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Breaking Down Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Breathtaking Animation | Animation Spotlight
Canipa breaks down the creation of Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Red's unexpected masterpiece. (Spoilers for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) Support the channel at: https://www.patreon.com/TheCanipaEffect Sources and Further Reading: Interview with Rafal Jaki…
BNA, FLCL Progressive, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, Space Patrol Luluco, Star Wars: Visions
Breaking Down Frieren: Beyond Journey's End's Incredible Animation | Animation Spotlight
Canipa finally gets around to breaking down what makes Frieren special from its beautiful environments to its incredible battles. Sources and Further Reading: Interview with Shoichiro Taguchi - https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1696992750 Another interview…
Breaking Down TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO (Heavenly Delusion)'s Incredible Animation | Animation Spotlight
Canipa can't shut up about how great Tengoku-Daimakyo is. Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheCanipaEffect Video edited by penlum, U.N. Owen, and Canipa Sources and Further Reading: Interview with Masakazu Ishiguro -…
Case File nº221: Kabukicho, Moriarty the Patriot, Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, Made in Abyss, Revisions
Breaking Down Mushoku Tensei's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
Canipa breaks down how the newly formed Studio Bind managed to create Mushoku Tensei, one of the best light novel anime adaptations in a while. Support The Canipa Effect…
Sword Art Online, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Asterisk War, The Faraway Paladin, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
Breaking Down Art Babbitt's 'Best Piece of Animation'
UPA, Art Babbitt and the secrets of limited animation.
Moving away from “Problematic Faves”
For about as long as I’ve written on this site, the term “Problematic fave” has been a thing. It’s a phrase that was born out of a necessity…
Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Breaking From Control
Anime and Blade Runner Blade Runner, a very interesting sci series now that I can’t help but love. If there one one singular piece of American fiction that…
From Far Away volumes 1-14
There are many spoilers in this review, so please read with caution! One of my favorite types of shojo series tell stories about girls who get sucked into other worlds.…
Breaking Down Arcane: League of Legend's Incredible Animation | Studio Spotlight
Canipa breaks down the unique production of Fortiche Productions' Arcane: League of Legends, and why 3D anime in Japan struggle to reach its ambition. Support The Canipa Effect on…
D4DJ First Mix, Revisions, Rusted Armors, Super Cub, BEASTARS
SAKUGAN – 09 – GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL
Gagumber recovers from using his Gale system, and the group resumes their journey to Memenpu’s dream space like a whole lot of drama didn’t just go down in the…
Assorted Animation from the 1960s
The 1960s featured two landmark anime both released in 1963, Astro Boy and Gigantor – the latter is particularly notable for being the first televised mecha series, with…
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…
Surviving Disney
The story of Oskar Fischinger and 'Fantasia.'
Disney+ + Anime
Disney+ made announcements that involve them streaming anime in the near future -- Krystallina breaks this news down in this week's column.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: The Animation Producer, Hiroyuki Omori, Passes Away
Hiroyuki Omori, who spearheaded the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime as the producer for all of its seasons, has passed away.
Breaking: Prime Minister Kishida Evacuated from Speech Following Explosion
Prime Minister Kishida was evacuated from a speech in Wakayama Prefecture following what may have been an attempted assassination.
Breaking News From D.J. Lewis: I’m Back! (Sort of…)
Let’s see…how do I put this… I’m back…but on a occasional basis. It’s been almost a year since my last appearance on our Youtube channel and podcast. A…
Breaking News: Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passed away at the age of 68
Bird Studio, which was the studio Toriyama worked with for many years broke the news online for the international community with this written statement: In case the image…
My home away from home – Nakano City, Nagano
Seeing as I no longer live there, I feel like I can comfortably write a little about where I was living during my two years in Japan, and…
Animation, from Pinocchio to Cutie Honey
Animation has an affinity with shape-shifting, to the point that even saying this is cliché. Since one of the first theoretical texts on animation, Serguei Eisenstein’s Notes on…
‘Now, We Are Breaking Up’: Fashion Quotes from Each Episode
‘Now, We Are Breaking Up’, which marks Song Hye Kyo’s return to the K-drama scene since her last drama Boyfriend/Encounter, has been one of my favorite dramas of…
Uncredited Disney Roles?
Okay so. There’s something I’ve always wondered. Why aren’t the Disney singing voices credits alongside the actors in the ending credits? The voice actors for characters’ speaking voices…
Wish: The Most Disney-y Disney Movie Ever Made
Disney has put everything into Wish. So… no pressure! They’ve done all the promos they could, from advance merchandise to preemptive character meetings with the main protagonist in…
The Apothecary Diaries – 07 – A Hairpin Away from Home
Unlike most teenagers, Maomao is not accustomed to sleeping in until noon, but when she does, she dreams of home; specifically, while on a walk with her elderly…
KOBAYASHI Kiyoshi (Jigen from “Lupin III”) Has Passed Away
KOBAYASHI Kiyoshi (Jigen from “Lupin III”) Has Passed Away The original seiyuu for Daisuke Jigen (Lupin III franchise) has passed away on July 30. The cause of death…
Original Fujiko Voice Actress From ‘Lupin III’ Passes Away
Masuyama Eiko, 88, has passed away. As Fujiko in Lupin III, she voiced one of the most recognizable female anime characters in history.
