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Hoedown Showdown
"And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?""The Merchant of Venice" I'll be seeing the new Detective Conan film of course, but I guess I also have to see that…
Pleasantly surprised by Seihantai na Kimi to Boku so far
They don't seem that different.
2025 in Review
2025 turned out to be even more calamitous than I had feared. I couldn't bear to watch the news, as one horror followed another.Orphan FansubsDespite the adverse conditions…
KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, The Apothecary Diaries, Princess Knight, Zetsuai 1989, Apocalypse Hotel
The Journal, Page 115 – Even if everyone has vanished, hope will never be lost – Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian
Join Rias, Slade, and a colorful cast of classic Atelier characters in an alchemical adventure to save their village from being swallowed by a supernatural event! Will they…
HOW MANY U’S ARE IN QUUUUUUX AGAIN
12 Days of Anime 2025, Day 3A new year, a new Gundam to politely complain about. All is as it should be.The first thing that should to be…
On the Malleability of H-anime: The ProxyMan Project
The handle ProxyMan has cropped up several times in this blog as a source of rare anime, both mainstream (Shibuya Honky Tonk, Dragon Slayer Eiyuu Densetsu: Ouji no Tabidachi)…
Colorful, Shin Chan, Macross, Revisions, Santa Company: Christmas no Himitsu
GQuuuuuuX Designer and Animation Director Hidenori Matsubara on Recreating Iconic Gundam Characters
Last month we had the pleasure of sitting down with animator, character designer, and animation director Hidenori Matsubara. Mr. Matsubara most recently played a key role on Mobile…
Pokémon, FLCL, Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
New Shoujo Manga You NEED to Know
Thank you to Rosetta Stone for partnering with me for today's video! Start feeling confident in your own ability to learn a new language today with an exclusive…
The Wonderland (2019) Review: A Colorful Coming-of-Age Tale
So, the week before watching The Wonderland (2019), I watched Shark: The Beginning, which was a much heavier film. That one focused on a bullied teen who finds…
Third Impact Anime Episode #160 – Spring 2025 Anime Season First Impressions (Yaiba, Witch Watch, and Colorful Stage! The Movie)
Third Impact Anime gives their initial impressions on a few Spring 2025 anime!
#160 - Spring 2025 Anime Season First Impressions (Yaiba, Witch Watch, and Colorful Stage! The Movie)
The podcast finally returns with a look at a few of the anime we are watching during the Spring 2025 anime season! Austin and Bill discuss Yaiba: Samurai…
Dedication of the Great Buddha / 大佛開眼 / Daibutsu kaigen (1952)
Obscure Japanese Film #186 Kazuo Hasegawa and Machiko Kyo Nara, the then-capital of Japan, in the year 745. Kunihito (Kazuo Hasegawa) i...
Heart Cocktail: Spring Stories
As hoped/promised/threatened, DarkOrphanChaser is back with more Watase Seizou; in this case, his latest spin on the Heart Cocktail formula...
Chalk-iro no People, Colorful, The Gokusen, One Piece, One Piece Film: Gold
Heart Cocktail Colorful: Summer Stories
As hoped/promised/threatened, DarkOrphanChaser is back with more Watase Saizou; in this case, his latest spin on the Heart Cocktail formula...
One Piece, One Piece Film: Gold, Chalk-iro no People, Colorful, The Gokusen
The Tragedy of Bushido / 武士道無残 / Bushido muzan (1960)
Obscure Japanese Film #185 Miki Mori This Shochiku production opens with the legend, ‘There was a time when ritual suicide, upon the dea...
The Woman Who Touched the Legs / 足にさわった女 / Ashi ni sawatta onna (1952 and 1960)
Obscure Japanese Film #183 and #184 Fubiki Koshiji Machiko Kyo The romantic comedy Ashi ni sawatta onna began life as a magazine seri...
