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[twelve – Arcane] why don’t you love who I am?

I would’ve liked for 12 Days of Anime to focus on a different animated work per post. But the truth is, I can’t do a roundup of this…

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[eleven – Genius Loci] disjunction/dysfunction

Adrien Merigeau loves space. Out of all the animators I’ve referred to this month – Koji Morimoto, Robert Valley, Nobuteru Yuki – he stands out as an artist…

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[ten – X1999] cruel beauty

Cherry blossoms. A pale hand reaches out to catch a petal. A young man runs towards the screen. The hand belongs to his mother, whose clothes are suddenly…

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Dec 28, 2021 • Subscribe

X/1999

[nine – Fairy Tail] a love letter to Lucy

Fairy Tail is not a series most people, including its fans, take seriously and for good reason – it’s big-hearted and dumb and self-indulgent. And I love it…

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Dec 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Fairy Tail

[eight – Encanto] you can’t live with ’em, you can’t kick ’em out

I wrote this review of Encanto on Christmas Day, surrounded by family. There’s my sister, my parents, my grandmother and my uncle and his family. And we all…

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[seven – Rahxephon] the garden of everything

Spotify Wrapped was a thing that happened. And whilst everyone seemed to agree that it was kinda dumb and pointless, it was still really fun to do, especially…

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[six – Neighbourhood Story] let’s play dress up

It’s Sunday. It’s quiet. I’ve just had dinner, and I’m feeling full and tired and pretty okay. Christmas is on its way. Let’s have some fun. working-class punk…

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[5 – Macross Plus] can’t get you out of my head

Koji Morimoto, a director of the abstract, makes an indelible mark on Shinichirō Watanabe’s Macross Plus. I’d already seen his work for the OVAs, but actually watching it…

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Dec 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Macross, Macross Plus

[four – A Girl in Gaea] to sleep, to dream, to fade

I have a bone to pick with Escaflowne: the Movie. In fact, I have several bones to pick with this film but the one that really sticks in…

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Dec 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Escaflowne

[three – Escaflowne] who asked you to fight for me?

“Who asked you to fight for me?” You know, Escaflowne isn’t good because it has the best plot, or the best characters. It’s good for the parts that…

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Dec 14, 2021 • Subscribe

Escaflowne

[two – Ice] love one another with brotherly affection

Ice is so cool. Dumb pun intended. Robert Valley is an unabashedly masculine artist, which means that he’s also an unsentimental artist. His work are more concerned with…

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[one – Arcane] come closer, enter me.

I complain a lot about my degree. Most of it is heavily theoretical, and sometimes I struggle to see the point of it. But sometimes, something clicks. Roland…

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this blog isn’t dead, right? right?

It’s not. But it certainly feels dead. Between this August and last August, I’ve only updated once. Ironically, l’ve written loads this summer. I’ve written a lot of…

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Fullmetal Alchemist

PUPARIA: embracing the subliminal

puparia – the hardened last larval skin which encloses the pupa in some insects, especially in higher dipteria – a hard barrel-shaped case enclosing the pupae of the…

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It’s a small world in Windy Tales

If I were to describe Windy Tales, I’d say it’s a show that likes to avoid ‘adventure’. The characters have been blessed with supernatural wind powers, but those…

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Aug 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Windy Tales

dark, dingy…and oddly charming – that’s Dorohedoro!

There’s an interview with Q Hayashida, Dorohedoro’s mangaka, that I found surfing manga brog. In it, Hayashida states that she disliked the marble busts she had to draw…

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Dorohedoro