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Short Movie Reviews
Havent done one of these in a while. *** American History X - 5.5/10. Ah yes, this movie about a guys transformation into a Neo-Nazi and later reformation.…
Short Movie Reviews Again
Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie - 8/10. Its been years since Ive last seen this, and now that Ive seen the entire series, I have a better understanding of…
Short Slow-Down In Reviews
I have hit a snag in reviews due to the number of prose materials I am chugging through. Right now I’m reading these 4 books: Yuri Bungei Novel…
Short Movie Time: Transmission (2019)
A short experiment that succeeds in engaging the spectator and keep him on the edge of his seat until the very end.
12 Days 2019, Day 6: Short Awards 2019
Well this is the third year in a row I’ve done this so I guess it counts as a tradition now (technically it’s the fourth but I hadn’t…
In Praise of 2019’s Short Anime
Happy New Year, everyone! With 2019 in the history books and another season of anime in danger of beginning any day now, it’s easy to get swept up…
[AniFemTalk] What’s your favorite short anime of 2019?
Do you have a favorite comedy short? Favorite dramatic short? What short series are you looking forward to next year? Comments are open! Please read our comments policy before joining…
Short reviews of every game I played in 2021
At the end of 2020 I wrote a post (two posts in fact) on all the games I played that year. I enjoyed that writing process so I…
Short reviews of every game I played in 2022
When the pandemic started and I was stuck indoors, I decided to dig through my library of games and achieved the unthinkable in clearing out my Steam backlog.…
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[Analysis] Black Butler & Aestheticism
Source: Chapter 138 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting To be honest, after completing my Master’s thesis on Oscar Wilde and aestheticism, I never thought I’d revisit the concept of aestheticism again…
Happy Hearts & Matching Outfits! #3
Late post! Sorry--this went up on Wordpress but we forgot to schedule it here. By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting It’s that time of the year again when both lonely…
Getting Into Anime & Manga Studies
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting School is starting back up again, and I thought it would be fun to share with you all a short post about getting started…
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Short Movie Time: Two Of Us (2019) [Female Gaze – Japan Society]
Negishi proves that she is ready to tackle the daunting task of making a feature film.
Retro Anime Reviews: Dororo to Hyakkimaru (1969) and Dororo (2019)
Retro Anime Review #14: Dororo to Hyakkimaru (1969) and Dororo (2019) #anime #manga #retroanime #dororo #dororotohyakkimaru
Tier List and Short Reviews of All Manga by Nobuyuki Fukumoto FKMT
Tier List and Short Reviews of All Manga by Nobuyuki Fukumoto FKMT #manga #FKMT #Kaiji #Fukumoto
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Short Movie Time: Bath House of Whales (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2020]
Introduction Mizuki Kiyama’s graduation short film Bath House of Whales is a creative reworking of her memories of accompanying her mother, a person of Korean descent living in…
Weekly Season Reviews: Fall 2019 Anime Week 11 (Now With Some Finales)
This post is going to get a lot easier to write now that two shows have ended. It’s early in the season, but shorter episode lengths and starting…
Are Specials, Movies, & OVAs Canon? Maybe not
Source: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Billy?file=Strong_billy.png By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting This is likely going to be a controversial opinion but I am not a big supporter of specials,...
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[Commentary] The Fluidity of Water & Genderless Characters
Source: Spirit King Elquines, Chapter 12 – https://page.kakao.com/content/49361421/viewer/49499204 By: Peggy Sue Wood Water and fluidity are often used as metaphors when discussing some nonbinary or...
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[Concept Review] Necromancy Skills & Dungeon Break Worlds
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Note: This post is less of an analysis/review and more of me just trying to make sense of all the dungeon breaks with Necromancer Main…
Top 34 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: August 2024
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[Analysis] Happy Hearts & Matching Outfits: A Family Unit
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the season of love than by talking about one of…
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[Things Missed] Anime Expo 2023: Attendee & Presenter Experience
By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting July 2023 was a difficult time for me. Originally, this was supposed to go up soon after the AX convention, but I missed…
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[Review] Kumoricon 2023: Attendee & Presenter Experience (+Panel Links)
By: Peggy Sue Wood Kumoricon 2023 – DraftBy: Peggy Sue Wood TL/DR This is a small-scale event with lots of people. You could purchase a ticket for one day and tour…
A short hiatus
Sorry, no end of the month post here as usual. Things are not going fantastically for me at the moment — I don’t know if it’s just a…
Review: SHORT SUNZEN
The Tokyopop library is riddled with manga like this - no-name titles with a few interesting ideas that were unceremoniously dropped because...
A short break
Hi guys, I am talking a short break from blogging for a period of time. I don’t know when new posts will be out, but new posts will…
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[Review & Recommended Watch] A Belated Look At MAL Expo Lite 2022 + MAL Academy Production I.G / Q&A with WIT STUDIO
Source: Screenshot from MAL Expo Stream, Hosted Feb 25, 2022 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting MAL Expo Lite 2022 Review MyAnimeList’s first-ever Expo was a fun experience, consisting of a small...
Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
Paid.... Reviews?
Are paid reviews real? Find out next time, on Dragon Ball Z!!! Edited/Written by @TeeHallumsYT SUPPORT US ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/totallynotmark FOLLOW ME ON TIKTOK:…
Upcoming reviews!
Hey all~ I thought I should post the next set of reviews while Austin & I work on the review for Cyntia’s Limit Break. As usual, this may…
[Links] 3-9 July 2019: Summer Premiere Reviews, SARAZANMAI as Queer Commentary, and Cannon Busters
This week: premiere round-up, SARAZANMAI as critique of commodified queer desire, and the upcoming Netflix premiere of LeSean Thomas’ Cannon Busters. AniFem Round-Up [Review] How Heavy Are the…
Short Break from Okazu
Hello Okazu Readers and Commenters, Patrons and Fans! I’m taking a short break from Okazu this week for a few days, to 1) proofread my book; 2) catch…
HOME! (2021) (Animenotane short)
Here's something a little uncharacteristically contemporary for us, this is a short made this year for Animenotane, an ongoing project tha...
Top 5 Short Anime
When you have the attention span of a drunken gerbil. What a weird way of stating it. Can gerbils even get drunk? I’m gonna look it up. Back.…
I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying, Space Patrol Luluco
Short Takes – Room Camp
Japan’s most relaxing fetch-quest. Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga. Sequel to Laid-Back Camp Read my first impressions here!Read my review of Laid-Back Camp here! Review: Na…
Anime short review: Pupa
Today it’s the final anime short review for the month. But I wanted to do something different this time: instead of finding a series I thought I might…
Short Peace (Shōto Pīsu)
Short Peace (Shōto Pīsu) 2013 The most recent anthology-style project from Katsuhiro Otomo is Short Peace. It was released a few years back now and it’s conceptually a…
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[Commentary/Analysis] True Gothic Form & Black Butler: Book of Murder
Source: https://kuroshitsuji.fandom.com/wiki/Kuroshitsuji:_Book_of_Murder?file=Book_of_Murder.png In school, I quite liked the gothic novel. I like a lot of old literature, but the gothic is something...
Black Butler: Book of Murder, Gosick, Rozen Maiden, The Mystic Archives of Dantalian, Black Butler
Fan Content Creates New Fans! (& Other Important Things To Consider)
Made using Canva.com By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Introduction If you have been on our Instagram or Twitter lately, you might have seen the notice that I will be presenting a panel examining how...
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie, Attack on Titan, exception, My Hero Academia, Ride Your Wave
2019 Retrospective
2019 Retrospective There are spoilers ahead. If you see a show title you haven’t watched yet, you might want to skip that section until you have. Another year…
BEM (2019)
Remakes of classic shows feel risky, since time can divest modern audiences of context, and of course tastes around art styles and technological advancements change the visual landscape…
Coluboccoro 2019
In the deep, dark past, an animator named Itoso Kenji created a one-man show called Coluboccoro . He did the story, the planning, the animat...
Barbapapa Around the World, Izumo, One Piece Film: Gold, Onigiri, Yamato 2520
Galaxycon 2019
Hi folks. It’s with great pleasure that I’m able to let you all know that J.C. and I will be serving as panelists at the first ever Galaxycon…
PROMARE (2019)
In which I break convention and talk about a much more recent anime release I saw at the cinema.
2019 Retrospective
Another year down, and a whole lot of manga to go over. Can Nik predict what happened during the year? What were the best moments of the year?…
World Trigger, Black Clover, Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia, One Piece
Dororo (2019)
There are a few gaps when it comes to my knowledge of Osamu Tezuka’s works beyond Astro Boy, which is something I’ve been wanting to fix for a…
on the Bright Side Reviews (BS reviews): Akikan!
BS reviews is a series where Edy and I look for the unseen genius in anime that have not been widely recognized by the public. Today, we will…
OtakuPost Book Reviews!
I meant to publish this before the book reviews went live but I’m stupid so here it is now. What happens when a self-proclaimed weeb blogger decides to…
Diplomacy in Reviews
The other day I was thinking about what my biggest pet peeves are when reading a review, and while there are a few, instead of listing them I…
Anime Reviews: Haikyuu!!
Don’t worry. It’s spoiler free. Almost everyone has either seen or at least heard of Haikyuu!! Its one of the most popular sports anime to date. Season 1…