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The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Review)
A minimalistic and emotionally charged film from an animation master. Director: Isao Takahata Company: Studio Ghibli Year: 2013...
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Review #34 – The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Name: The Tale of Princess KaguyaFormat: BluRayRelease Date: November 2013Age Rating: 13+Themes: folklore, family, coming of age, parenting, tragedy, belongingLanguage Watched: Japanese with Englis…
Sakuga Espresso #13 – The Tale of Princess Kaguya
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Christmas Ghibli #2 The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Support us at: Hello everyone! It’s round two of our Christmas Ghibli’s with The Tale of Princess Kaguya, a much more recent entry into their filmography with a…
OtakuGeneration (Show #490) The Tale of Princess Kaguya
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3 Reasons To Watch: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Really digging the pointy hats.
Old, but apt thoughts on The Tale of the Princess Kaguya(spoilers)
Here are some of my rambling thoughts on The Tale of the Princess Kaguya from my first and third time seeing it. I don’t have time right now,…
Animated Emotion in “The Tale of Princess Kaguya” – A Long Due Review
A couple of weeks ago, co-founder of Studio Ghibli Isao Takahata passed away. While this has justly come as a shock for many animation enthusiasts and fans, I…
Princess Kaguya and Turn A Gundam
Turn A Gundam is a work that draws on many elements of Japanese and foreign cultures. At its heart, it’s an anime inspired by myths, fairytales, history, literature,…
Cosplay photos (Minamicon 2020)
While I wait for Haikyuu!! To the Top to finish airing (there’s always one…) so I can share my end of season thoughts, here’s some photos of my…
Photos, Letters, and Memories
Dear readers, There’s a really, really old saying that I like: “A picture is worth a thousand words.” It’s a portrayal that the emotions and unspeakable words can…
The Electric Tale of Pikachu
A nostalgia trip for fans of the anime, assuming you can tolerate the eldritch monsters several of the Pokémon are now being drawn as. The Electric Tale of Pikachu…
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Podcast: The Tale of Genji
Check out the Read Japanese Literature podcast. A 19th-Century Illustration of The Tale of Genji via Wikimedia Commons Episode 2: The Tale of Genji—The world’s oldest novel. A…
Call of the Night, Episode Ten: Enlarge the Peeping-Tom Photos
Vampire crime scene forensic investigators have no need for police.
Podcast: The Tale of the Heike
A 19th century woodblock print of Tomoe from The Mirror of Beauties Past and Present via Wikimedia Commons Check out the Read Japanese Literature podcast. Episode 3: The…
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 33 (Setsuna’s Tale #Yashahime)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 33. Setsuna's Yukari no Tachikiri teaches her some things as their bond grows.
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First Look: The tale of outcasts
Wisteria is a young girl that is forced to beg on the streets to pay the slave trader that feeds her. Her only comfort in life is Marbas,…
A Tale of the Secret Saint
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Anime Like The Tale of Outcasts
Wisteria is an orphan who is forced to beg on the street for her orphanage in order to be fed. Her days are bleak, but her nights have…
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Review: Tale of the Night (2023)
Tale of the Night 长沙夜生活 China, 2023, colour, 16:9, 105 mins. Director: Zhang Ji 张冀. Rating: 7/10. All-through-the-night ensembler, set in Changsha, has involving performances and plenty of…
The Strange Tale of Panorama Island
A manga about a struggling novelist who steals successfully steals identify of a recently deceased friend and uses his wealth to build an extravagant island amusement park. Continue…
First Impression: The tale of outcasts
Being a demon lord in Dickensian London is no fun. The extremely bored, quite friendless, and eternally young Marbas, one of the Thirteen Calamities, is hanging around Big…
The tale of outcasts – Episode 1
The exemplifying term for The tale of outcasts is “adolescent.”
