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Highlights from Gobelins
Films to watch right now, plus news.
Ten Viewing Highlights of 2024: From Shogun to Morricone
I went to theaters to see movies only six times in 2024. Most of what I watched was at home, either on Blu-ray, DVD, VHS, VCD, YouTube or…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights May 2024
Not very many tweets this month, but starting off with some fun insight into how Spotted Flower has changed. Kio laments that Spotted Flower (a series that was…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2024
This month, Kio enjoyed various media, but his PC might need replacing! Kio has been thinking up the plot of an eromanga (different from the one he’s currently…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights March 2024
Not a particularly momentous month for Kio Shimoku tweets, but still a decent variety. Spotted Flower Chapter 45 is out in the physical edition of Rakuen (digital…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights July 2024
New chapter of Spotted Flower came out at the end of last month, which is now followed by a new volume of Spotted Flower too! New chapter of…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights April 2024
Momentous events in Spotted Flower’s side chapters gather some fanfare this month in Kio’s tweets. And the end of Elden Ring at last! Spotted Flower online side chapter…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2024
Tweets for a new year, including the announcement of a planned set of Genshiken LINE stickers! An Ohno from Genshiken drawing for 2024, the Year of the Dragon.…
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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2024
New web chapter of Spotted Flower. This one reveals a plan by Ogino-sensei to be engaged to both her partners! “A new Gundam by Studio Khara. Wheeew, what…
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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights August 2024
The latest side chapter of Spotted Flower! Available for free only for a limited time. The site for Kio’s artbook is showing off updated samples. Kio visiting his…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2024
This month, Kio enjoyed various media, but his PC might need replacing! Kio has been thinking up the plot of an eromanga (different from the one he’s currently…
Fall 2024 – Mideason Thoughts and Highlights.
Man, this season has flown by… OK, that sounded much funnier in my head than it looks on screen, but I’m just going to let it stand. …
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights February 2024
Spotted Flower voice comic! Genshiken LINE stickers released! And more from February! Spotted Flower has a voiced manga version now! …Unfortunately, I can’t seem to register for the…
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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights June 2024
The big thing this month is the announcement of the Kio Shimoku artbook! Also, a drawing of Darkness from KonoSuba! Kio is going to have an artbook! (I…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights September 2024
This month featured a special live talk with Kio-sensei himself, as well as reactions to his artbook! Kio enjoyed a panpanya interview in Rakuen. Having seen the anime…
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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights November 2024
I want to preface this month’s Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights acknowledging the recent exodus of Twitter users. There’s always a chance that the site might go under, which…
Mack’s Music Highlights: First Half of 2024
New(-ish) year, new music. This post is going to be long enough so no beating around the bush. Let’s get to it, especially since there are a LOT…
Mack’s Music Highlights: Second Half of 2024
It’s another end to another year, and for once, I’m not going to talk about the elephant in the room that everyone else is talking about. This post…
Game of the Month: August 2024
This month I have one honourable mention featuring a title from the Nintendo Switch Online service, and then we’re taking an adventure to a strange island with a…
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Game of the Month: September 2024
Yeah, there is an eagerly anticipated game being released towards the end of this month, but I figured I’d give that more time to shine next month. For…
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Game of the Month: June 2024
Everything old is new again, or something like that, as apparently all the games I will be featuring here for this month – both honourable mentions and the…
Game of the Month: July 2024
For July, I have both old and (sort of) new games to talk about. One will get the honourable mention, and the other will be the main feature.
