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2025 Animation Book Preview
Compiled for your perusing pleasure, a dozen of this year’s (and one from last year) animation books that are ready to be added to your animation library.
Episode 918: Fall 2025 Preview #2
This week on Anime Pulse we got the roughest isekai starts, villainess anime, and weight training desserts. Up first Joseph talks about an unexpectedly long walk, and Andrew…
Winter 2025 Preview
With the changing of the leaves out and snow and chill in you'd think we'd be gearing up for a lazy season, but anime has other intentions. New…
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Břetislav Pojar: Multi-Talent of Czech Animation (Part 2)
Here is the second half of my in-depth (though not exactly comprehensive) look at the films of the great Czech animator Břetislav Pojar. The first half can be…
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Komi Can't Communicate part 2 is a lot like part 1, but better! They really toned down the things that annoyed me in this part.
OtakuGeneration (Show #294) Winter Preview (part 2)
Shownotes :: (show 294) :: () :: () :: () :: () With the Winter Preview, recorded live January 24th, 2011. This week we watched more anime from…
Naruto: Shippuden, Pandora Hearts, Vampire Knight, Durarara!!, Gantz
OtakuGeneration (Show #320) Summer Preview, Part 2
Shownotes :: (show 320) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Summer Preview (part 2), recorded live July 24th, 2011. This week…
Fist of the North Star, Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Mars, Soul Eater
OtakuGeneration (Show #305) Spring Preview, Part 2
Shownotes :: (show 305) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Spring Preview, recorded live April 10th, 2011. This week we continued our…
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Sadao Tsukioka Interview (Part 2/2): Chinese Animation & CG
This is the second part of an interview that was originally published on Autodesk.jp on September 16th, 2016. Click here for part 1. Thanks to @frog_kun for providing…
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2025 (Part 2)
It’s time for Part 2 of my retrospective of 2025. This time, I’ll be covering all the interesting anime I watched in 2025. As always, it includes a…
Winter 2025 Preview Guide
Last Update: Welcome to my seasonal Guide! (The debut schedule will be posted here, although it hasn’t been updated yet if you’re seeing this note.) This season has…
Spring 2025 Season Preview
Wooper: Last season, I couldn’t even scrape together 10 shows to preview, but this time we’re doing more than 20. The number one reason for that is variety,…
Spring 2025 Preview Guide
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Winter 2025 Season Preview
Wooper: Thanks for clicking on what may be Star Crossed Anime’s shortest season preview ever! We’ve got just one author handling things this time, and he is looking…
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2025
Once again, we’ve gathered animators, directors, producers, designers, and people passionate about art to share the works that resonated with them the most last year. It’s time for…
Chainsaw Man, Honey Lemon Soda, LAZARUS, Magical DoReMi, Anne Shirley
●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 22: Animation AKIRA Storyboards 2
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●BOOK● OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS 32: Animation STEAMBOY Storyboards 2
The 32nd volume of OTOMO THE COMPLE WORKS published by Kodansha features the second out of two volumes that collect the entirety of the enormous number of storyboards created by…
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Spiraken Book Club: May 2014 Part 2- The Grapes of Wrath
Welcome to the another installment of THE SPIRAKEN BOOK CLUB. In this episode of the new podcast,Xan goes to a more depressing part of American History, as he reviews…
Interview: Tonari Animation CEO Jarrett Martin, Part 2
American-run studio in Japan rides the waves of the anime industry with new business model and foreign talent
Interview: Tonari Animation CEO Jarrett Martin, Part 2
American-run studio in Japan rides the waves of the anime industry with new business model and foreign talent
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Fullmetal Alchemist: Sacred Star of Milos Key Animation Book.
I received the key animation book for FMA: Sacred Star of Milos a few days ago and I’d thought I’d post a few pics on the blog. The…
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
Winter 2025 Anime Week 12: Winter 2025 Awards Part 2
March 29th, 2025 And finally, we have reached the end of the Winter season. It felt like this season went by in a flash, but I enjoyed (nearly)…
A Preview of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025
A preview of the films at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025!
Winter 2025 Mid-Season Report, part 2
This half deals with titles which hit either their 6th or 7th episodes during the week of 2/17/25-2/23/25. It also includes the remainder of season 3 of Arifureta,…
ISHURA, Magic Maker: How to Make Magic in Another World, My Happy Marriage, The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World, Unnamed Memory
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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 07, PANZER COP PART 2
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Winter 2025 Anime Season Preview
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Spring Anime 2025 Season Preview
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Anne Shirley, KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE, Princess-Session Orchestra, YOUR FORMA
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The Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest anime from the Spring 2025 Anime Season. Including Lazarus, To Be Hero X, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Kowloon Generic Romance,…
LAZARUS, My Hero Academia, My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, To Be Hero X, KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE
Anivision’s Winter 2025 Anime Preview
This week the Anivision hosts gather to discuss the latest Anime from the Winter 2025 Anime Season. Including Solo Leveling, Sakamoto Days, Ameku M.D., Welcome to Japan, Ms.…
Spring 2025 Anime Season Preview
March 31st, 2025 With the Winter 2025 season finally coming to a close, it’s time to head into Spring! I put off writing this Spring preview for a…
Winter Anime 2025 Season Preview
Happy Holiday and New Year everyone! It’s time for the Winter 2025 Season Preview!
Asura, Flower and Asura, SAKAMOTO DAYS, The Apothecary Diaries Season 2, UniteUp!
Anivision’s Fall 2025 Anime Preview
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