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Anime Taste Testing: Tokunana and Actors – Songs Connection

A study in boredom. Keishichou Tokumubu Tokushu Kyouakuhan Taisakushitsu Dainanaka: Tokunana/Special 7: Special Crime Investigation Unit Sometimes you watch an anime and have absolutely nothing to say about…

OTAKU LOUNGE

Oct 9, 2019 • Subscribe

Mekakucity Actors - Episode 11

Last week's episode taught us a lot in terms of filling in the gaps within Mekakucity Actors  (aside from the most important gap of all, of ...

Hanners' Anime 'Blog

Jun 25, 2014 • Subscribe

Mekakucity Actors

Mekakucity Actors - Episode 10

Our perspective shifts once again for this week's Mekakucity Actors  (who saw that coming?), as we witness a woman and her daughter waiting ...

Hanners' Anime 'Blog

Jun 15, 2014 • Subscribe

Mekakucity Actors

Mekakucity Actors - Episode 12 (Completed)

Now that Momo and company have been rescued, it's time for the gang to make good their escape and take on the "final boss" in this finale of...

Hanners' Anime 'Blog

Jun 29, 2014 • Subscribe

Mekakucity Actors

Connection

Libero, is an important role in volleyball matches that keep the play going. Recently, I’ve come to realise just how much tough and efforts are needed to be…

Anime as a Cup of Tea

Sep 8, 2022 • Subscribe

December (2023) review [Nippon Connection]

A highly moving and emotionally powerful narrative that explores the struggle of a subject to shake of the winter of his subjectivity.

psycho-cinematography

Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Kanon

His (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A touching and heartwarming romance drama that captivates the spectator not only because it’s driven by romantic feelings feel genuine, but also because the truth of love is…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Egoist (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Matsunaga’s heartfelt and heart-breaking narrative goes beyond the gay-dynamic to show that the lack that injures the subject complicates and radically determines the way he approaches the object…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Bolt (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative by Kaizo Hayashi that explores, via the structure fiction, the truth of three different affects – responsibility, guilt, and sadness through loss – during and…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Popran (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A great narrative that questions in a light-hearted way the relation between the male subject and his member as well as the role the real member plays within…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Terminal Connection

detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,

ボクの事件簿

Dec 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine, Case Closed, veil

Let’s Watch OSHI NO KO Episode 4 – “Actors”

This week on Oshi no Ko; Aqua very literally plays the villain, while Ruby frets over her lack of experience in the entertainment industry.

The Magic Planet

May 5, 2023 • Subscribe

#Controversed: Don’t Attack Actors and Voice Actors, Be a Force of Positivity

So, you guys know that I am apart of Moya’s Controversed program. I may have posted a few posts here and there by now. I haven’t done the…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Nov 28, 2020 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Die! Directors, Die!

死ね ! 死ね ! シネマ (Shine! Shine! Shinema) Released: 2011 Director: Makoto Shinozaki Starring:  Kyoko Mori …

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 5, 2012 • Subscribe

Stormy Family (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative that succeeds in exploring the very way that imaginary injuries and resentments erode family bonds, by causing a subjective blindness for the suffering of the…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Megumi

Ninja Girl (2021) review [22nd Nippon connection]

“A political satire that will not fail to please audiences, but lacks the thematical punch to make a statement that will long linger in the spectator’s mind.”

psycho-cinematography

Jun 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Penalty Loop (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

The way Araki resolves the narrative’s thematical questions concerning vengeance and the working-through of trauma will divide spectators

psycho-cinematography

Jun 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Just Remembering (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

An experience that will stir the spectator’s unconscious and affect his heart.  

psycho-cinematography

May 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Wonderful Paradise (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A great experiment of the absurd, but its full potential to satisfy the spectator is hindered by its somewhat lackluster composition.  

psycho-cinematography

Jun 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Connection and Blogging

I’m not a particularly social animal. By nature not by circumstance. As such, the social component of blogging, although very important to me, has never been the *most*…

I drink and watch anime

Dec 11, 2019 • Subscribe

Anime Studio Challenge: 1st PLACE's Mekakucity Actors (Spoiler-free Review)

Another studio / producer with only a single entry. Seeing as I know that Mekakucity was done by studio Shaft, 1st PLACE must be a producer. One of…

Umai Yomu Anime Blog

Apr 4, 2020 • Subscribe

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…

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 2, 2012 • Subscribe

The Promised Land (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A beautifully composed and highly relevant narrative about destructive kinds of social violence, a social violence against the Otherness present in the community and an ostracizing violence to…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 20, 2021 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Come as You Are

ソーローなんてくだらない (Sôrô nante kudaranai) Released: 2011 Director: Kôta Yoshida Starring:  Tateto Serizawa…

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 6, 2012 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: The Sound of Light

ひかりのおと (Hikari no oto) Released: 2011 Director: Juichiro Yamasaki Starring:  Yoshitomo Fujihisa …

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 6, 2012 • Subscribe

A Madder Red (2021) review [Nippon Connection 2022]

