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animation in the 30s

This blog could use some more content, so I came up with the idea of doing a regular series where I watch a ton of animated films and…

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disney post

If there’s anything the latest Banksy stunt has revealed it’s that there’s no easier target than Disney. The company’s brand has been so thoroughly discredited that to be…

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An introduction to independent animation in Japan

As consumers we’re conditioned to think that the industrial model is the only possible option out there, so it isn’t surprising that animation produced by a single individual, free…

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The worst anime ever made

The late aughts saw a number of major changes in the anime market. The golden age of experimental late night programming kicked off by Evangelion in 1995 slowly…

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Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Although Mamoru Oshii is one of the greatest anime directors of all time, his reputation among anime fans remains divisive. He’s perhaps the only anime director to have…

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Brief overview of the American animation system for anime fans

So I’m gonna begin writing entries for camonte about non-Japanese animators/directors. I’ve always wanted to do this but the lack of a comparable fan infrastructure dissuaded me. Now…

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Introduction to Crayon Shin-chan

Crayon Shin-chan is one of the biggest anime franchises of all time. The series has spanned over 20 years of constant production and has a level of popularity…

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Yu Yu Hakusho’s Second Season

I haven’t been compelled to write a longform article in a while but watching Yu Yu Hakusho’s second season helped cure me of that. With classic anime from…

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hxh 99> hxh 2011 btw [rehost]

This is a repost of an article from my old old blog. At the time I was writing this my knowledge about anime production stuff was fairly meager but…

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AOTY 2014

Thought I’d throw this up on here instead of twitlonger. For me, 2014 means it either first screened in 2014 (so no Kaguya-hime) or it finished broadcasting in…

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