar films tell great stories. Toy Story. Finding Nemo. WALL-E. Up. These and other films have together grossed $ billions and won many awards. For example, WALL-E, one of…
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Is Anime Storytelling superior?
Storytelling is subjective, more a matter of preference than science.
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Thematic vs Technical Storytelling
Gamer thinky time round 2! For full BGE Monthlycast episodes, sign up to the Patreon/Subscribestar below. ➤TALKING PIRATES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiRUBu_Sh5fg1MOKy7Wnylw Support what I do: ➤Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BestGuyEver ➤SubscribeStar - https://www.subscribestar.com/BestGuyEver ➤Merch - https://bges-dope-shirt-shop.creator-spring.com/ Talk at…
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The Case Study of Vanitas, or Eroticism in Storytelling
I don’t like discussing online trends in these sort of essays. It feels like I’m attacking something nebulous, that I could be blowing a couple of Tweets out…
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Ultraman 80: Now That’s What I Call Ultraman Vol. 80
I know my post of Ultraman Taro was not that long ago. I will admit me having this Ultraman speed run is very much because of these official…
Popcorn Pulse 178: Tim’s Audio Sucks
Have you ever just sat in a spaceship and wanted to drive? You know I was a Tesla Mars customer before I ever did ads. Even without the…
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Rising Impact
A high-flying hero competes with optimism and determination against a lively cast of athletes in this impactful golf adventure from a versatile creator best known for his take…
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Studio MAPPA’s rising star animator – Interview with Benjamin Faure
Benjamin Faure is an animator who has impressed audiences with his work on some of the trendiest anime, like Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man.
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Ultraman Orb – Something Unique
Oh man, where to start. Well, Ultraman Orb is a series that takes a more modern approach to the Ultraman formula by turning the usual pseudo team of…
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Shin Ultraman Film Review
My review of Shin Ultraman is now up over on Anime News Network.
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Stranger in the Shogun’s City is Masterful History and Storytelling
In Stranger in the Shogun's City, Dr. Amy Stanley brings the story of one 19th-century Japanese woman to life.
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Studying Water & Visual Storytelling In Anime | GITM Podcast Ep. 114
Water is extremely versatile in the real world and the same can be said for its place in animated filmmaking. In this episode of Get In The Mecha…
March Comes in Like a Lion, The Heike Story, Attack on Titan, Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, The Great Passage
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Storytelling in the Midst of History: Reflections on Heike Monogatari
While the initial reception has been relatively subdued, many will no doubt look back on Heike Monogatari both for what it is and for what it represents; a…
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This Week in Anime - Does The Ultraman Hold Up In Anime Form?
Ultraman's legacy in Japanese popular culture runs deep and wide. With the 1979 The Ultraman anime installment finally streaming in the U.S., it's time to tackle the kaiju…
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The Five Commandments of Storytelling
1. Inciting Incident The inciting incident destabilizes the protagonist by upsetting the balance of their life for good or for ill. Every inciting incident is either causal (the…
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Discussion - Video Games as Storytelling
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Storytelling is a dying art
This is something I wrote while finishing up my Stars Align final episode review. After much (internal) deliberation, I’ve decided to post it. May the chips fall where…
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The Intrusive Storytelling of Isekai
Intrusion is a central element of isekai stories. They are fundamentally about characters being injected into a world that is not their own.
This Week in Anime - Tokyo Gear Rising: Revengereance
When former punk Takemichi gets a do-over, his friends and girlfriend's lives are on the line. It's time travel, now with more delinquents!
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shin Ultraman + shin Kamen Rider
Space Jesus and Bug Cycle
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Shin Ultraman – All For Humanity
Movie Theaters and Some Important People I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by no one showing up to this Shin Ultraman screening. Especially since I saw the dub…
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A Heroic Endeavor: Shin Ultraman
If you ever talk to fans of episodic, monster-of-the-week shows, a common refrain is that inevitably not all episodes are winners, but that there is also a flipside:…
Shin Ultraman (2022) [Film Review]
Shin Ultraman; or, In the Tokuverse of Madness Some things are only clear when you are in between. I believe this is why I exist. Shinj...
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Ultraman X and Cyclical Gateways
Nostalgia is a powerful force in the modern age, but it can involve more than simply revisiting old things from one’s childhood. Drawing on the properties and tropes…
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Ultraman Blazar: Questioning The Boundaries
This is the latest Ultraman series and it’s crazy how different it is from the time breaking love story in Ultraman Decker. In fact, Blazar also broke a…
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Ultraman Z – Development and Fanservice
Z is a series that starts out mostly like most Ultraman series do with some interesting twists. There is an elite group called storage that fights kaiju with…
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Ultraman Blazar: Wild First Impressions
I bet this is going to be too early to do something like this, but I just have to. Episode one of Ultraman Blazar came out recently and…