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Short Movie Time: Outsourcing (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A very satisfying satirical short thta shows that, within the job-seeking process, only the image matters.”

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Apr 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Bagmati River (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful poetic short that elegantly plays with the contrast between life and death.”

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Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Review: Faaawww!!! (2022) [JFFH 2023]

Oniki’s twisted finale does not only visually impress but also underlines that the hunger of the Uber-Ich is never stilled.

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Jun 22, 2023 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Norioka Workshop (2022) review

A great short film that illustrates the necessity as well as the inherent danger of the imaginary dimension in social interactions.

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May 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Review: Natsuko (2020) [OAFF 2022]

“A splendid debut by Shuna Iijima.”

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Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Kaiju Girl (2022) review

A pleasant short about the need to find a desire to be able to give direction to one’s subject.

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Jul 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Short movie Time: The Stolen Ocean (2022) review [JFFH 2022]

Noaya Asanuma proves that he has a creative voice worth listening too.

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Jul 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Necessary & unnecessary (2022) review [JFFH 2023]

A quirky little narrative that explores the necessity of forming inter-subjective social bonds.

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Jun 28, 2023 • Subscribe

The Monk and The Samurai (2022) [Short Film Review]

The Monk and The Samurai The lives of two men, a monk and a samurai suffer unbearable loss. Heroic to the end their tales intertwine as...

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Nov 26, 2022 • Subscribe

The Samurai

Review: SHORT SUNZEN

The Tokyopop library is riddled with manga like this - no-name titles with a few interesting ideas that were unceremoniously dropped because...

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May 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Reason To Oblivion (2021) review [JFFH 2022]

A pleasant horror short-narrative that showcases Miyahara’s talent.

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Jul 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie time: North Shinjuku 2055 (2021) review [OAFF 2022]

“A pleasant experimental short.”

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Mar 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Glitch (2022) [JFFH 2023]

A pleasant horror-action that beautifully shows that what can poison the subject is the Other he is subjected to.

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Jun 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Anime short review: Pupa

Today it’s the final anime short review for the month. But I wanted to do something different this time: instead of finding a series I thought I might…

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Aug 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Pupa

Short Movie Time: Kitten (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Yamaguchi elegantly underlines the importance of showing one’s Otherness to the other and the problematic nature of succumbing to the seduction of deceiving oneself by reflecting sameness to…

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Feb 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Similarity (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A highly enjoyable short by Kiichiro Kimura.

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Feb 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: My Wings Became My Legs (2022) review [JFHH 2023]

A pleasant comical short that highlights that the idea of adulthood is a suffocating but unattainable ideal.

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Jul 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Short movie Time: Nowhere To Go But Everywhere (2022) [IFFR 2022]

“An incredible short that explores the subjective impact of the lack of materiality (i.e. bones) on the process of mourning in a very intimate way.”

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Feb 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Anime short review: Wonder Momo

Have you ever imagined what an anime written by an AI would look like? The 2014 anime short Wonder Momo was somehow not written by an ancient version…

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Aug 31, 2023 • Subscribe

Wonder Momo

Slow Loop | #Short Anime Review

Finally, I have finished Slow Loop. What did you expect? Slice of Life anime will always be highly rated by me. Sorry. Allow me to share my thoughts!

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Apr 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Slow Loop

Anime short review: Vampire Holmes

How could I take on a set of terrible anime and skip Vampire Holmes? This short (thankfully) comedy series from 2015 has miserable ratings and is generally considered…

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Aug 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Vampire Holmes

Anime short review: Hacka Doll

More anime shorts, but this time it’s not one I expected to hate before watching. I don’t even remember how I found this one, since it’s been in…

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Aug 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Anime short review: Magical Play

Back to the anime shorts, and what a short this one is. After covering brain-expanding political philosophy in Legend of the Galactic Heroes twice, I thought I should…

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Sep 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Magical Play

Anime short review: Ragnastrike Angels

Already it’s time for part three (or four maybe) of my “worst anime ever” run. You might have noticed that they’ve all been shorts so far, and there’s…

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Aug 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Berserk, Berserk, Ragnastrike Angels

The Always Smiling Girl: How Tohru critiques toxic positivity

The narrative takes care to demonstrate that Tohru has her own issues, and highlights that her relentlessly positive attitude and her devotion to putting others before herself is…

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Aug 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Fruits Basket

Short Movie Time: Storage Man (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Tetsuro Manno proves that he has mastered the drama-genre and shows off his ability to create a quite thematically dense experience.

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Jan 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Short reviews of every game I played in 2022

When the pandemic started and I was stuck indoors, I decided to dig through my library of games and achieved the unthinkable in clearing out my Steam backlog.…

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Feb 9, 2023 • Subscribe

[Short Review] Solo Leveling: ReAwakening (Spoilers!)

