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Review: Moscow Mission (2023)
Moscow Mission 93国际列车大劫案 莫斯科行动 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 127 mins. Director: Qiu Litao 邱礼涛 [Herman Yau]. Rating: 6/10. Action-packed crime story, based on a real event, with Chinese…
Finishing the Swan Universe – Moscow, Germany and now Maia
Well… here I am. Back on my nonsense with a series that has a very limited pool of appeal, and even smaller pool of English speakers who care.…
Peach Boy Riverside - Episode 11 - Winnie Introduces Herself
Hawthorn brought Sally and her odd party to the Western Forest to meet Winnie. She's a witch who owns a bar! Peach Boy Riverside - Episode 11.
Peach Boy Riverside - Episode 10 - Winnie Crosses Legs
Winnie, the Witch of the Western Forest, gave Hawthorn a sacred sword. She wanted to see him use it to win. Peach Boy Riverside - Episode 10.
Animating Halloween | Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie (+ Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh) Review
Plot: It’s Lumpy’s first ever Halloween, but he’s finding the occasion much too scary to enjoy. When Pooh eats all of the candy in the Hundred Acre Wood,…
Moscow Mission (93国际列车大劫案：莫斯科行动, Herman Yau, 2023)
An earnest Chinese cop hunts down local gangsters in Moscow to protect a cross-border train in Herman Yau’s ’90s-set action drama.
In the Gaps
There is a moment in Charlotte Wells’ brilliant debut film Aftersun when eleven-year-old Sophie is “interviewing” her father. It’s the late 1990s, and she holds a small video…
The Red Dragon & the Woman in the Sun: Symbolism in Manhunter
Let's take an in-depth look at one of the most unique thrillers of the 1980s. In the 1986 film, Manhunter , Michael Mann makes heavy...
The Secret in the Dark
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
The Cat in the Coffin
Japanese Title: 柩の中の猫 (Hitsugi no naka no neko)Author: Mariko Koike (小池 真理子)Translator: Deborah Boliver BoehmPublication Year: 1990 (Japan); 2009 (United States)Publisher: VerticalPages: 190 Accord…
The Secret in the Stars
detective fiction, 推理小説、games,
The Voice in the Dark
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
In Search Of… Fafner in the Azure
Good morning and welcome to a New Year to all of you wonderful people out there in the Otakusphere. It is once more time to talk about my…
The Biggest THREAT in Made in Abyss
The biggest threat in made in abyss season 2, this new season of made in abyss leaves absolutely nothing out of the manga. Riko and Reg get the…
animation in the 30s
This blog could use some more content, so I came up with the idea of doing a regular series where I watch a ton of animated films and…
Up In The Sky
animated by @MoonDoggie Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/maskedasura Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/masked_asura Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_masked_asura/?igshid=OGQ2MjdiOTE%3D ► "Copyright Disclaimer, Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism,…
The Man in Anime!
Government officials just trying to do some good The Man. Uncle Sam. The Feds. There are so many names to simply refer to someone who is an employee…
Windows in the Dark
You know that feeling when you’re a little kid and you need to use the restroom in the middle of the night, so you slink down the unlit…
Darling in the Franxx
I would taste the kiss of death.
Building in the Metaverse
Today’s update is entirely Build-themed, so here’s a look at what’s new regarding Gundam Build Metaverse: Episodes 2-3 reviews Burke’s-style expanded profiles for the these units: Build Strike Exceed Galaxy…
ODDTAXI: In the Woods
A reframing/retelling of the main series that is slightly more condensed, and with a tiny amount of new content/story. Not suitable to watch “instead of” the main series,…
Vampire in the Garden
This tragedy-tinged romance clocks in at just five episodes. Is there enough meat on its bones to serve as a full story?
