In my recent conversation on with the folks at Manga Mavericks about My Alcoholic Escape From Reality (a conversation that will go up on their Patreon later this month) we talked a little bit about…
Jun 13, 2021 • Subscribe
More like this
My Wandering Warrior Existence / Meisou Senshi by Nagata Kabi
I really need to stop giving Nagata-sensei my money. At least until she writes a manga called, “My Life-Changing Experience: Getting Therapy.” SPOILERS . . . . I…
Kabi Nagata: Opening Doors at an Intersection
Students of literature or art often find themselves reading analysis of an author’s work long past the author’s own lifetime, whether it be Edgar Allen Poe or Murasaki…
My Alcoholic Escape from Reality by Nagata Kabi
Right now the first Virtual Toronto Comic Arts Festival is underway on Youtube and this week we had the pleasure of watching Deb Aoki doing a pre-recorded interview…
Sometimes, Mental Health Pros Suck - On ANN’s Pulled Nagata Kabi Review
So I heard something controversial happened in the world of manga reviews. And it quite happens to revolve around a manga figure a lot of people know too…
Weekly Round-Up, 12-18 May 2021: MAPPA Animator Conditions, Intersectionality, and Nagata Kabi Interview
AniFem Round-Up The Feminist Potential of the Lolita Fashion Subculture Sarah Alexander explores the history of lolita fashion as a rebellious outlet and highlights marginalized voices in the…
‘My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness’ Author Kabi Nagata Features as Guest at TCAF...
‘My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness’ Author Kabi Nagata Features as Guest at TCAF Arts FestivalThe Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) announced yesterday that it would be hosting Kabi…
Genjitsu Touhi shitetara Boroboro ni natta Hanashi / My Alcoholic Escape from Reality by Nagata Kabi
Genjitsu Touhi shitetara Boroboro ni natta Hanashi / My Alcoholic Escape From Reality might not be the best way to ring in the new year given its subject…
Suizou ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Ikiyasuku Narimashita / My Pancreas Broke But My Life Got Better by Nagata Kabi
I’m really not sure why I keep doing this to myself. When I bought this book, I had a very telling conversation with the clerk who checked me…
Inch Forward (走れない人の走り方, Su Yu-Chun, 2023)
An indie filmmaker experiences various setbacks while trying to complete her latest film in Su Yu-Chun’s cheerful dramedy.
Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose
I don’t blame you if you think this is some sort of hentai. Just looking at the title, Lingerie Senshi Papillon Rose will definitely give first impressions that…
ＯＺの迷宮 ～ The Labyrinth of “OZ”
Being a private detective is not a job but a way of life. Being a master detective is not a way of life but destiny. One victim is…
Nagata Kabi and the Mundane Pain of Sickness or That Time My Body Broke And I Had To Figure out How to Keep Going
Nagata Kabi’s sixth autobiographical entry is a story about what happens when your life falls apart and you can no longer escape. And that's what this article is…
Nagata Kabi and the Mundane Pain of Sickness; or, That Time My Body Broke and I Had To Figure Out How to Keep Going
Nagata Kabi’s sixth autobiographical entry is a story about what happens when your life falls apart and you can no longer escape. And that's what this article is…
Tera Senshi PSI BOY (1985)
https://nyaa.si/view/1406108 Credits for the fansub can be found in the link above. Just in time for the movie's 36th anniversary!! This i...
Windaria (Douwa Meita Senshi Uindaria)
Windaria (Douwa Meita Senshi Uindaria) 1986 Time for another classic! I want to start off by saying that there is a FAR better film hidden beneath the one…
永遠の約束 ~Die by the Sword~
I ultimately was dissatisfied with myself and struggled to find an answer for why. I ignored staring into the eyes of the man in the mirror and instead…
The Labyrinth House Murders / 迷路館の殺人
The shin-honkaku movement has always been a bit meta. It’s right there in the name: it means “new orthodox,” as it’s a revival of the origi...
![Featured image for Inch Forward 走れない人の走り方 (2024) Director: Su Yu-chun [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20240508/1715177129.83849.123013.jpg)
Inch Forward 走れない人の走り方 (2024) Director: Su Yu-chun [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Inch Forward 走れない人の走り方 (2024) Director: Su Yu-chun [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
金田伊功から『呪術廻戦』まで、上妻晋作が語るアクション作画の40年 – ロングインタビュー
The post 金田伊功から『呪術廻戦』まで、上妻晋作が語るアクション作画の40年 – ロングインタビュー appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal episode 9
I just want you to know out there in the anime world when it came to Sailor Moon episodes I usually watch and mostly blogged the entire epis...
Dungeon Meshi - Episode 3 - Senshi Stir-Fries
Senshi stir-fried new dungeon ingredients that Laios found inside Living Armor monsters. What were they? Dungeon Meshi - Episode 3
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal episode 10
Behold Sailor Moon and a technocolor....something. SO SLEEPY! Like look at the clock, I might actually consider this the next day despit...
Sailor Moon Sparkling Water – Outer Senshi Edition
Taiwan brand Ocean Bomb announced a line of Sailor Moon-themed sparkling waters, and of course, as an otaku of the series, I was required to purchase and consume…
Yoshimichi Kameda【亀田祥倫】Sakuga MAD
I seriously can't wait for Yaiba. 99.9 has had my heart in a chokehold since 2019, so I'm glad to finally be using it. Kameda seemed like the ideal…
Seiyuu Highlights: Rie Tanaka 田中 理恵
She's more than just your typical onee-sama in the Seiyuu industry. Rie Tanaka proves that you can be a middle-ages woman, yet still young and hip enough to…
The Asadas! (浅田家！, Ryota Nakano, 2020)
An eccentric photographer finds a new sense of purpose following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Ryota Nakano’s warmhearted drama.
