Sakuga is the art of animation but what animates people to talk about it online and how can we improve upon that?
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A quick post! No theme, just a few anime that have been/will be on the blog sooner or later, from a range of eras :)


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Quick Guessing Game!
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Twelfth of the ‘guessing game’ posts! This time it includes some that I’ve reviewed recently and some I’ve yet to get around to writing about (and one show…


Guessing Game (21)
Well… I was supposed to reach a total of 30 of these posts by the end of the year – whoops XD Nevertheless, here’s 6 more images to…


Guessing Game (19)
You know the drill :D 5 more images below to guess – as ever, it’s a mix of old, not so old and new:


Guessing Game (11)
A very quick guessing game – mix of older and new, recognise any? :D (not happy with the varying sizes/alignments but here they are nevertheless!)


Guessing Game (20)
Okay, I’ve now reached 20 of these short posts! I’ll try to get to 30 by the end of the year :) In the meantime, here’s 6 more…


Guessing Game (22)
I’m creeping closing to 300 reviews! Currently sitting at 277 – and so for a bit of a pre-celebration before reaching that milestone, here’s another Guessing Game. So,…


Guessing Game (14)
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Guessing Game (16)
Guessing Game is back again, this time it’s Round 16! As most often with these posts, I haven’t gone for any theme here, it’s just some random images…


Guessing Game (18)
A new Guessing Game post, since I just can’t find a way to catch up on everything else I need to do in order to win time to…


Guessing Game (23)
Another guessing game! Time to test your knowledge against these 6 images :D Once again, I’ve tried to go for a mix of old and new stuff. (For…


Guessing Game (15)
Okay, here’s another Guessing Game, as I’m a bit short on time once more this week. (As I often do with these posts, there’s no particular theme here,…


Guessing Game (17)
Another Guessing Game! 8 images this time around – how many can you recognise? :D


Guessing Game (9)
Time for guessing game number nine (eight was connected to an update a while back). Once again, trying to go for a random mix of styles, eras and…
Quick Guessing Game (4)
Another one! Just like the last three posts like this one, here’s six images – jump in to guess the films/series :) (Making a 80s/90s themed one this…
Quick Guessing Game (2)
This was fun last time, so, I’ll whip up another! So, a second edition of simple guessing game – six images below, guess the film/series :) (Tried to…
Quick Guessing Game (5)
Okay, one more and then I’ll take a break so I can knuckle down on some reviews! Okay, here’s six new images to guess: (No particular theme or…
Quick Guessing Game (6)
Returning! Here’s another six screencaps to guess – well, 5 pics and 1 gif: (Still struggling to complete an entire review, lately and I have a few shows…
Quick Guessing Game (7)
Hello! I wanted to squeeze in another of these before the end of the year :) Six more screencaps to guess: Again, no particular theme or era, just…
Quick Guessing Game (3)
I’ve done a couple of these now and while I’m not happy with the default picture size, I’m still having fun making them :) As before, six images…


Ultimate Undefeated Guessing Game (24)
Okay, I’ve gone back through the previous 5 or so years and 23 previous Guessing Game posts to come up with the following stack of images for a…


Guessing Game (10) Studio Ghibli Edition
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Guessing Game! Did Toriyama Draw It!?
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A Place Further than the Twitter Discourse
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Batman Ninja and the East-West Discourse
Blog about anime and manga
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Exploring sakuga – Conclusion : A sakuga starter pack
As a conclusion for this series on the sakuga community, it seemed fitting to me to target a different audience – not the experienced sakuga fans who would…
Exploring sakuga – Conclusion : A sakuga starter pack
As a conclusion for this series on the sakuga community, it seemed fitting to me to target a different audience – not the experienced sakuga fans who would…


Updated Ultimate Undefeated Guessing Game (now with clues :D)
Following on from the last version of this post – I’ve just updated the gallery so that it’s only the undefeated images remaining, and have also placed a…


Updated Ultimate Undefeated Guessing Game – Results (I win XD)
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Exploring sakuga – Part 4 : What is sakuga good for, anyways ?
The idea here is not so much to add on complaints about the current state of the community, whether they’re justified or not. It isn’t either to be…


Exploring sakuga – Part 4 : What is sakuga good for, anyways ?
The idea here is not so much to add on complaints about the current state of the community, whether they’re justified or not. It isn’t either to be…


SAO: GGO Alternative is a Game and Nothing Else.
GGO Alternative has finally ended, a week after all the anime I was keeping up with, and I have nothing but good praise for it! I’m a big fan…


In Search of Anime Discourse
As some of you may know, I don’t know that many anime fans …


A look at the ‘sakuga’ and animation of 2013
As we come to the end of 2013, it’s time to look back on the year. Here’s a post dedicated to looking at some of the exceptional 2D…


A look at the ‘sakuga’ and animation of 2015
Hello and welcome to the wonderful yearly tradition where we talk about how great the “sakuga” was in 2015. This post will focus on the 2D animation output…


A look at the ‘sakuga’ and animation of 2014
It’s that jolly old time of the year again where I poke people and they give me words about animation. Here’s a post dedicated to looking at some…
Nostalgia and a Parlour Game
‘Give me,’ says Ghostlightning, ‘something you really want to see’. This exercise sounds amusing.


This Manga is About A Strange Game
Imagine if you were forced to fight aliens and other monsters Kei Kurono is a shy highschool student. He doesn’t talk to anyone. On his way to school…


Trains: an introspection on art as discourse
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Café Lumière begins with a title card stating it to be a tribute to the centennial of Yasujiro Ozu’s birth. Even without any contextual knowledge about…


The ANN Aftershow - Navigating Toxic Fandom Discourse
Lynzee and James catch up on Dead Dead Demon and have a long conversation about navigating toxic fandom discourse.
Sakuga Espresso
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Two Year Anniversary!(and a game)
As the title says, I am celebrating two years of blogging! I want to thank everyone who reads my work. You are why I blog. I take so…
Exploring sakuga – Part 3 : The sakuga debate
By 2016 and the creation of the companion Sakuga Blog, the sakuga community we now know had pretty much been formed. But that wasn’t without debates and heated…


Exploring sakuga – Part 3 : The sakuga debate
By 2016 and the creation of the companion Sakuga Blog, the sakuga community we now know had pretty much been formed. But that wasn’t without debates and heated…


This Anime Is Based off A Famous Game
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Sid Meier’s Pirates! is a Real Pirate Game
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This Manga is About A HORRIFYING Game😳
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Animating Dynamically and the Sakuga TU/TB
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