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Mashiro no Oto – 09
Mashiro no Oto is a funny old series. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 08
I can't stress enough how good the music in this series is. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 10
For all its warts, there's a lot of interesting stuff in this series that's going to be left hanging in anime form. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 11
Well, that was a pretty frustrating episode of Mashiro no Oto. But of course that was by design. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 04
The one question that keeps going through my mind with this series is "why?" Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 03
I can already tell that Mashiro no Oto is going to be one of those series that drives me nuts. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 7
While I'd probably rank this episode of Mashiro no Oto right around the series' average, it took a bit of a different route to get there Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 02
Music cuts straight to the heart of memory, of emotion, and this episode captures that in an incredibly powerful way. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 05
Once more it's the shamisen that saves the day here. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – 06
I think one can only objectively say that this series has been successful in its primary mission up to this point. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – Episode 9
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 11
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 3
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 7
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First Impressions – Mashiro no Oto
There's a lot to be excited about here, with some important caveats. Read more


Mashiro no Oto – Episode 5
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 10
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 8
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 2
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 4
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Mashiro no Oto – Episode 6
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Mashiro no Oto – 12 (End) and Series Review
And so we get the ultimate "read the manga" end from Mashiro no Oto. Read more


Anime Taste Testing: SSSS.Dynazenon and Mashiro no Oto
One show is about transforming dinosaur-like robots, the other is about the art of the shamisen. The former is the subtle one.


The Sound of a Heart – First Impressions: Mashiro no Oto
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First Look: Mashiro no Oto – Spell-binding shamisen music will have you totally hooked
The first episode is a bit of a mess, but a profoundly beautiful music sequence bookends it. The rest of the show is looking to be powerful and…


Breaking Down Attack on Titan’s Best Fight
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Breaking Down Mushoku Tensei's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
Canipa breaks down how the newly formed Studio Bind managed to create Mushoku Tensei, one of the best light novel anime adaptations in a while. Support The Canipa Effect…
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Breaking Down Cyberpunk: Edgerunners' Breathtaking Animation | Animation Spotlight
Canipa breaks down the creation of Studio Trigger and CD Projekt Red's unexpected masterpiece. (Spoilers for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) Support the channel at: https://www.patreon.com/TheCanipaEffect Sources and Further Reading: Interview with Rafal Jaki…
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Dark Visions in Walnut Wood
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Breaking Down Arcane: League of Legend's Incredible Animation | Studio Spotlight
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Breaking Down Frieren: Beyond Journey's End's Incredible Animation | Animation Spotlight
Canipa finally gets around to breaking down what makes Frieren special from its beautiful environments to its incredible battles. Sources and Further Reading: Interview with Shoichiro Taguchi - https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1696992750 Another interview…


Breaking the “Ice”
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Breaking Down TENGOKU-DAIMAKYO (Heavenly Delusion)'s Incredible Animation | Animation Spotlight
Canipa can't shut up about how great Tengoku-Daimakyo is. Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheCanipaEffect Video edited by penlum, U.N. Owen, and Canipa Sources and Further Reading: Interview with Masakazu Ishiguro -…
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On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, we're diving into the fun world of Kamen Rider and Super Sentai so get ready to strike your favorite henshin…


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Star Wars is a Disney IP vehicle, yet another cinematic universe carefully curated for the largest fandom demographic possible. Can any originality be found in what has become…


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Yes it’s anime. Yes it’s Star Wars. Yes it’s good. First and last negative comment about this series: there’s one episode I don’t like. But that’s the extent…


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