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Belle (Ryū to Sobakasu no Hime)
As much as I remember promotions for this Hosoda film selling the influences of Beauty and the Beast, I think it’s mostly present in some character and the…
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Doki Doki News: Hosoda Back in Theaters, Macross on Disney+, and Dragon Ball Hiatus
Welcome to Doki Doki News, your source for updates in the world of anime, gaming, and otakudom, for the week of March 17th! Check out the latest episode…
Dragon Ball Super, Macross, Macross Frontier, Macross Plus, Summer Wars
Firechick's Game Reviews: Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild
Rating : 77/100 I hadnt planned on buying this, but it showed up on the Nintendo eShop one day, and seeing as I liked Harmonia and had some…
News Update - Tue, 20 Feb 2024
A Dancer in the Bark. OK, so when I said "maybe not" next week, I didn't quite expect the hosting space to expire. Well, it's been taken care of,…
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Anime Review #113: Maquia – When The Promised Flower Blooms
This is a movie that I frankly didn’t expect to see on my radar. Like other anime movies I’ve reviewed it features its own world, fantasy elements and…
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The Beauty Of Anime Backgrounds
https://www.apari-shop.com/?ref=internetpitstop Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apariart/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApariArt Shoutout @inakyu for the collab shoutout to https://twitter.com/Holdsworthands for the decades of the backgrounds pixel art map! A very short analysis deep dive into anime background art and…
MUSHI-SHI, Sailor Moon, Soul Eater, Spirited Away, Angel's Egg
Otakon- the trilogy (Otakon 2023 in review)
Otakon's logo for 2023 Otakon, an event so nice; I’ve been there thrice (so far). It’s hard to say what I dislike about Otakon besides ...
Chihayafuru, Daa! Daa! Daa!, Laura, My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, ONIHEI
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East Meets West #27: Summer Wars .vs. WarGames
Before Mamoru Hosoda released Summer Wars, the concept of an “evil AI” is a trope that had been explored countless times in Western media over the past decades.…
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Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga & Light Novel Industries
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! In honor of the day, we here at BtT are excited to celebrate some of our favorite women working in anime, manga, and…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Emma: A Victorian Romance, Princess Tutu, Star Wars: Visions, Tower of God
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Circles, Full and Partial: Belle
There’s a general arc to the films of Hosoda Mamoru. Over time, they have been increasingly concerned with family and the raising of children, to the extent that…
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A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2022
Scotland Loves Animation returned this year, bringing a curated selection of movie premieres and classics to the big screen. Three of us attended the latest instalment, where we…
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Hotsui Matsuri Day 4- Demystifying the traditional card game Hanafuda
Hey! Welcome to another day of Hotsui Matsuri! I’m super excited about this post because I, Star, finally get to talk about the love I have for this…
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June Updates: Summertime
Hello, all! Kate here. I don’t know about you, but I hate the summer. June is only mildly bearable, and then it goes downhill from there. And yet,…
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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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Mamoru Hosoda Retrospective: Summer Wars
Looking back at director Mamoru Hosoda’s 2009 movie Summer Wars, it’s interesting to see how plainly his later films remix and reference…
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Belle
Mamoru Hosoda is a director whose works I have had somewhat mixed reactions to. While I very much liked his Summer Wars, I found his Wolf Children to…
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BELLE | Should You Watch It?
Mamoru Hosoda at Animation Is Film Festival 2021 Known for his emotionally touching and visually captivating films, such as Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and Summer Wars…
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Wolf Children, BELLE, Summer Wars
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Belle: Modern Fairytale Tropes Meet Internet Allegories
How long has it been since I saw an anime movie in theaters?! Oh right, 2021… Completely forgot about Earwig and the Witch (for good reason). More importantly,…
Belle: Mamoru Hosoda’s Most International Film
With Belle, Mamoru Hosoda has truly become "the new Miyazaki." By that, I do not mean that he is or has become Hayao Miyazaki's heir or that his…
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Anime Review #63: Summer Wars
Summer Wars is quite interesting. Essentially, it’s the final product of a combination of factors, such as the director of Digimon Adventure: Bokura No War Game, and a…
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Predecast Episode 02!
In Episode 02 of our Podcast, we review the oldschool OVA Judge, along with the Mamoru Hosoda Masterpiece Summer Wars. Be sure to give it a listen!
