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Liz and the Blue Bird
By Andrew Osmond. Liz and the Blue Bird was released in Japan in April 2018, less than two years after A Silent Voice. It was an ideal film…
Liz and the Blue Bird : Beyond Realism
This essay is dedicated to all the artists at Kyoto Animation who died in the 2019 fire attack and whose painstakingly beautiful work is here celebrated. What seems…
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Liz and the Blue Bird is a side story of the popular Sound Euphonium franchise. It took me years to finally watch it. Was it worth the wait?
Yuri of Absence in Liz and the Blue Bird
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OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #1028) Liz and the Blue Bird
Shownotes :: (show 1028) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Season Reviews, recorded live February 16th, 2025. This week we watched a movie, instead…
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A few years after their release of Sound! Euphonium Season 1, Anime Limited now have their hands on the spin-off film making its UK debut on Blu-ray.
Eggs and Admiration: A Reflection on Liz and the Blue Bird & Ririka Kenzaki
When you meet someone like this, you’ll know they’re not the same as anyone you’ve met before. When I was in my second year of high school, there…
Yamada Naoko’s Liz and the Blue Bird (And A Silent Voice) — Emotions Through Camera
Through A Silent Voice, Yamada Naoko established herself as one of the greatest anime directors of our time. What followed after was her more experimental piece, Liz and…
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Liz and the Bluebird was, hands down, my cinematic highlight of the year. But…I still cannot tell you why it affected me so much. It may be because…
The Boy and The Bird- (Empathy in Bokurano)
Brief exploration of the theme of empathy in Bokurano, and the scene with the bird at the end.
The Witch from Mercury and Subtlety in Storytelling
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Shin Sakiura and Maika Loubte take flight on Blue Bird.
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Meet the Fans – Liz
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Storytelling In Video Games
Video Game storytelling and narrative has progressed immensely, games nowadays can rival movies with their cutscenes, characters, plots, cinematics. Games like Witcher 3, God of War Ragnarock,…
Stranger in the Shogun’s City is Masterful History and Storytelling
In Stranger in the Shogun's City, Dr. Amy Stanley brings the story of one 19th-century Japanese woman to life.
A Blue Bird of Mystery — Aoi Tori released
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Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain – Beautiful Writing and Storytelling
I have watched the original Mononoke before. A little while ago I watched it thinking that I would possibly write a review about it. The tale of a…
Storytelling in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Many people criticized The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild for its lack of storytelling. As I revisit the game, I struggle to understand their viewpoints. After…
The Best Trick in Storytelling: Doing the Thing
I have come to a revelation. The single best writing trick is spoiling your own plot and just doing your story as advertized. Forget 10,000 IQ plot twists…
Scrappy in “The Great Bird Mystery” (1932)
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Storytelling with Audio in 'Ultraman: Rising'
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The Eminence in Shadow (Episode 30) – Caged Bird
With Rose’s marriage to Perv Asshat back on, Cid has gone to the capital of the Oriana Kingdom to stop it. Luckily, Epsilon is already there and can…
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The Case Study of Vanitas, or Eroticism in Storytelling
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The Intrusive Storytelling of Isekai
Intrusion is a central element of isekai stories. They are fundamentally about characters being injected into a world that is not their own.
The Issues Of Serialized Storytelling
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Allegory, Allegorier, Allegoriest: Visual storytelling and empathy in Revolutionary Girl Utena
Revolutionary Girl Utena has a well-deserved reputation for being difficult to parse. Dense with metaphor, thinly-veiled critique of old shoujo tropes, and allusions to obscure literature, Utena’s style…
Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Societal Melancholia in the Wake of Imperialism
Each generation in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle attempts to find a path out of suffering, groping at lost histories to understand themselves so they can connect with others,…
Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Societal Melancholia in the Wake of Imperialism
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Monogatari’s Past, Present, And Future: Director Midori Yoshizawa And The Synergistic Storytelling In Off & Monster Season
Series director Midori Yoshizawa has ushered in a new era of visual creativity in the Monogatari series that synergizes with its themes of time, identity, and creation. And…
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Back in Time in Blue Exorcist -The Blue Night Saga-
I said it the previous season, and I’ll say so once again for this one: Blue Exorcist is back! Forget the weird side-arcs, forgettable villains, and years of…
Storytelling in the Midst of History: Reflections on Heike Monogatari
While the initial reception has been relatively subdued, many will no doubt look back on Heike Monogatari both for what it is and for what it represents; a…
Playing in Another’s Sandbox – “Wonder Egg Priority” and Finding Personal Meaning in Messy Storytelling
As I sit here once again looking forward toward a new anime season (October is coming up faster than you think, friends), I find that more than anything…
The Bird Man of Kilimanjaro
The Bird-Man of Kilimanjaro TV Episode 107 TV Episode Summary: On board the 999, Tetsuro and Maetel eat in the dining…
Chainsaw Minute: Chapter 98: Bird and War
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Chainsaw Man (Volume 12) – Bird and War
Asa Mitaka’s parents were killed by a devil, so when her class adopts the Chicken Devil as a pet, she almost loses her mind. She’s even more surprised…
Chainsaw Minute: Chapter 98: Bird and War
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Review: INNOCENT BIRD
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Review: INNOCENT BIRD
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October Updates: The Wonderful and Weird World of Decades-long Storytelling
Hello, all! Kate here. This last month, I have been down a rabbit hole of my favorite American soap opera, revisiting stories and my all-time favorite couple (from…
Thematic vs Technical Storytelling
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Welcome to the NHK – 19/20 [Welcome To The Blue Bird!/Welcome to Winter Days!] – Throwback Thursday
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