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Weekly Round-Up, 21-27 February 2024: Your Name Producer Arrested, Japan’s Stand-Up Comedy Scene, and AI Subtitles

AniFem Round-Up Unlovely Complex: Social Justice, Misogyny, and the Lovely Complex Dub A recent post by Brendan Blaber about “fixing” Lovely Complex through the dubbing process underlined a…

Anime Feminist

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Roland Kelts on Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the influence of shoujo, and 18 years of Japanamerica

Writer Roland Kelts opened up about his early childhood relationship with anime and manga, the status that Japanamerica holds today, cross cultural influence in media, female characters in…

Anime Feminist

Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament Ep19-21

The seventh volume of Tezuka Osamu's Tales from the Old Testament is the pivot point between the mythic and "historical" parts of the Bible....

Collectr's Blog

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Breaking From Control

Anime and Blade Runner Blade Runner, a very interesting sci series now that I can’t help but love. If there one one singular piece of American fiction that…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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The Speakeasy #138: One Piece, Bubble, The Faraway Paladin + More

This month we get hype about One Piece and discuss a couple of shows and the latest Netflix anime movie release. One Piece mangaBlade Runner: Black LotusBubbleThe Faraway…

Reverse Thieves

Ghost in the Shell - SAC_2045 S2 - Episode 1 - 10 Second Anime

Section 9 and Motoko try to apprehend a foreigner who has clues on how to create post-humans. Ghost in the Shell - SAC_2045 S2 - Episode 1.

Joeschmo's Gears and Grounds

Blade runner: Black Lotus

It’s hard to believe that this was produced in 2022. Because the 3D models look as if they are from 90s. Even if this was released back in…

Akabasa

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 13 (Finale)

For now, the slower story comes to an end. Especially when it has an episode 12 that didn’t hit as hard as it could have. It had the…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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The (Absolute) State of Crunchyroll Original Anime

Crunchyroll Originals have a reputation for being awful. Which makes sense, some of them REALLY ARE. But are they all that bad? With the label basically dead, it's…

Mother's Basement

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 12

Last episode was one of my favorites. It felt, for all the small movements that were at play, like a large chess game between two people that were…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 11

Well, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised anymore. I do like this show but its gone down some pretty basic anime like paths. but the intrigue up to…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 9

Last week, I wondered what this show would do with its last bit of show. The world was open because Elle did get her revenge and survived it…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Breaking Down Arcane: League of Legend's Incredible Animation | Studio Spotlight

Canipa breaks down the unique production of Fortiche Productions' Arcane: League of Legends, and why 3D anime in Japan struggle to reach its ambition. Support The Canipa Effect on…

The Canipa Effect

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 9

Well, I broke the format I was going for last time. Why? Because I didn’t really know how else to write about that episode. But this time? This…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus Episode 8

After watching this episode, I really don’t have as much to say about it then I had with the rest of the episodes because there more interesting things…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Urobuchi December: Obsolete

I seem to be enjoying a lot of anime that other people are not recently. Blade Runner: Black Lotus, Exkaiser, Orguss, and quite a few others. I remember…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 7

Last episode felt explosive. Finally, Elle destroys some of the people who were behind the doll hunt. The Grants are dead and the LAPD lost their chief. Elle…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 6

So here is my weekly shout into the void on how good Blade Runner: Black Lotus is. It really is guys. I was right about how this this…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 5

Last episode was a huge chess piece placing episode. Elle has her own flashback that creates or looks into her own motivations on her hunt and aligns herself…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Autumn 2021 First Impressions – Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 13 Source: Original (based on Blade Runner franchise) Episode Summary: A young woman awakens in the cargo hold of an autonomous transport vehicle having lost…

Season 1 Episode 1

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 4

Typing this out, I wasn’t originally planning on writing about this series more at all. I thought that first impression post would have been enough until I inevitably…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

371 – Triple Dip 57 – Vasilisa! The Wise Princess and Other Classic Folktales, Young, Alive, in Love, The Town You Live in

It’s time to take a look at releases from Star Fruit Books! We’ve assembled Vasilisa! The Wise Princess and Other Classic Folktales, Young, Alive, in Love, and The…

Manga Machinations

Blade Runner: Black Lotus Subtle Similarities

Apart from the obvious parallels including police spinners, neon umbrella rods, and replicants with red reflections in their pupils, the Blade Runner: Black Lotus anime appears to contain…

AnimeNation Anime News Blog

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Fall 2021 Summary – Weeks 6-7

Blade Runner: Black Lotus – 1-2 Wooper: Black Lotus is yet another of Sola Digital Arts’ CG reimaginings of classic sci-fi properties. Kenji Kamiyama (who also directed the…

Star Crossed Anime

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(First Impressions) Blade Runner: Black Lotus

More anime keeps appearing it seems. Especially with breaking down the usual seasonal schedule and such. I suppose if something like this one where Adult Swim and Crunchyroll…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Blade Runner: Black Lotus is currently streaming on Crunchyroll....

Anime News Network - Views

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The ANN Aftershow - Futuristic Catastrophes

Lynzee and James discuss Adult Swim's new Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the early review for Netflix's Cowboy Bebop, and 'daddy juice' which only makes sense if you watched…

Anime News Network - Views

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Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Episode 1

Blade Runner: Black Lotus offers up a gorgeous premiere that has a somewhat go-nowhere premiere filled with tidbits that built the world, but don't feel compelling.

Anime Feminist

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Fall 2021 Summary – Week 4

Wooper: It’s a solo recap post for your boy this week, which I’m fearing may happen more than once this season (despite my practice of pestering my co-writers).…

Star Crossed Anime

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KiritoNarukami’s Anime Selection (Fall 2021 Edition)

Another season another batch of new anime! It’s hard to believe that it’s almost the end of 2021 (cause to be honest, I’m still processing 2020 lol!) but…

KiritoNarukami

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Fall 2021 Anime Preview

The leaves are falling, the heat is ceasing, and the smell of PSLs are in the air…well, maybe none of those are quite true for you yet, depending…

Beneath the Tangles