Breaking the “Ice”
I often wonder why you would want to reboot a series, especially one that still has life in it. Perhaps you want to offer it to a new…
Breaking Down That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
Canipa breaks down the animation of both seasons of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and The Slime Diaries to convince himself it really does have…
Shonen Maid, Absolute Duo, Attack on Titan, Rewrite, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
From Far Away / Kanata Kara (Volume 5) by Hikawa Kyouko
Continuing with the theme of isekai from the 1990s pulled from my pile of random volumes I’ve picked up over the years is From Far Away / Kanata…
Episode 135 – He Punched His Body Away From His Arm
We are back with a short episode to round off the remaining episodes of the Gintama anime by talking about episodes 351-353. This episode was release earlier on…
Duffy the Disney Bear Adventures: So many Halloween costums to choose from!
This is sort of an everyday Halloween outfit complete with the new hat Dad got me. Hello there! It is I Duffy the Disney Bear. And…
Miyazaki, Disney and Eisenstein
On directing styles in animation.
#MechaMarch Mecha Anime and Mechanical Animation from 2020
Yeah, I changed the title of from last year. Not because there wasn’t any mecha anime in 2020, but because there was some great mechanical animation in 2020…
Reflecting on the Kyoto Animation Incident From Japan
By now almost all of us have heard about the tragic news regarding Kyoto Animation (KyoAni). Not only did the news tragically affect anime fans around the world,…
Breaking a Murder Mystery
Yumi Tamura does it again with this thoughtful and genre rule breaking manga, Don't Call It Mystery. Now let's wrap it up. I got curry waiting for me! Thank…
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury – 10 – Drifting Further Away
On the surface this has the makings of a cooldown episode after the big Earth House win over Grassley. GUND-Arm Inc. continues its steady progress towards becoming a…
Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
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Far Away, Further Away (2022) review [OAFF 2022]
“A beautiful film that elegantly explores the role the imaginary plays in marital failure as well as in the beginning of a new romantic bond.”
This ill-fated love song in disguise from tuki. is breaking my heart.
She may still be a teenager, but tuki. has a way of piercing my heart with her songs. For someone so young, she has such a poetic lyrical…
Game Review – Disney Twisted-Wonderland
Disney Twisted-Wonderland ディズニー ツイステッドワンダーランド Disney / Aniplex Adventure / Gacha Android / iOS Summary: The magical academy Night Raven College is ready to welcome its new students. Except,…
Salvador Dalí at Disney
Plus: Armenian cartoons, global animation news and retro ads.
Disney Dreamlight Early Access Review
I’ve played a few hours of the Early Access version of Disney Dreamlight Valley on Xbox One and I’ve played enough to give a solid impression of the…
The Anime Masterpiece Disney Destroyed
Summer Time Rendering is one of my favorite anime. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:19 The Shocking Setup 5:41 Show, don't tell 7:04 The Main Character 9:10 The Others 15:51 Meet the Villains 17:42 The Genius of Episode…
Far away worlds
“Do you want to fly through the sky? Isn’t that painful? Do you want to go together? …Hey the world is pretty isn’t it? But there’s something I…
A Whisker Away
A family-friendly Disney/Ghibli vibe that’s fun enough, though definitely has “for kids” goofiness in it, but goes a bit deeper emotionally than typical non-Pixar family movies.
Short Animation From The Tokyo University of the Arts!
Hey everyone! This is a short blog post (I don’t normally do these types of posts). I’d just wanted to share this nice animation I found on Vimeo.…
11 Amazing Short Student Films from Gobelins Animation School
The French have always been heavily involved throughout the history of animation and hosts a variety of prestigious universities, the best ...
Planet With: Sealing Away Those Who Stray From The Path of Love
In a season where everyone was talking about Hero Academia and Attack on Titan, the actual best anime of the season goes unnoticed by many. Planet With is…
TheOASG Podcast Episode 173: Sometimes You Can Run Away From a Challenge
Two anti-social geniuses discuss the latest anime, manga, and weird industry news in It's Not My Fault TheOASG Podcast Is Not Popular!
357 – Shojo Showdown 1 – Magic Knight Rayearth, From Far Away, Red River
This week dakazu reads about an adorable/horrifying cat creature with Neko wo Hirotta Hanashi. and about a romance between divorcee and spoiled teen with Promise Cinderella! Then we…
Breaking Down Endlwalker’s Best Song
“Close in the Distance,” the background song for Ultima Thule, the game’s final area, is an amazing power ballad—not to mention a fantastic piece of musical storytelling. And…