“Close in the Distance,” the background song for Ultima Thule, the game’s final area, is an amazing power ballad—not to mention a fantastic piece of musical storytelling. And as such, there’s a ton to break down. So, let’s get to it!
Feb 7, 2022 • Subscribe
More like this
Breaking Down Attack on Titan’s Best Fight
This falls outside of my usual content, if it’s not clear. I specialize in melodramatic, pondering, philosophically rambling essays where I think about anime a lot harder than…
Breaking Down Art Babbitt's 'Best Piece of Animation'
UPA, Art Babbitt and the secrets of limited animation.
Breaking Down Control’s Most Awesome Musical Moment
Click to ReadBreaking Down <i>Control</i>’s Most Awesome Musical Moment
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…
BNA, FLCL Progressive, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, Space Patrol Luluco, Star Wars: Visions
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…
Sword Art Online, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, The Asterisk War, The Faraway Paladin, Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
Breaking Down the Visions in Mashiro no Oto
By “visions”, I mean two things – mental images and dreams.
Anonymous Noise, Forest of Piano, Those Snow White Notes, Piano no Mori
Breaking Down Arcane: League of Legend's Incredible Animation | Studio Spotlight
Canipa breaks down the unique production of Fortiche Productions' Arcane: League of Legends, and why 3D anime in Japan struggle to reach its ambition. Support The Canipa Effect on…
D4DJ First Mix, Revisions, Rusted Armors, Super Cub, BEASTARS
Breaking down the Greatest Scene in Happy Sugar Life [SPOILERS]
Warning, this article contains huge spoilers for Happy Sugar Life.Whenever I think of Happy Sugar Life, I can't help but think of the death of Shouko. Not only…
Record-breaking Japanese Roller Coaster SHUTS DOWN! Goodbye Do-dodonpa
It has been announced that one of Japan's most famous roller coasters will officially be shutting down. Do-dodonpa, located at the Japanese theme park Fuji Q
JapanKyo – Interesting news on Japan, podcasts about Japan & more
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 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 -…
Case File nº221: Kabukicho, Moriarty the Patriot, Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale, Made in Abyss, Revisions
Breaking Down Kamen Rider & Super Sentai (Power Rangers) w. Sophia Staite
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…
In Defense of Hololive: Breaking Down the Standards of Idol Culture
Anyone hanging around the AniSphere as of late has probably noticed an uptick in the rise of discussions about Virtual YouTubers, AKA v-tubers, and their unavoidable presence on…
Seasonal First Impressions: Breaking Down the Madness of BRAVE BANG BRAVERN!
Bizarre, ambitious, and fitting easily into no single genre, Bang Brave Bravern provides a seasonal highlight off of entertainment value alone.
The Best Anime Song of 2021
As part of Anime News Network's "Best Anime of 2021" event, I talk about my pick for the best song of the year.
Breaking Down That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime's Incredible Animation | Animator Spotlight
Canipa breaks down the animation of both seasons of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and The Slime Diaries to convince himself it really does have…
Shonen Maid, Absolute Duo, Attack on Titan, Rewrite, The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat
[Information] Magic Knight Rayearth Best Song Book Album
This Best Song Book probably includes the favorite songs of most of the fans.
Breaking the “Ice”
I often wonder why you would want to reboot a series, especially one that still has life in it. Perhaps you want to offer it to a new…
CUE! Episode 15: Breaking Routine
I admit I expected one kind of narrative this episode but was kinda swerved.
Breaking the Need for ‘SEED’
As January came in, my goal was to catch up on my backlog and build Gundam SEED series kits as lead up to Gundam SEED FREEDOM and the…
[Breaking News!] I’m not dead!
Hello loyal fans! I have returned! the pandemic has been tough on any kind of motivation for me, especially creative motivation. But, I’m slowly working my way back…
Manga Pulse 377: Breaking Wind
There’s something quietly amusing about us doing a sports themed manga. Mostly because neither Tim or Weltall are involved in any sports. They also don’t watch or follow…
“Hands” Down
There are a lot of animes out there about making animes and all the trials and tribulations that are required to pull it off. It also acts as…
Apex Down
As all cool kids clubs end in cults and tragedy, so does the BK Kids Club in Book Three of the Train.
