All our action this week is centered upon four characters, all installments containing self-winks to the illustrated media.
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Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 4)
The 1930's continued to progress, as animated characters became more and more knowledgeable about their own world.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 1)
Not only cartoons about animators and the animation process, but cartoons about characters who knew they were in cartoons.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 10)
1943 continued to abound in self-conscious cartoons, ever aware of their theatrical venue, and eager to draw the audience into the storylines through direct reference. Characters also continue…
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 5)
All action today takes place in 1938, and all from two studios: Warner Bros and Paramount.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 7)
Some behind the scenes at Disney, a new franchise for Goofy, and the debut of Walter Lantz’s most durable personality.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 6)
More interactive screen madness from Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, and efforts to keep up from Terrytoons and Screen Gems.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 8)
1942 is our subject year. Many films from this period keep their self-referential elements on the brief side, so some of the discussions below are a little briefer…
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 2)
Cartoons exploring the mysteries of their own medium; characters with a knowledge of their ink and pen origins - all this and more!
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 9)
1942 and ‘43 (with one stray included here from ‘44) continued to bring us self-referential cartoons, plating at breaking the fourth wall, and immersing characters into the movie-going…
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 11)
Another batch of animated eccentricities, all featuring characters that are well aware they are in a cartoon.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 3)
Part three in our series highlighting the medium and savvy characters with knowledge of their pen-and-paper world.
Turnabout Memories - Part 12
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Calling Anime Cartoons: An Opinion.
I’m just going to clarify that ‘An Opinion’ refers to my opinion. So, a few weeks back, I had a friend who wrote in our little group chat…
The Cartoons That Made Us
Take a fantastical trip back through animation history with this old asshole as he makes fun of internet trolls for being fucking stupid as usual.
What makes Japanese cartoons “anime”?
What is anime? All animation from Japan? All animation of a certain style? Then what about Japanese animation outside of that style? What about the international productions? An old…
Episode One-Derland (Cartoons) ToonMarty
Plot: ToonMarty follows the adventures of Marty, the mascot of ToonMart who becomes alive when a billboard is hit by lightning. Together, he and his friends Burnie and…
Episode 12- Tropes! Part 2
One episode just wasn't enough. We're back to bashing tropes with Nikki, Bees, Aza, and Sho-chan, and this time its personal. Bonus PSA on contraceptives....?...!...?
How an American Changed Soviet Cartoons
Lucille Cramer in the USSR.
+14: The Rebel of Soviet Cartoons
Looking at the early films of Priit Pärn, Estonian iconoclast.
The 5 Best Cartoons of 2021
This was a stellar year for animation—and not just on the Japanese side of things. Here are my picks for the best new animated TV series I watched…
2023: A Year Full of Cartoons
Taking stock is tricky when there's so much of it.
WHY WE NEED PUNK ROCK CARTOONS
Punk Rock Cartoons. Anime. Bonsai Pop. It's time to talk about what really matters, why we make the videos we make, the state of YouTube and why you…
Episode One-Derland (Cartoons) Code Monkeys
Plot: Set in the 1980s, in an 8-bit video game-esque version of the real world, game designers at GameaVision develop new games while basically being as unpleasant as…
About “Psycho-Pass”, part 1: Sibyl Society
Three detectives stand in a vacant apartment, barely furnished. The setting is stark: no decorations and little color, no real sign of life at all, except for the…
About “Psycho-Pass”, part 2: Data Control
The Sibyl System makes the paranoid, Patriot Act-inspired world of Spielberg’s Minority Report feel like a pretty chill and forgiving place; at least the cops arresting people for…
12 Medical Anime About Doctors Treating Patients
There are plenty of anime documenting the struggles of characters hanging on the precipice between life and death, but there are actually only a small few
Black Jack, Comical Psychosomatic Medicine, Tree in the Sun, Monster Girl Doctor, Parallel World Pharmacy
SPY×FAMILY (Part 2) (Episode 12)
It seems Yor is still anxious about her role as a wife in Loid’s fake marriage arrangement. She is almost sure that Loid will soon replace her with…
Episode One-Derland (Cartoons) Wander Over Yonder
Plot: The ever-happy Wander and his trusty steed, Sylvia, explore the outreaches of space and save its inhabitants from the treachery of Lord Hater. Breakdown: I’ll be honest,…
Ten Strange & Scandalous Pre-Hays Code Cartoons
The Hays Code was initially created in 1930 and began being enforced four years later. The code was meant to help reduce the amount of viol...