Machiko Ono and Yuki Katayama breathe extra-ordinary life and realism into the pain, the hopes, the white lies, the tears, the smiles, and the anger of contemporary female…

psycho-cinematography

May 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Any Crybabies Around? (2020) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A great drama that sketches out the destructive effect of the gap between one’s signifiers and one’s acts on others and shows the spectator that what the marital…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Ranking of Kings #10 — Paid Actors

  I hope you sterilized that needle. Impressions: Of all the strange things and developments that this show pulls, one of the least unbelievable is that the huckster…

Tenka Seiha

Dec 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Ranking of Kings

The One Piece Connection

What is the One Piece? What is the Will of D? Where is Raftel? We delve into the biggest questions in One Piece in search of answers... The…

The One Piece Podcast

Jul 22, 2015 • Subscribe

One Piece

22nd Nippon Connection: Recommendations

This list does not only reveal the variety of unique perspectives that mark Japanese Cinema, but also echoes that what directors, from a cinematic perspective, put into question…

psycho-cinematography

May 22, 2022 • Subscribe

The One Piece Connection

What is the One Piece? What is the Will of D? Where is Raftel? We delve into the biggest questions in One Piece in search of answers... The…

The One Piece Podcast

Jul 22, 2015 • Subscribe

One Piece

Baby Assassins: 2 babies (2023) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Sakamoto’s latest film has such a irresistible charm that even those who normally shy away of action or comedy narratives will leave satisfied.  

psycho-cinematography

Jun 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Sasaki In My Mind (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“Uchiyama delivers a great and finely composed narrative that explores the ephemeral character of relationships that find their sole strength in the imaginary, in the thirst for gaining…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Extraneous Matter – Complete edition (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great erotic sci-fi narrative that explores, in an engaging way, the need for a certain amount of sexual desire to make the dynamic of a romantic relation…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Under The Open Sky (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A (damning) look at the vicious and unforgiven nature of the judgmental Other as well as heartwarming emotionally rich exploration of the importance of supportive inter-subjective social bon…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 8, 2021 • Subscribe

The Town of Headcounts (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“His dystopian ‘thriller’ does not only masterly highlight, in a chilling way, the various ills that marks contemporary society, but also shows, that within such dystopian world, a…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Secret: A Hidden Score (2024) review [Nippon connection 2024]

Spectators who like piano and pianists might find something to enjoy in this emotionally impotent narrative.

psycho-cinematography

Jun 19, 2024 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: The Woodsman and the Rain

キツツキと雨 (Kitsutsuki to ame) Released: 2011 Director: Shûichi Okita Starring:  Kôji Yakusho …

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 5, 2012 • Subscribe

Yin Yang Master Zero (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

A fantastical visual experience like no other.

psycho-cinematography

Jun 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Bucchigire! Episode 1 Review

It took me much longer than I’d expected to finally come and post the review for this anime but make no mistake, that’s definitely not a reflection of…

OTAKU SPACE

Jul 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Shine on! Bakumatsu Bad Boys

NekoparA – Episode 1 Review

"Yikes."

SpaceWhales Anime Blog

Jan 13, 2020 • Subscribe

Dorohedoro – Episode 1 Review

"It's an odd sort of fun, watching Caiman and Nikaido two hang-out, bicker and slaughter malevolent magicians"

SpaceWhales Anime Blog

Jan 15, 2020 • Subscribe

[Review] Babylon – Episode 1

This might be the best premiere of the season: a tense, slow-burn legal drama that viciously punctuates its own simmering tension in the final moments. The post [Review] Babylon…

Anime Feminist

Oct 7, 2019 • Subscribe

Revenger Episode 1 Review

Strickly speaking, so far, Revenger has had the strongest premiere of the season (as of January 7). Not to say it is the best series per se, but…

OTAKU SPACE

Jan 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Revenger

[Review] given – Episode 1

What’s it about? When Ritsuka Uenoyama agrees to fix the strings on the Gibson guitar his strange classmate Mafuyu always carries, he finds his entire life turned upside…

Anime Feminist

Jul 12, 2019 • Subscribe

Higehiro | Episode 1 Review

Episode One Thoughts Office worker Yoshida has been crushing on his coworker, Airi Gotou, for five years. Despite finally scoring a date with her, his confession is promptly…

Otaku Central | Anime Review

Apr 12, 2021 • Subscribe

High School Girls Specials, Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, High School Girls, School Girl

Gibiate Episode 1 Review

Gibiate episode 1 review

Anime Rants

Jul 18, 2020 • Subscribe

GIBIATE

Horimiya | Episode 1 Review

Episode 1 Thoughts The first episode was an interesting one. For starters, I’d like to say that I enjoyed the OP “”Iro Kousui (色香水)” by You Kamiyama”” it…

Otaku Central | Anime Review

Jan 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Horimiya

86 Episode 1 Review

We dive straight into an all out battle, with mechanized spider looking drones tearing each other to shreds. A commander is talking into the background, giving orders to…

Anime Drabbles

Apr 10, 2021 • Subscribe

[Review] BEM – Episode 1

What’s it about? Sonia Summers is an idealistic cop who’s been transferred to Lower Town, where she faces the realities of a corrupt, uncaring police force. She crosses…

Anime Feminist

Jul 15, 2019 • Subscribe