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Hirohiko Araki discusses the works of Picasso, as well as the coincidental Cubism featured in The JOJOLands chapter 10.
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I’m always intrigued when I notice background details involving artwork in various films and TV shows, especially paintings on the walls of the various interiors used in the…
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So, it’s always felt that the Friends, Roman, Countrymen speech gets an unfair shake in popular culture. It’s never gets treated with the same gravity as the To…
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There is no more denying Webtoons are here to stay. The majority of Webtoons are Webcomics. Manwha (South Korean comics) and are South Korea’s equivalent to Japan’s Light…
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One Piece Live Action Will Be Terrible (And You Should Know That)
Let's talk pirates. Time codes: 0:00 - Intro 2:22 - A Bad Idea From the Start 5:29 - Remake Track Record 7:10 - Why People Have (False) Hope 9:15 - Oda's Endorsements &…
One Piece Live Action: 11 Anime Characters That Didn’t Make The Cut
Find out which characters from the original anime and manga series were left out of Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece and why.
“A miracle that suddenly came into my life” – Love Live! Sunshine!! Episode 1
"We'll go forth, hand in hand!"
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Will their cuteness save them from horde of zombies? Read my review to find out.
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5 Classic Live-Action Movies/TV Shows For Anime Fans (That Aren’t Adaptations Of Anime)
Clue (The Original 1985 Film) A relatively small cast of quirky off-the-wall characters that are constantly all but (or actually) at each other’s necks? Off-the-wall stupid death/arrest-defyi…
I live.
Hi, it’s Nova. I’m still alive, much too busy with pretending to be an upstanding citizen eight hours a day five days a week, and being a degenerate…
Love Live
I really thought I knew myself. I’ve been watching anime for a while now, and I think its safe to say that I know my tastes pretty well.…
I live.
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The 愛: Million Live 8th Live Impressions
I write this just as after Aimi announced that she will take a roughly 2-month break from work activity to treat a chronic health condition, so let me…
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One Piece Live Action vs YYH Live Action
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Let’s Talk YouTube Live #1 – Anime I Recently Watched, Anime That Looks Interesting, and Preparing For #theJCS!
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On the wool animation of Hermína Týrlová.
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That one character.
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"Just like that”
I wish I could set a melody as a blog post title. Maybe I’ll figure it out someday. It’s only on my mind because I found myself captivated…
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Music that makes the Anime that makes the Music!
Yup, it would! Sometimes an anime is made perfect by their opening or closing song. There’s just something about the melody, the rhythm, the lyrics that the anime…
My Top 10 Anime That Aren’t That Appealing To Me
I watch a lot of anime, and I gravitate toward certain kinds of anime. Cute girls doing cute things, fantasy, slice-of-life, anything involving cute waifus. But, there are…
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Donations: They’re (A)live!
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Cowboy Bebop Live-Action
It barely peeks beyond the soft, sanded-down edges of the MCU and its ilk. When it's not straight-up incompetent, it's dull, safe, and sterile—words that should be anathema…
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「チェケラッ!!」 (Chekera!!) "Check It Out!!" Rap your heart out. This is nonfiction!
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「パッションアイランド」 (Passhon Airando) "Passion Island" No, Passion Island is not what you think it is.
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