Upside Down
Author: Ukari (translated with author’s permission, please visit their website to see the original Japanese works!) To say here is far, The post Upside Down first appeared on Kowabana.
Swan Song
For those who have been following my ramblings about Jago and Litefoot, a series that has a distinct feel of the Great Detective, I feel the urge to…
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song – 13 [Fluorite Eye’s Song]
There isn’t a weekly summary this week and after writing about it for two months, it wouldn’t be fitting to have nothing published for the final episode of…
Tenten Kakumei – 04 – Breaking the Mold
Anisphila, clearly sleep-deprived from making Euphyllia’s new magic sword, nods off in her lap for quite some time, and thanks her for it when she awakens. Euphie is…
Horimiya – 05 – Breaking Through the Noise
I knew when Shindo was conveniently blocked out by Miyamura’s head that there would be trouble. Souta spots him with another girl and mentions it to Hori, who…
Breaking News: Anime Boston 2020 Cancelled
…No, this is not a hoax. Here’s the Full Statement from their website. Here it is in full for those who want to be saved a click: As…
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
As of today, my time aboard the good ship Wave Motion Cannon is at an end. I suppose I could just leave things there, but, since I’m dusting…
Anime song cover!
There are a lot of covers on the internet, some good, some bad, and as I said in my new about page, I love to sing.So, since I…
Apollo’s Song Review
Sometimes, even if a work isn't "good" there's still merit to reading it but Apollo's Song doesn't really reflect Tezuka's quality in any way.
Doki Doki News (Breaking): Nintendo Direct 2.8.23
The Nintendo Direct live stream dropped news today of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and so much more! We’ve got you covered here on a…
Blade Runner: Black Lotus – Breaking From Control
Anime and Blade Runner Blade Runner, a very interesting sci series now that I can’t help but love. If there one one singular piece of American fiction that…
Hamefura – 04 – Breaking Flags and Taking Names
Now that Catarina is a teen attending magic academy, the game as it unfolded in Fortune Lover truly begins. Yet as the Inner Claes Council reports, she’s made progress…
The Naked Director: Breaking Bad Meets JAV
NOTE! The post contains minor spoilers and content of an explicit nature Rarely do I write about television shows on my blog, but I couldn’t help but write…
A Couple of Cuckoos – 23 – Breaking Bad
Having come up with butkis in the search for Sousuke, it’s time for the crew to head home. But just as Erika and Sachi pile into their car,…
Todoroki and Breaking Through Ice and Fire
To say that the Todoroki family in My Hero Academia is broken is an understatement. The father, Enji (know to the public as Endeavor, the number one hero),…
What Breaking Bad Taught Me About Anime
Or "Why All Schools in Anime Look the Same". In this strange diatribe, I relate a story about my friend and I watching Breaking Bad over a decade…
Impel Down Arc Awards
As I’ve just finished watching the Impel Down arc, I thought it would be cool to give out some “awards” to who I thought were standouts in the…
Music: The AIUEO Song
By Jonathan Clements. In one of the most widely discussed scenes in Mitsuyo Seo’s 1945 animated feature Momotaro, Sacred Sailors, the frenzied activity of building a South-Sea military…
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
Vivy made me wonder whether great art, exhilarating fight sequences, catchy songs and fun costume changes with engaging characters were enough for me to say yep, 5 stars…
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
I took one look at this title and thought: none of these words go together. It sounded enough like music anime that I decided not to watch it…
The Fairy’s Song Review
Note: Review Code provided by Ebi-Hime Here we are once more talking about another yuri title by the oh-so talented Shrimp Princess Ebi and her talented team. This…
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song is a sci-fi series about an AI idol who gets wrapped up in a 100-year mission to save humanity.
Fruits Basket The Final Season, Megalobox, Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-, Fruits Basket
Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
Visit the post for more.
Top Five Song Covers
Theoretically, anyone can make a cover of a song. However, it takes balls to make a cover that offers a new take on a well-known hit, especially if…
Attack on Titan – 73 – Burning Bridges, Breaking Bonds
Note: This episode was interrupted ~17 minutes in by a special news report of a magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Wakamiya. As of yet are no reports of serious…