Chuunibyou in the Wild
After living and teaching English to middle schoolers in Japan for two years, I’ve just realized that I haven’t written anything about something that, according to anime, should’v…
Darling in the FranXX
MyAnimeList: Episode(s): 24 episodes Released: Winter 2018 Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mecha, Romance, Action Art: -/10 Sound: -/10 Characters: -/10 Plot: -/10 Ending: -/10 Overall: -/10 DROPPED. Opening Th…
Lost in the “Wilderness”
There is certainly something appealing about airplanes, especially those that came just before and during World War II. There is a grace in their design, a sharpness in…
All in the “Family”
We use the term ‘Frankenstein’ to indicate a soulless monster, cobbled together from the parts of other corpses. It’s even used in reality TV, to indicate that things…
Vampire in the Garden
By Andrew Osmond. Vampire in the Garden is a girl-meets-girl story, set in a wintry wonderland. One girl is human, the other a vampire, but they share a…
In the Dog “House”
We have always viewed dragons as proud and dangerous creatures. They breathe fire. They crush people underfoot. They lay waste to those around them. They hoard gold. They…
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell may be one of the classic sci-fi anime, but I think it's extremely overrated. Influential doesn't equal good.
The Sphinxes in Unico
Whether you've read the manga or only watched the animated film, you've certainly seen a sphinx in the Unico franchise. We're taking a closer look at these wonderful…
Head in the Clouds
Anime lost a legend this week: art director Nizo Yamamoto. His work transformed the medium from fantasy into an all-enveloping reality for fans.
Dead in the Water
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
The Eminence in Pride
The beauty within The Eminence in the Shadow struck me: elegant backgrounds, stylish fights, and gorgeous women are found throughout the anime. I took great pleasure in just looking…
Murder in the Maze
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
The “Anicamera” in Arcane
Arcane immediately had my attention due to the way in which it used its own “camera” to frame its first act, in addition to other visual languages used…
Get In The RoBUTT
Get One Year Supply of Vitamin D3K2 + 5 Travel Packs FREE with your first purchase of AG1: https://www.drinkag1.com/krispnatz Neon Genesis Evangelion is one of the most well…
Runnin’ in the 90s
Rurouni Kenshin #60 Studio Pierrot may be stuck animating whatever popular manga is running in Shonen Jump for the foreseeable future, but it seems they are not…
In the Known “Universe”
I was commenting on the sudden influx of outdoor animes. This is another of those outdoor shows, but, boy howdy, what a place to be going to! “A…
Mechademia in the Morning
Again, I intended to talk about something else today, specifically, Sailor Moon Eternal, but I have a fever and I have Mechademia at barely awake o’clock tomorrow, so…
Santa in the Pocket
I commend my secret santa for recommending me Lovely Complex, Simoun and Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket. As I expected, I could not last with the first…
The Eminence in Shadow
The Eminence in Shadow is currently streaming on HIDIVE....
the father in the caves (The Survivalist)
A dark cave, a lonely hum, and the end of the world. What can it teach us? The Father in the Caves, also known as the survivalists logs or…
Tune of the Week(ish): The Eminence in Shadow’s Darling in the Night
This show just did a giant ass monlogue about why a girl needs to buy a thong. That’s why I love it so fucking much. The Tune of…
The Red Bird in The Penguin Tribe: My Life in the Past Year
Do you want to know what happened to me during the past year?
Exploring the Leijiverse in the 90s
The Leijiverse is an expansive collection of anime and manga containing the works of the legendary Leiji Matsumoto.
The Strongest Girl in the World
On the Takahata-Miyazaki-Kotabe version of 'Pippi.'
The Woman in the Purple Skirt
Japanese Title: むらさきのスカートの女 (Murasaki no sukāto no onna)Author: Natsuko Imamura (今村 夏子)Translator: Lucy NorthPublication Year: 2019 (Japan); 2021 (United States)Publisher: Penguin BooksPages: 216 T…
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
The Sword in the Stone (1963) To begin, I thought I should note that this is the Disney film where the team emotionally torments that poor chipmunk character,…