Game of the Month: April 2024
For the month of April in 2024, we are delving into the world of fan games. This fan game in particular stars the members of the 5th and…
Game of the Month: January 2024
Well, looks like I’m continuing this into 2024. There are already a handful of games being released in January that I want to highlight, so we kick off…
Game of the Month: May 2024
Probably should get this one out there before what little we have left of May completely disappears. I have one honourable mention, and the main feature is a…
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Game of the Month: March 2024
This month, I have one honourable mention for a title released towards the end of it, and then the main focus will be a game that was apparently…
Game of the Month: December 2024
The final month of 2024 is now upon us, and as such I shall be sharing one final game of the month for the year. I also have…
Game of the Month: October 2024
This month, my main feature should be pretty obvious. I do, however, also have an honourable mention as well. In lieu of two things that really connect those…
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Game of the Month: November 2024
Lots of games to talk about this month, but only one can be my main highlight. Everything else will just have to become honourable mentions. November has adventures…
Haikyu!! To the Top: Highlights from Episodes 1-12
Getting to nationals is just the beginning.
What I Watched Last Month – October 2024
Gridman Universe – Bringing together characters from SSSS.Gridman and SSS.Dynazenon, this sequel movie delivers both a satisfying cap on the stories for each series, and a buttload of…
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What I Watched Last Month – November 2024
Haikyu!!: The Dumpster Battle – Crunchyroll finally added this sequel movie to their catalog, and I have to admit that I found it a little underwhelming compared to…
October 2024 - An Amazing Month for Manga
Hey everyone, I've been out and about this whole month because of manga-related events. I got a chance to check out Kodansha House, the pop-up experience that was in…
Drop-In to Manga - Manga, Mental Health & Community
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Perfect Nervous (2024) Dir: Masaru Sano [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Perfect Nervous (Dir: Masaru Sano, 2024) is a gorgeous short film with fantastical elements as it tells a life-affirming story wherein two young women with incurable body-altering diseases…
Spring 2024 Japanese and Asian Snacks Seen and Bought
I actually haven't done one of these is awhile. I have noticed that candy, snacks, and even instant noodles from Japan, Korea, etc., seem ...
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Summer 2024 Japanese and Asian Snacks at the Supermarket
The imports of different types of candy and snacks from Japan and other Asian countries has changed over the last few years. I'm not sure i...
Manga Thoughts From 2024
Introduction I failed completely at writing more than two manga related posts this year. I’m sorry, I just never completed any manga. If anything, I picked up more…
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Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…
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Manga of the Month: Takahashi From the Bike Shop
Takahashi From the Bike Shop by Arare Matsumushi This month’s manga is a romance about a 30-year-old office lady and the rough-around-the-edges bike shop owner she meets in…
Anime 2023 Highlights
2023 has come and gone, so what are my anime highlights for this year?
E3 2019 Highlights
Its my favourite time of the year and it is my yearly tradition to always take note of the announcements that got me the most excited and will…
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Snowdrop スノードロップ Director: Kota Yoshida [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Snowdrop スノードロップ, by director Kota Yoshida, is a socially conscious domestic drama/character study that looks at the welfare system via a woman chased by the trauma of abandonment…
Q3 2024 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases
A variety of genres from Asia heading to home video, including Message from Space, Bodyguard from Beijing, Ikiru, A Bittersweet Life, and more Shaw Brothers titles!
Q4 2024 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases
Two of TOHO’s Godzilla films storm the UK on 4K, alongside Seven Samurai, Dragon Fist, and The Good, The Bad, The Weird, plus there’s tons of Blu-rays including…
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Q2 2024 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases
5 more films receive the 4K Ultra HD treatment, plus we have more classic and cult films from Japan also making their Blu-ray debuts!
Q1 2024 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases
Asian Cinema continues to thrive in the UK market, with new films, more J-Horror, 60s classics returning to the spotlight and of course more action from Japan &…
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On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Black comedy and painful humiliation abound as a mismatched couple vie for control in the black comedy On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival…
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Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン Director: Urara Matsubayashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan Cuts 2024]
Director Urara Matsubayashi makes a definitive #MeToo film for the Japanese film industry with her sincere and complex drama Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan…
Highlights From My Japan Trip Visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka in December 2022
In early December of 2022 I finally visited Japan again after five years. I had been planning on going back in the year that COVID first h...
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Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024] Second Draft
Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…
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