Drive Into Night (夜を走る, Dai Sako, 2022)
Small-town futility leads to tragedy when two frustrated scrapyard workers attempt to cover up a crime in Dai Sako’s dark psychological drama.
Zero (零戦燃ゆ, Toshio Masuda, 1984)
The Zero Fighter has taken on a kind of mythic existence in a romanticised vision of warfare, yet as Toshio Masuda’s Zero (零戦燃ゆ零戦燃ゆ, Zerosen moyu) implies its time…
Royal Warriors 皇家戰士 (1986) Dir: David Chung
Royal Warriors 皇家戰士 (1986), by director David Chung, is a good action movie starring Michelle Yeoh that benefits from a focussed story that centres on a cycle of…
Drive into Night 夜を走る (2022) Director: Dai Sako
Drive into Night 夜を走る, from director Dai Sako, is a solid crime film that offers some social realism and solid characterisation for most of its runtime. When it adds…
Sailor Moon Sparkling Water Review – Inner Senshi Edition
I’m sure I was not alone in my enthusiasm/skepticism when Taiwanese brand Ocean Bomb launched a collaboration of flavored sparkling water with the Sailor Moon franchise. Because I…
Seiyuu Highlights: Kenjiro Tsuda 津田 健次郎
With such a indistinguishably cool, deep, smooth voice like a hot knife through butter, there's no question as to why he was, and still currently, the most highly…
Ripples of Life (永安镇故事集, Wei Shujun, 2021)
Wei Shujun’s meta odyssey follows a Beijing film crew to a small town in rural China where everyone it seems is longing for escape
Underrated, & Under-appreciated: Jūni Taisen 十二大戦
The 12 members of the Juni Taisen. I watched Juni Taisen years ago, but of course, I have just come around to reviewing it. Surprise surprise. This 12…
Current trends in action animation: Hiroto Nagata and Ryûki Hashimoto
In today’s landscape, this evolution and, possibly, a new development in action animation seems to be represented by two rising figures: Hiroto Nagata and Ryûki Hashimoto. At first…
The Creature Called Man (豹は走った, Kiyoshi Nishimura, 1970)
A policeman on a mission squares off against an assassin intent on executing an exiled dictator in Kiyoshi Nishimura’s thorny geopolitical thriller.
Sailor Moon Sparkling Water – Outer Senshi Edition, Part 2
It wasn’t that many months ago that we encountered news of Ocean Bomb brand’s series of Sailor Moon sparkling waters. I have pursued with otaku single-mindedness getting all…
Gekijouban Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal Movie Part 02
「劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」 (Gekijouban Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal 2) "Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie 2" Dead Moon Circus-the dark side of the moon.
Sailor Moon, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie Part 2
A Ninja Alien Blood Bath! Kyomu Senshi Miroku (1989)
Here we go again bringing to light yet another hidden gem that noone acknowledges anymore, if they ever did. Following a war between two factions that go back…
Gekijouban Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal Movie Part 01
「劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーンEternal」 (Gekijouban Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Eternal) "Pretty Guardians Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie" Time for Moon Crisis Power Make Up!!
September 1923 (福田村事件, Tatsuya Mori, 2023)
Hysteria leads to tragic consequences in Tatsuya Mori’s narrative debut
An important PSA from Tomokazu Sugita 杉田 智和
Gintama may have ended a long time ago but Gintoki's wisdoms still forever live rent-free in our minds.
Shinyaku Ribon no Kishi, Volume 1 (新約・リボンの騎士)
Today’s review is in part thanks to the constant evangelizing of Raybon No Kishi on Twitter, who alerted me to some interesting plot complications in this recent reworking…
Monk Comes Down the Mountain (道士下山, Chen Kaige, 2015)
A wandering monk is forced to consider a series of dualities presented by his traditional upbringing and burgeoning modernity in Chen Kaige’s ‘30s wuxia Monk Comes Down the…
Jujutsu Kaisen【呪術廻戦】Season 2 Sakuga MAD
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzXzGkZ7M6I I had a lot of fun putting this one together. Despite being such a disastrous production, JJK S2 is a gold mine of MAD potential. I've been…
Senshi Loves Golem Gardening – Delicious in Dungeon Ep 4 Review
Orcs rob Laios and crew while trying to barter Senshi’s fresh vegetables. After being offered bread, the Orcs share the location of the Red Dragon.
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (Kidō Senshi Gandamu Senkō no Hasawei)
Gundum is one of the heavyweights of the anime industry that I haven’t reviewed on the blog yet (which surprises me) as I had planned to do the…
Film Festival Week: Onna Senshi Efe & Jira: Gude no Monshou
Okay, so today’s film is from JC Staff and aired in 1990. I have a mixed history with JC. They’ve made some absolute rubbish like Sakurasou no pet…
Record of a Tenement Gentleman (長屋紳士録, Yasujiro Ozu, 1947)
A cynical old woman regains her sense of humanity after unwillingly fostering a lost little boy in Ozu’s heartwarming post-war drama