The Hidden Profile / 風の視線 / Kaze no shisen (‘Gaze of the Wind’, 1963)
Obscure Japanese Film #181 Shima Iwashita Keisuke Sonoi Natsui (Keisuke Sonoi) is a photographer who has just entered into an arranged...
Wandering Shore / 流離の岸 / Ryuri no kishi (1956)
Obscure Japanese Film #180 Terumi Niki Sachiko Murase Chiho (Terumi Niki) is a young child left alone in the country to be raised by her...
Love is Lost / 銀心中 / Gin shinju (‘Silver Double Suicide’, 1956)
Obscure Japanese Film #179 Jukichi Uno and Nobuko Otowa Tokyo, c. 1942. Sakie (Nobuko Otowa) and her husband Kiichi (Jukichi Uno) run a ...
Structure of Hate / 黒い画集 第二話 寒流 / Kuroi gashu dainibu: Kanryu (1961)
Obscure Japanese Film #178 Ryo Ikebe Okino (Ryo Ikebe) is a hard-working Tokyo bank employee who is entrusted with a promotion to manage...
Five Sisters / 女の暦 / Onna no koyomi (‘A Woman’s Calendar/Almanac’, 1954)
Obscure Japanese Film #177 Kyoko Kagawa Yoko Sugi Their parents now deceased, two adult sisters now live together in their old family ...
Deep River Melody / 風流深川唄 / Furyu Fukagawa uta (‘Elegant Fukagawa Song’, 1960)
Obscure Japanese Film #176 Hibari Misora Fukagawa, Tokyo, c.1925. Daughter (Hibari Misora) wants to marry childhood sweetheart (Koji Tsu...
Golden Demon / 金色夜叉 / Konjiki yasha (1954)
Obscure Japanese Film #175 Jun Negami and Fujiko Yamamoto 1890. Miya (Fujiko Yamamoto) is a young woman in love with her adopted broth...
The Flesh is Weak / 美徳のよろめき / Bitoku no yoromeki (‘Faltering Virtue’, 1957)
Obscure Japanese Film #174 Yumeji Tsukioka 28-year-old Setsuko (Yumeji Tsukioka), a former member of the aristocracy, has come down in t...
Life, love and loss
Experience the emotional highs and lows of life, love, and human connection in these heartfelt stories. Colorful A soul gets a second chance at life, inhabiting the body…
Tales of the Inner Chambers / 大奥絵巻 / Ooku emaki (1968)
Obscure Japanese Film #173 Yoshiko Sakuma Edo Castle, c.1790. When virginal chambermaid Aki (Yoshiko Sakuma) catches the eye of the shog...
Mr. Mega Man Manga Review
I grew up on the classic Mega Man games. They were bright and colorful, and they were just simple platformers where you would run around as a little…
Kokosu sezu / 告訴せず / (‘No Charges Filed’, aka ‘Without Complaint’, 1975)
Obscure Japanese Film #172 Kyoko Enami and Yukio Aoshima Kitani (Fumio Watanabe) is a conservative politician running for re-election wi...
Candy Trap, Puvithel, & Devilish Angel Fashion Show @ Okashicon 2023
Okashicon anime convention fashion show featuring colorful kawaii brands CANDY☆TRAP, Puvithel, and Devilish Angel in Austin, TX.
Cards Are My Life / 花札渡世 / Hana fuda tosei (‘The Flower Card Business’, aka ‘Flower Cards Chivalry’, 1967)
Obscure Japanese Film #171 L-R: Chitose Kobayashi, Tatsuo Endo, Toru Abe, Tatsuo Umemiya The early Showa period (1930s). Ryuichi Kitagaw...
Make Believe Bonus: Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing
Featuring A Review Of The Hatsune Miku Churro
Clouds at Sunset / あかね雲 / Akane-gumo (1967)
Obscure Japanese Film #169 Shima Iwashita 1937. After a prologue in which we see two soldiers deserting – one of whom is quickly capture...
Oyafuko dori / 親不孝通り (1958)
Obscure Japanese Film #168 Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Yoko Katsuragi Katsuya ( Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is a cynical student who studies as little ...
Four Sisters / 山麓 / Sanroku (‘The Foot of the Mountain’, 1962)
Obscure Japanese Film #167 Isuzu Yamada Yoshiko Mita Sonny Chiba Modern-day Tokyo. Masako (Yoshiko Mita) is a young woman who wants to...
Ai sureba koso / 愛すればこそ / (‘Only If You Love’, 1955)
Obscure Japanese Film #166 Isuzu Yamada This omnibus film comprised of three stories was an independent venture co-produced by two compani...
Solo Leveling Episodes 17 and 18 – Simply Stunning
These two installments were both great, but the second one (episode 18) blew me away with its stunning visuals. There was so much dynamic, cool, and colorful animation.
The Gate of Youth / 青春の門 / Seishun no mon (1975)
Obscure Japanese Film #165 Tomohiro Tanabe and Sayuri Yoshinaga Based on the first part of a bestselling doorstop novel by Hiroyuki Itsu...
Shunsetsu / 春雪 / (‘Spring Snow’, 1950)
Obscure Japanese Film #164 Yasuko Fujita Takako (Yasuko Fujita) is a young woman who works on the ticket desk at her local train station...
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing Anime Film Review
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing is a movie made for one group of people and one group only: Players of the smartphone game Hatsune…
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To is Now Live
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To blends two major sources of inspiration: the joyful, colorful puzzle mechanics of Panel de Pon and the heartfelt and playful storytelling…
Why Did These Women Become Like This? / 何故彼女等はそうなったか / Naze kanojora wa so natta ka (aka Girls’ Reform School, 1956)
Obscure Japanese Film #163 Kyoko Kagawa and Masako Nakamura This social conscience picture from Shintoho studios stars Kyoko Kagawa as Mis...
Kodomo no me / 子供の眼 / (‘Eyes of a Child’, 1955)
Obscure Japanese Film #162 Hideko Takamine Kiyoko (Hideko Takamine) is a young woman living in Tokyo with her older brother, Shunji (Hiros...
Junpaku no yoru / 純白の夜/ (‘Pure White Nights’, 1951)
Obscure Japanese Film #161 Michiyo Kogure Ikuko (Michiyo Kogure) is a young woman happily married to Tsunehiko (Seizaburo Kawazu), a banke...
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan vol. 2 cover
The cover of volume 2 of the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition of CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan has been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / 角川書店 Again, very colorful! Previous CPCs …
When Women Lie / 嘘 / Uso (‘Lies’, 1963)
Obscure Japanese Film #160 L-R: Eiko Takashiro, Junko Kano, Nobuko Otowa Following the template of their earlier picture A Woman’s Testame...
The Crab Cannery Ship / 蟹工船 / Kanikosen (1953)
Obscure Japanese Film #159 So Yamamura Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by communist writer Takiji Kobayashi (tortured to death by...
Seijin No Hi: Celebrating Japanese Youth’s Rite of Passage
Look out for colorful kimono! Learn about Seijin no Hi, a public holiday in Japan for Japanese youth to officially become adults.
The Wild Goose / 雁 / Gan (1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #158 Ayako Wakao Tokyo, 1880. Otama (Ayako Wakao) is a young woman back living with her widowed father (Tomosaburo...
The Perennial Weed / 昭和枯れすすき / Showa kare susuki (1975)
Obscure Japanese Film #157 Kumiko Akiyoshi and Hideki Takahashi Harada (Hideki Takahashi) is a young police detective assigned to the Nish...
Asakusa no yoru / 浅草の夜 (‘Asakusa at Night’, 1954)
Obscure Japanese Film #156 Ayako Wakao and Machiko Kyo Setsuko (Machiko Kyo) is a dancer at a theatre in Asakusa, where she’s been havin...