[12 Days 2018] Day 12: Best of Anime, Part 2!
Another year of anime and blogging in the books! Thank you all for reading the 12 Days of Anime posts until now. To end off, we take a…
NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: About the Pink Sky
ももいろそらを (Momoiro sora o) Released: 2011 Director: Keiichi Kobayashi Starring: Ai Ikeda Ena…
Lycoris Recoil #12 — “Go About Your Day, Sheep”
Oh, so now gunshots next to the ears are bad? Impressions: Not that I expect anything from the writing at this point, particularly when he's chased off…
12 Anime About Adults Burnt Out By Overwork
Do you happen to be an adult who enjoys anime? Are you also being ground up in the meat grinder of late stage capitalism that takes all your…
ReLIFE, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Aggressive Retsuko, Black Lagoon, Recovery of an MMO Junkie
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean (Part 3) (Episode 12)
Things are not looking great for Jolyne and her allies! Unfortunately they were unable to stop Pucci from reaching his goal. He has now successfully evolved his Stand…
Bakemonogatari Episode 12 – Tsubasa Cat, Part Two
The Tsubasa Cat tale continues, only, without Tsubasa herself.Remember how Tsubasa was constantly bringing up Koyomi’s relationship with Hitagi? Well… Synopsis Hitagi asks Koyomi out on a date…
12 Days of Yuri Pairings – Part II
It’s that time of year again as every year, I always do the 12 Days of Anime thing every year. This year has been a particularly rough year.…
Asteroid in Love, Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, Dropout Idol Fruit Tart, If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die, Adachi and Shimamura
Lupin the 3rd: Part III 12 (#LupinIII)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Lupin the 3rd: Part III 12. Lupin discovers an old painting forger acquaintance and his daughter are held captive.
Exhuming the 90s Chuck Jones Looney Tunes cartoons
It's not always worth digging up old things.
+6: Two Czech Cartoons That Changed the World
How Jiří Trnka gave a 'Gift' to Yugoslavia — and all of us.
Credits for Columbia’s Fox and the Crow Cartoons
An attempt to compile credits for the 1940 cartoon series.
Child Empowerment as Commodity and 1980s American Cartoons
The 1980s were a pivotal decade in American children’s television, when Ronald Reagan’s administration removed the rules against directly advertising to children. Things like He-Man, My Little Pony…
Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 1)
Last August, the severe working conditions under Isao Takahata made headlines on many websites after Ghibli producer and long-time colleague Toshio Suzuki openly talked about Takahata’s incredibly demanding…
Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 3)
I kind of forgot that I was already 65 % done with this translation when I went on my bikepacking trip from Okinawa to Nagasaki. But I’m back…
Translation: Toshio Suzuki Reminisces About Isao Takahata (Part 2)
I am sorry for the long, long wait, but here’s part 2. A lot of fascinating details about the production of Princess Kaguya. I’ve also started adding tooltips…
OSMtable! A Roundtable about PlayStation, PS2 12-29-2014
The Sony PlayStation 2 We continue on our journey throughout all of PlayStation,.focusing this time on the Sony PlayStation 2. We talk about the system, it’s games, and some…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Listeners, Mobile Suit Gundam
Other Posts to Crow About – 2020 Week 12 Edition
Welcome to a Crow’s eye view of the posts that caught my attention this week. How does a post catch my eye? They have to celebrate amazing moments…
OSMtable! A Roundtable about PlayStation, PSone 12-16-2014
The Sony PlayStation As it turns out, there has now been twenty years of PlayStation. So we decided to talk about those twenty years on the OSMcast! But as it…
OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!
Jumping, Listeners, Tactics, Tekken: The Motion Picture, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy
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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean (Part 2) (Episode 12) – [END]
Episode 12 marks the end of Stone Ocean Part 2! And what a crazy ride this was! I don’t know how many of my followers are actually watching…
Tower of God – 12 [Underwater Hunt (Part Two)]
Welcome all to the penultimate episode of Tower of God! A lot of questionable decisions were made adaptation wise this week, some good, others not. So without further…
Digicast 12: Kari’s KFC Adventures (Tri Part 5)
Most Digimon podcasts get their Tri episodes out in a timely manner. We are not most Digimon podcasts. Tom, Buggy, Chris, and Maddy growing increasingly frustrated with this…
