In today's update, allow me to make a jump to the past and highlight for you some of the short film reviews I wrote from AMP back in the ye...
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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 Reviews: Frieren
Yes I’m alive. Consider this short review a message to myself: Stop getting annoyed that people like Frieren “too much”. Yes Frieren has its fair share of issues.…
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 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.
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 reviews: Kaiju No.8
After months of moving across continents, changing computers a few times, all my streaming subscriptions lapsing, and getting a whole new set of furniture, I’m finally in a…
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 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.…
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…
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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…
Interview with Ottermelon & PapaParfum!
Interview with Ottermelon & PapaParfum – The Anime View Podcast Today, we have the pleasure of interviewing with the creative minds behind Ottermelon and PapaParfum. Joining me today are…
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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
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…
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…
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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…
Tier List and Short Reviews of All Manga by Nobuyuki Fukumoto FKMT
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BIG NEWS! Interview with Ottermelon & PapaParfum!
On Saturday, August 3rd, we’ll be posting a new video and blog post of our Interview with the creators behind Ottermelon & PapaParfum, Megan and Mitchel – Come…
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…
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[Commentary] Media Literacy & Iizo Zine, Issue 01
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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…
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[Genre Analysis] Mechas & Military Science Fiction Readings
Source: https://www.hulu.com/series/gargantia-on-the-verdurous-planet-050e1ebb-3727-4ca7-9d49-c5e3443531b8 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting This maybe does not need to be stated, but just in case...
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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...
Are Specials, Movies, & OVAs Canon? Maybe not
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Marlene Sharp Reviews Cheryl Briggs’ New Book, Animating Short Stories: Narrative Techniques and Visual Design
Welcome, all, again. My friend and animation industry insider Marlene Sharp graciously gave me permission to re-post her review of Cheryl Briggs’ new book Animating Short Stories: Narrative…
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] 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…
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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
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[Review/Analysis] Editorial Depictions & Sekaiichi Hatsukoi/Junjou Romantica
Source: Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Chapter 2 By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Sekaiichi Hatsukoi (and it’s related series Junjou Romantica) has always been an interesting series to me because of the...
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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
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Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
[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…
[Event Review] Yama-Con 2024: Attendee Experience & Panelist Experience
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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…
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…
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…
PROMARE (2019)
In which I break convention and talk about a much more recent anime release I saw at the cinema.
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…
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
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…
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:…
Short Break from Okazu
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Short Peace (Shōto Pīsu)
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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…
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...