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SEAN: There’s a veritable buffet of picks this week. I could go with Yona, or Natsume, or Versailles. But let’s face it, I want my Maple! This week’s…
The Flow.
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The Boy and the Oscar
By Andrew Osmond. Hooray, The Boy and the Heron has won! When it snagged the Best Animated Feature Oscar last night (sorry, Spider-Verse fans), it marked only the…
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2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film...
2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film for the 87th Academy Awards. I’ve never done this before, but…
FLOW @ Anime Boston 2018
FLOW is a five piece band consisting of members Kohshi (vocals, guitar), Keigo (vocals), Take (guitar), Got’s (bass), and Iwasaki
FLOW @ Anime Boston 2018
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FLOW @ Anime Boston 2018
FLOW is a five piece band consisting of members Kohshi (vocals, guitar), Keigo (vocals), Take (guitar), Got’s (bass), and Iwasaki (drums). Together since 1998, they debuted with their…
Japan and the Foreign Language Film Oscar
Japan’s choice of Wim Wenders’ PERFECT DAYS (2023) as its submission for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards and its subsequent nomination got me to thinking…
The Ebb and Flow of Anime Popularity
A while ago, I was thinking about writing a post about how traditional high fantasy shows have made their return. This was early in the winter season of…
Jujutsu Kaisen – 11 – Let the Hate Flow
Nanami has no intention of working further “overtime” than he needs to, so he executes the attack that has the best chance of disabling Mahito and then retreats…
The flow of time in shojo manga
There are many things shojo manga does extremely well. Crafting multi-layered characters, engrossing romances, and addictive melodrama are all staples of the best shojo on the market today.…
An Oscar Nomination from Nowhere
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The ANN Aftershow - And the Anime Oscar Goes To..
Lynzee and James discuss the Oscar results, the untimely passing of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Solo Leveling, and more!
Winning an Oscar, Losing Your Way
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Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins An Oscar
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2024. The highly coveted gold statue is c...
Animating an Oscar Winner (Secretly) Behind the Iron Curtain
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Oscar Noms for Miyazaki’s Boy and the Heron, Godzilla
Hot on the heels of its victory at the Golden Globes, Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron receives an Oscar nomination, alongside two other Japanese films.
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Undead Murder Farce – 12 [Where the River’s Flow Changes]
Welcome all, to a rather late episode of Undead Murder Farce! Sorry for that, I’ve been writing some reports and getting back into Path of Exile. Not the…
Blue Lock Episode 35 Review – Going With The Flow
The flow saved the budget.
Manga Review | The “Flow” in Flower by Tsutako Tsurusawa
This volume is split between two couples. 1st Couple Hiromu is completely in love with his boyfriend, Taku. And Taku is hopelessly infatuated with Hiromu. Bonus: they are…
Trigun Stampede 04 (The Spice Must Flow! #Trigun #Trigun_Stampede)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Trigun Stampede 04. A man with a giant cross, Meryl, Roberto, Vash, and a kid get eaten by a giant sand worm.
Fallin’ for 18scott and his furious flow.
Y’all don’t understand how obsessed I was about trying to figure out what song was being used for the sample on this track. @_@ Needless to say, the…
hololive’s FLOW GLOW and the Door to a New Direction
It’s been a couple months since FLOW GLOW arrived on the VTuber scene. hololive’s rap-focused generation is fairly different from what has come before them, and I want…
Tune of the Week(ish): Code Geass’s Colors by FLOW
Code Geass is a great show. Weaker in the second half and pretty much Death Note but with robots, it was still a cornerstone anime for an entire…
LieN - Wherever The Wind Takes Us
So theres this news that dropped on Twitter. Apparently in an attempt to defend itself against spam, Google is going to shut down accounts that havent been active…
LieN - Wherever The Wind Takes Us
So apparently the company Marvelous held some kind of online showcase, and announced that two new Rune Factory games are in development, one a spin-off called Rune Factory:…
2009: The Internet Finally Takes Over
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LieN - Wherever The Wind Takes Us
A day late, but Happy Memorial Day.
LieN - Wherever The Wind Takes Us
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My First VR Concert: Code Geass x FLOW
I’m not big into VR. In fact, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done anything virtual reality–related. But this past summer, I interviewed…
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Sorcerer’s Choice Angel or Demon Flow Route Walkthrough
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Shiki Takes An Arrow
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Short Takes – Room Camp
Japan’s most relaxing fetch-quest. Streaming: Crunchyroll Episodes: 12 Source: Manga. Sequel to Laid-Back Camp Read my first impressions here!Read my review of Laid-Back Camp here! Review: Na…
8th Anniversary Quick Takes
This blog’s eighth anniversary came and went on April 5th without comment. Oops! Hopefully, I blog a little more regularly next month. May these quick takes in some…
Bearwear’s Glider takes flight
There’s a sound out away from the city and in the countryside that’s so simple but so soothing to me. Just hearing the wind and breeze brush through…
Death Takes a Dive
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Some April Quick Takes
Hisashiburi da, ne? Yours truly is going to try to make up for the long gap between now and my last post with some quick takes. I rely…
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Shut-In Shoutarou Kominami Takes on the World
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World Masterpiece Theater: Anime Takes on the Classics
The World Masterpiece Theater was a long running series that showcased anime adaptations of classic children's literature.
Move Over Edward — 'Frieren' Takes The Top Spot
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Frieren and the Time it Takes to Grow
There’s a fantastic scene in volume three of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End where the titular elf, facing a powerful enemy, reveals her ancient age. By this point, we…
Feeding the Flames: A Series of Hot Takes
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I’ve had an idea of going through dramas and movies of popular Japanese entertainment groups for awhile since I’m a fan of so many. Nothing serious, but still…
7 Quick Takes for Christmastide
Let me wish all of my dear readers a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! In light of the Christmas Octave, I thought that I would post some…
Acting Hot Takes about JSB3
I’ve had an idea of going through dramas and movies of popular Japanese entertainment groups for awhile since I’m a fan of so many. Nothing serious, but still…