Cover Art Comparison: Summer Wars
Knowing that Hosoda has a new film coming soon(ish), I thought I’d do a quick comparison of some posters from one of his previous hits: Summer Wars. It’s…
“Belle” and Mamoru Hosoda
Mamoru Hosoda’s newest work “Belle” was recently announced for 2021.
[Analysis] Summer Wars
Summer Wars (サ マ ー ウ ォ ー ズ Samā Wōzu) is a film written and directed by Mamoru Hosoda (細 田 守; Kamiichi, September 19, 1967) released…
Update Quest 2020 (5)
More from my never-ending Update Quest! Summer WarsHowl’s Moving CastleA.I.C.ORoyal Space Force: The Wings of HonnêamiseAppleseed
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
Only Yesterday, Porco Rosso, Shop, Spirited Away, Summer Wars
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r#72 – summer wars
Haro, everyone, welcome back again to #moe404. Now if you don’t remember, that since the end of 2017 I kept trying to cover short anime movies and episodes,…
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Digicast Episode 6: Summer Wars 2: Revenge of AngelaAnacondamon (The Adventure Movies)
Buggy, Chris, Tom, and Maduin deal with Diaboromon attempting to sabotage their podcast as they finish off the Digimon Adventure continuity with Digimon: The Movie(s) and Revenge of…
Digimon: Digital Monsters, Digimon: The Movie, Digimon: The Movie, Summer Wars
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #560) Summer Wars
Shownotes :: (show 560) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Show #560 Summer Wars, recorded live February 28th, 2016. This week…
OtakuGeneration (Show #410) Spring Preview
Shownotes :: (show 410 :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Spring Preview, recorded live April 14th, 2013. This week we continued our…
A Certain Scientific Railgun S, Ai no Kusabi, Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga, Iron Man, Psychic Detective Yakumo
OtakuGeneration (Show #409) Spring Preview
Shownotes :: (show 409 :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Potemayo, recorded live April 7th, 2013. This week we started the process…
Naruto: Shippuden, Psychic Detective Yakumo, A Certain Scientific Railgun, Fairy Tail, Inu X Boku Secret Service
OtakuGeneration (Show #408) Potemayo
Shownotes :: (show 408 :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Potemayo, recorded live March 31st, 2013. This week Botos suggested watching Potemayo…
Letter Bee, Summer Wars, Fairy Tail, Hiiro no Kakera: The Tamayori Princess Saga, Inu X Boku Secret Service
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Wolf Children
おおかみこどもの雨と雪 Mamoru Hosoda, 2012 Reel Anime 2/4 Mamoru Hosoda is the most exciting director currently working in…
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OtakuGeneration (Show #312) Moshidora
Shownotes :: (show 312) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Moshidora, recorded live May 30th, 2011. Six years of podcasting and we're still talking about anime.…
Durarara!!, Guin Saga, Mazinkaiser, Mazinkaiser SKL, Moshidora
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Recollections of a Certain Pilot
Pilot Charles Karino is tasked with a daunting assignment: fly a special passenger on a journey of over 12, 000 kilometres. The script is by Satoko Okudera, known…
OSMcast: Summer Wars 4-18-2011
Hey when you get to watch animation looking this good, your jaw is going to drop it like it's hot as well. Since last time we talked about a…
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Summer Wars: To OZ and Back
Pixiv Source I watched this movie with high expectations. Summer Wars was created by the same director who did The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006 anime movie,…
OtakuGeneration (Show #297) Hataraki Man
Shownotes :: (show 297) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Hataraki Man, recorded live February 13th, 2011. This week we…
Chobits, Crying Freeman, Hataraki Man, Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin
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OtakuGeneration (Show #296) Winter Preview (part 3)
Shownotes :: (show 296) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the Winter Preview, recorded live February 9th, 2011. This week we watched more anime from…
Gintama, Queen's Blade: The Exiled Virgin, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Crying Freeman, Dragon Ball
OtakuGeneration (Show #295) Last Exile
Shownotes :: (show 295) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Last Exile, recorded live February 2nd, 2011. This week we…
Chobits, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Dragon Ball, Eyeshield 21, Needless
Fantasia 2010
Tuesday, Fantasia announced the highlights of its programming and posted all the details on its website . The 14th edition of the Fant...
Bleach, Naruto, King of Thorn, Metropolis, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror