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Babbling About Overrated Anime

The List Code Geass Inuyasha Satoshi Kon Samurai X Trust and Betrayl Nausicaa and Spirited Away (Pom Poko Only Yesterday) Full metal alchemist brotherhood Ghost in the Shell Bubblegum Crisis (armitage, Mid-Late 2010s -…

animebackwhen

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu: Mokumokuren

Oof! It’s been a year compressed into a month, friends. Feels like I only yesterday I was telling you about the delights of Edo-era artisans, and yet! It…

Brain Vs. Book

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Free Studio Ghibli 2024 Calendars

Are you a fan of Studio Ghibli? Do you want to keep track of your schedule in style? Look no further! I’ve compiled four free anime calendars featuring…

All About Anime and Manga

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Only Yesterday| Healing the Inner Child

Only Yesterday is a film quite different from the usual Ghibli affair. Directed by Isao Takahata, Only Yesterday follows a woman named Taeko as she fulfils a childhood…

Blubbyweb

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Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday is a 1991 Slice of Life Drama anime film by one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, Studio Ghibli. Compared to other studios…

Bakanow Anime Reviews

Only Yesterday

Only Yesterday is a 1991 Slice of Life Drama anime film by one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, Studio Ghibli. Compared to other studios…

Bakanow Anime Reviews

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My Top 3 Ghibli Movies (They aren’t Miyazaki Films)

Everyone and their mom has heard of Studio Ghibli. For many people, Ghibli movies might be their first (and maybe only) taste of anime. It’s even garnered a…

Dopey Likes Anime

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A Trip Down Memory Lane With Studio Ghibli's Only Yesterday - Monthly Retro Recommendations

There is no arguing that Studio Ghibli is one of the most famous anime studios in Japan. Especially to us in the west. And they have created many…

Anime Top Scholar

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Notes on Takahata & Miyazaki

The previous article on this blog, dedicated to Anne of Green Gables, contains a detailed discussion of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki’s respective artistic evolutions between 1976 and…

Animétudes

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Golden Kamuy nearing its end: What’s next?

Probably all Golden Kamuy fans already know by now that the series is ending this month, after nearly eight years of serialisation. It feels like it’s only yesterday…

Kamuy Central

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Omoide Poroporo: Cures Insomnia

Omoide Poroporo is a Studio Ghibli film from the early 90s. It’s based off of a manga by Okamoto Hotaru. I’ve reviewed a lot of Ghibli films in…

Anime Reviews

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My 7 Most Hated Ghibli Movies

Though my stance on Ghibli has softened in recent years, there are still plenty of films competing to be most hated Ghibli movies.

Reasons to anime

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The rise of realism

However dominant it became in the 80s, the Kanada style was never the only aesthetic of anime. Besides the heavily stylized motion of the Kanada school and the…

Animétudes

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Miyazaki & Takahata’s Work Relationship and How It Ended

In his 2018 biographical book Kanyada from the Southern Country (南の国のカンヤダ), Suzuki doesn’t write much about Ghibli at all. But an addendum is dedicated to the late Isao…

Takarabako

[Three] When the Safflowers Bloom (Only Yesterday)

A list of things I enjoyed over this past year includes Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Isao Takahata’s critically-acclaimed film Only Yesterday. This is not a…

atelier emily

12 Days of Anime 2020: Only Yesterday

Yo! Sirius here. For the 2nd day of the 12 Days of Anime 2020, I will be sharing my thoughts about the Ghibli film, Only Yesterday.

Sirius Writes

12 Days of Anime 2020: Only Yesterday

Yo! Sirius here. For the 2nd day of the 12 Days of Anime 2020, I will be sharing my thoughts about the Ghibli film, Only Yesterday.

Sirius Writes

The ‘best’ of Japanese Cinema I’ve Watched – My Thoughts

A few weeks ago I saw this list on the my Facebook feed, “The best Japanese film of every year – from 1925 to now” which was curated…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

Omoide Poroporo Review

"I appreciate the attempt at glorifying following your dreams with a feministic viewpoint, but outside of an atmospheric rural landscape, Only Yesterday could do a better job"

SpaceWhales Anime Blog

مسألة غيبلي

كنت أفكر ما إن كان يجرد بي كتابة شيءٍ ما بخصوص الجدل القائم حول غيبلي وإضافة أفلامه إلى نيتفلكس أم لا. ظننت في البداية أنه لا يوجد لدي…

Alex

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r#132 – only yesterday

Hello, everyone, and welcome to another post where you’ll find my nitpicking of many anime that I don’t think it’s perfect. Well, no anime is perfect anyway. But…

#moe404, the not so great anime BLOG

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Dead English Language Anime Magazines: “Animenominous!”

Publisher: BDC Enterprises, Inc Format: 210mm x 280mm (Standard Magazine Size) Genre/Type: Anime, Manga, Japanese Music, Convention a...

The Melancholic Middle Aged Anime Fan

Preview Guide 2: Shortcake Cake

Discusses the first volume of Shortcake Cake by Suu Morishita We’re back for our second preview guide, covering this month’s new shojo manga series debut of SHORTCAKE CAKE. Viz…

Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast

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Prison School is Oddly Relatable, Obscene and Hilarious

Prison School is an ecchi comedy anime that I finished only yesterday. Already though, have I come to the conclusion that it is one of the funniest anime…

Purposefully Lackluster

OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #651) Only Yesterday

Shownotes :: (show 651) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With ID-0, recorded live November 26th, 2017. Let's be clear we…

otakugeneration's Podcast

Editorial: My Top 5 Favourite Anime directors (that aren’t Hayao Miyazaki)

In the history of anime the director who is certainly the most famous and revered in the Western hemisphere is Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). He has made quite…

The Animation Compendium

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From Up On Poppy Hill

コクリコ坂から Goro Miyazaki, 2011 Reel Anime 1/4   Madman's ReelAnime 2012 has kicked off around Australia, showcasing four new anime film...

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