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From Up on Poppy Hill: Almost Had Me There
Greetings, fabulous people of the Internet! Hanime on Anime here, and this film almost had me! It almost had me! I was so close to calling this film…
Good Smile’s Ram from Re:ZERO – Almost Like Being There!
Good Smile’s Ram from Re:ZERO is almost like being in the world of Re:ZERO! Minus all of the bloody dying and coming back to life and dealing with…
Platinum End ep 22- Almost There
Platinum End is well... There's no easy way to say this, it has some issues. Let me tell you what I thought about it.
When Disney Decided to Dig a Little Deeper: Princess and the Frog Retrospective
Well, I kind of cheated with this one. Basically, I got to rewatch Princess and the Frog during a movie under the stars event in Disney and decided…
Kamichu! #14 – Animating from under the kotatsu
The post Kamichu! #14 – Animating from under the kotatsu appeared first on Full Frontal.
Made in Abyss – S2 10 – The Scorpion and the Frog
Belaf can sense it: the storm that is Faputa has come to finally punish him and the others for what they did to her mother. In preparation for…
Made in Abyss, Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun
Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack – 11 – Almost There
After art club, Hana gets a ride on her cousin Sana’s motorcycle, and tells Sana the situation with Naoto and Hayase. Sana’s advice to Naoto is to simply…
From Dennou Coil To The Orbital Children: Mitsuo Iso, Animating The Future
Nearly 15 years since the cult hit Dennou Coil, its spiritual successor The Orbital Children has just been released. This is the story of how and why they…
There and Back Again – A Harrowing Year and a Break From Anime
Content Warning: Discussion of pregnancy complications and other medical situations. Well, it’s sure been a year, hasn’t it? Calling it a full year isn’t entirely accurate in that…
Animating Nothing
How 'Invisible' (from 'Modest Heroes') discovered life after Ghibli.
Animating Attraction
How Faith and John Hubley made a timeless film about love.
The Princess of Snow and Blood #08 — Crow From the Top Rope
Template template template template. Impressions: Well, it's an end to the arc, and I was right about Blondie's death being unconvincing as hell, which doesn't help sell…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 003: Drifting Classroom & Sgt. Frog (or Frog Dissection Not Required)
Here is our 3rd episode all ready for you. Enjoy. We review Sgt Frog and Drifting Classroom. Remember the contest ends this week. Music for Episode:Intro Music-Gesseki by…
Keroro Gunso/Sgt. Frog First Impressions
😂 Man Sgt. Frog is so funny! With that out of the way, I have just started watching the longest anime I’ll ever watch with 358 episodes, and…
Episode 53: 12: Craze-three Frog
In this episode of Boku No Stop! we discuss episodes 38-40 of Monster. Chris and Sibyl carry us across the border, and we meet Wolfgang Grimmer and the other…
The Faraway Paladin #02 — Animating Via Smash Cuts and Speedlines
What exciting fights. Impressions: Perhaps slightly better than the first episode, but still nowhere near good. The story continues to exist only in potential as it blathers…
On Animating Pouring Water, Using Reference, and Tanya the Evil
Let's learn about animating water being poured and how to use reference on one of my scenes from Tanya the Evil. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lastanimator Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/dongchang
Now and Then, Here and There – 13 [Now and Then, Here and There]- Throwback Thursday
This is it everyone, we have made it to the end of Now and Then, Here and There. It’s been a wild ride, a tragic one to. Without…
Animating terror : Noroi the white weasel
Anime is infamous for its unsuccessful attempts in the horror genre : even though violence is often depicted, the feelings of fear and terror are rarely provoked in…
The Capable Cat #01 — Animating Commutes
Is this like a right of passage to animate at GoHands? Impressions: Copy/paste everything I said about the production of that girl with glasses show. I don't…
Fisticuffs: Tips for animating action and fight scenes
Let's look at some of the scenes I animated on Deca-Dence and Dr. Stone. Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lastanimator Check out my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.dong98 Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/dongchang
The Otakusphere: Eldritch abominations, broken hearts and it’s almost Christmas?