THE TALE OF THE OUTCASTS — FIRST IMPRESSIONS
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Kawasaki Halloween 2013-Photos and Observations
Kawasaki Halloween 2013 pictures.
Anime Expo 2015 coverage and photos
After three weeks since my last post announcing a semi-hiatus for the blog, I’m back today with my coverage of my now ninth time at America’s biggest anime…
D23 Expo 2015 coverage and photos
Last week I spent three days from Friday, August 14th to Sunday, August 16th at D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. It’s a convention celebrating everything and anything Disney,…
The Heike Story: A Tale of Forgiveness?
There are many lessons to learn from The Heike Story: the cost of pride, the trauma of war, the insidiousness of bitterness. Every episode conveys these truths with…
The Tale of Outcasts Episode 13 Review
Well, it’s the final episode of Nokemono-tachi no Yoru. I’ll really miss these furry demons. Here’s my recap of the episode, followed by my thoughts. Recap Luther is…
The Tale of Outcasts Episodes 12 Review
What do you get when you combine the demon-contractor anime trope with character designs and vibes from the furry fandom? Well, you end up with something like Nokemono-tachi…
The Epic Tale of the Reincarnated Prince Herscherik
It was good until it wasn’t. This is yet another isekai story where a 35-year old woman named Hayakawa Ryoko dies suddenly on her 35th birthday. Okay, she…
The Tale of the Outcasts Vol 1 Review
Lovers of the Monster Boyfriend genre rejoice, Makoto Hoshino’s The Tale of the Outcasts is here to serve up some spooky and sweet supernatural romance! Synopsis Marbas is…
Yofukashi no Uta – 10 [Enlarge the Peeping-Tom Photos]
Welcome everyone to another (incredibly late) episode of Yofukashi no Uta! Apologies for the delay on this one, very busy Friday for me. Enough with that though, you’ve…
Strange Tale of Panorama Island
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The Story of Puppet Princess
Karakuri no Kimi (2000) https://myanimelist.net/profile/animebackwhen Puppet Princess Review This is a true story.. It happened to a friend of a friend of mine. So one day back in ancient Japan when 2…
The Wonder of Princess Tutu
On this week’s episode of The Wonder of Anime, we are diving deep into the archives and talking about the icon 2000s anime, Princess Tutu. Cosplayer and content…
The Tale of the Heike in Text and Animation
Rebecca Silverman looks at the original classic story that inspired Science Saru and Naoko Yamada's beautiful, historical anime series.
Gon and Hisoka: The Tale of Two Psychopaths
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Ep. 16: The Strange Tale of Panorama Island
This episode marks a very strange week indeed, as the Mangasplainers dive into the nonsensical erotic grotesquery of Edogawa Rampo and Suehiro Maruo’s The Strange Tale of Panorama…
A Tale of the Secret Saint, Vol. 3
By Touya and chibi. Released in Japan as “Tensei Sita Daiseijyo ha, Seijyo Dearuko Towohitakakusu” by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by Airship. Translated by Kevin…
A Tale of the Secret Saint, Vol. 2
By Touya and chibi. Released in Japan as “Tensei Sita Daiseijyo ha, Seijyo Dearuko Towohitakakusu” by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by Airship. Translated by Kevin…
Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru Vol 1
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A Tale of the Secret Saint, Vol. 1
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Review: The Curious Tale of Mr. Guo (2021)
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THE STRANGE TALE OF PANORAMA ISLAND: Now Available!
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Kaiseki Anime Ep. 89 — Tale of the Heike
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Tale of the Outcasts #01 — My Furry Friend
Please stop slapping each other's tentacles. Impressions: For how much emphasis is put here on Robert's Rules of Being a Demon™, they don't make a ton of…
A Tale of the Secret Saint, Vol. 6
By Touya and chibi. Released in Japan as “Tensei Sita Daiseijyo ha, Seijyo Dearuko Towohitakakusu” by Earth Star Novels. Released in North America by Airship. Translated by Kevin…