Source: https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/announcements/2024/11/15/solo-leveling-reawakening-anime-movie-tickets-on-saleBy: Peggy Sue Wood | @psweditingLast Thursday, I attended the 9:40 PM release of Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, which has been described as a “bridge” between Seasons 1…

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Dec 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Solo Leveling

A Short Review of Trinity Seven

My short and simple opinion about Trinity Seven. More About Trinity Seven: https://myanimelist.net/anime/25157/Trinity_Seven Connect With Me: Film Analysis YouTube (@Juhnime) - https://youtube.com/@Juhnime Personal YouTube (@YoojoonKang) - https://youtube.com/@YoojoonKang MyAnimeList (@Juhnime) - https://myanimelist.net/profile/Juhnime Linktree - https://linktr.ee/yoojoonkang Music Used:…

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Dec 30, 2022 • Subscribe

TRINITY SEVEN

[Short Review] Solo Leveling: ReAwakening (Spoilers!)

Source: By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Last Thursday, I attended the 9:40 PM release of Solo Leveling: ReAwakening, which has been described as a “bridge” between Seasons…

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Dec 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Solo Leveling

Anime short review: Plastic Nee-san

Some anime you can’t find on streaming services, and today’s subject is one of those series. Plastic Nee-san (also listed as Plastic Elder Sister, Plustic Nee-san, and +tic Nee-san/Elde…

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Aug 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Plastic Elder Sister

Short Movie time: Canary (2023) review

Taka Jeremy Tsubota confirms his talent as director.

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May 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Canary

Short Movie Time: Shall We Love You? (2022) [OAFF 2023]

A nice little heart-warming short that questions the connection between love and happiness.

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Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! - Episode 12 - Epsilon Critiques Beta's Acting

Beta needed to keep up her alias as a famous writer, but Epsilon was not impressed. Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! - Episode 12

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Dec 23, 2022 • Subscribe

The Eminence in Shadow, Sanctuary

My Hero Academia Chapter 403 SHORT REVIEW

This post is a Re-Upload of an old post I did on my New Site- “Pirate King Seraph” with Webresolvers. If you want to see more- as well…

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Oct 16, 2023 • Subscribe

My Hero Academia

Dragon Ball Super Chapter 103 SHORT REVIEW

This post is a Re-Upload of an old post I did on my New Site- “Pirate King Seraph” with Webresolvers. If you want to see more- as well…

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Mar 21, 2024 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Super

Anime short review: Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!

After several months, I’m back with the anime shorts. I haven’t had a great track record with the series on the shorter side, but I always try to…

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Aug 5, 2022 • Subscribe

AZUR LANE

Anime short review: Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!

After several months, I’m back with the anime shorts. I haven’t had a great track record with the series on the shorter side, but I always try to…

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Aug 5, 2022 • Subscribe

AZUR LANE

Bamnol - The Debt (2021) [Short Film Review]

Bamnol - The Debt My granddaughter works hard! All you do is get drunk everyday! It has been roughly two months since my The Monk and T...

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Jan 28, 2023 • Subscribe

GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack, The Samurai

Short Movie Time: Neu Mirrors (2024) review

Keishi Kondo offers the spectator an unsettling illustration of the Lacanian gaze.

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Nov 28, 2024 • Subscribe

Edens Zero Chapter 281 SHORT REVIEW PREVIEW

Hey there, guys! We’re trying a BRAND NEW Marketing Tactic: Previews. This post will be a Preview for an upcoming post on my New Site- “Pirate King Seraph”…

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Mar 28, 2024 • Subscribe

Short-movie Time: 3 Intestine Road, Fish Island (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A splendid animation short about the importance of accepting some of the other’s Otherness.

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Aug 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Yamabuki (2022) review [IFFR 2022]

“A beautiful socially-engaged narrative that explores the very fact that, by being grasped within the societal network of relations, one cannot but influence the other and become influenced…

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Feb 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Kirara

Big Feelings in Small Moments – A Short (REVIEW) of the Short & Sweet HONOBONO LOG

Totaling just barely 20 minutes, Honobono Log is a catalogue of short, simple moments from lives any one of us could lead.

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Sep 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Honobono Log

Detective Pikachu & The Mystery Of The Missing Flan Short Review – The Cutest Mystery Short

The cutest mystery short I’ve seen so far!

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Oct 27, 2023 • Subscribe

Pokémon

A Better Bookworm: Bibliophile Princess [Short Review/Recommendation]

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Back in April, I wrote a post criticizing Ascendance of a Bookworm’s main character, Myne, for liking bookmaking or the idea of…

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Dec 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Ascendance of a Bookworm, Bibliophile Princess