It’s three days until Christmas. Three. Days. Until. Christmas. Every time I look up from the madness swirling around me, it feels like time raced past me. Wasn’t…
Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 30 (The Princess and the Commoner #Yashahime)
AstroNerdBoy reviews Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon 30. Setsuna stands in for Princess Aiya. Hisui saved Aiya from an octopus youkai.
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Now and Then, Here and There Review
“Now and Then, Here and There makes you feel hopeless. Its existential treatment of terror leaves a hole in the stomach that cannot be filled, one that cannot…
Exploring Fukuoka’s Frog Temple: Nyoirinji (Kaeru-dera)
Last week I decided to go on a spontaneous backpacking trip starting in Fukuoka and ending in Shimane Prefecture. The purpose of this trip was to explore 2…
+19: Animating in Mongolia
How animation has battled to survive in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky.
Animating Out of Spite
Plus: global animation news and retro ads.
Animating Franz Kafka's Nightmares
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Animating Halloween 2020 Update
Hey persons of the blog reading variety! October is coming up very soon, which means another round of Animating Halloween is just around the corner. I’m very excited…
Animating Halloween | Hellsing Review
Rating: 7/10 Plot: Hellsing is an organization meant to protect the citizens of England and her queen from the vampiric threats that plague the land. While the soldiers…
SAKUGAN – 11 – THE PRINCESS AND THE MARKERS
Memenpu, Gagumber, Zack, Yuri and Merooro arrive in the bustling Dream City, which true to its name is apparently a place where people can live out their dreams.…
Now and Then, Here and There: The Promised Neverland of the ’90s
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING REVIEW CONTAINS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT, AND MENTIONS INSTANCES OF RAPE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CHILD ABUSE. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I guess if you can’t tell…
the year without an AWA (almost)
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Bleach Thousand Year Blood War Cour Two Review: Almost Non-Stop Fighting and A Shocking Departure from the Manga
So cour one of Bleach Thousand Year Blood War ended on a mixture of emotions. The soul society was in shambles as a result of the attack from…
Animating Halloween: The Addams Family (2019) Review
Rating: 7.5/10 Plot: They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re altogether ooky – The Addams Family! *snap snap* Breakdown: The Addams’ Family has always been a…
Live2D Rigging Commissions: Animating the Easy Way
Discover the enchanting world of Live2D rigging commissions! Find top artists and tips for bringing your characters to life.
I Almost Forgot the Power of Tsundere, or “Ogiue and Me”
It’s been many years since the late-2000s peak of the tsundere archetype, when the girls with prickly personalities all but captivated anime and its fandom. I was no…
Reg’s mystery and more on animating the monstrous in Made in Abyss
Kou Yoshinari’s monster designs in Made in Abyss were visibly meant to be different than the humans of Orth and the Abyss from the first moment that a…
Yoshi no Zuikara: The Frog in the Well Does Not Know the Ocean
This manga is a slice of life about a mangaka that lives on a small rural island. The core of the manga is the protagonist, Naruhiko, gaining more…
We Were There Part 1 (with Nancy from Shojo Beat)
Covers volumes 1-8 of We Were There by Yuki Obata Super special guest Nancy Thistlethwaite, a senior editor for Viz Media’s Shojo Beat line, discusses the first half of…
We Were There Part 2 (with Nancy from Shojo Beat)
Covers volumes 9-16 of We Were There by Yuki Obata Ultra super special guest Nancy Thistlethwaite, a senior editor for Viz Media’s Shojo Beat line, returns to do an…
The Princess and the Pilot: A Long Solitude
I am pretty behind with my #AniTwitWatches posts, so that’s what this week will be. A great catch up to a lot of the cool things I and…
Yojimbo and Princess Nine
The history of girls baseball in Japan is just fascinating to me, and I want to watch any of it at length, but don’t know how to. I…
Yojimbo and Princess Nine
The history of girls baseball in Japan is just fascinating to me, and I want to watch...
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Jouran: The Princess of Snow and Blood
I looked forward to this anime as the Spring 2021 season approached, and while my initial enthusiasm wasn’t rewarded completely, I enjoyed this show. It started with a…