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When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty (朝がくるとむなしくなる, Yuho Ishibashi, 2022)

A young woman wrestles with a sense of failure and inadequacy after leaving the corporate world in Yuho Ishibashi’s zeitgeisty indie drama.

Windows on Worlds

Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Cafune (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A very strong debut by Haruki Kinemura.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 28, 2023 • Subscribe

When The Night Comes | Game Review

Vampires, demons, and monster hunters! Oh my! When The Night Comes is a delightfully dark visual novel…

Sweet & Spicy | Otome Game Reviews

Nov 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Side by Side (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A peaceful dream-like visual experience that celebrates both the impact subjects have on each other as well as the manner in which the subject remains opaque to himself…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Faraway Family (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

A very touching narrative that explores the frail position of the father and how his structural failure can cause subjective struggles and inhibitions.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Performing Kaoru’s Funeral (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

Yuasa’s narrative shows that the unavoidable presence of death during a funeral can allow a subject to re-route his own trajectory.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 7, 2024 • Subscribe

The Burden Of The Past (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

With his latest drama film, Funahashi’s delivers a contender for this year’s best Japanese film.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 13, 2023 • Subscribe

Overlord IV ~I Love It When a Plan Comes Together~

I bet there's also an equivalent spell for generating McMansions.

Karmaburn.com

Aug 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Overlord, Overlord IV

Call of the Night – 11 – Here Comes the Morning

Nazuna has put her sudden influx of maid café income to good use, procuring a new bed, floor lamp, a shelf for things, and houseplants (hopefully of the…

RABUJOI – An Anime Blog

Sep 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Call of the Night

Short Movie Time: Kanro (2023) [OAFF 2023]

A simple but effective short that explores inter-subjective distance and the desire to bridge it in a surprising and satisfying way.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

Kaneko convincingly shows that the symptomatic usage of the plushie attempts to repair the tensive bond with the Other or subdue its overbearing presence.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: TOMA #2 (2023) [OAFF 2023]

A touching narrative that explores the difficulty for the subject to give the Othering effect of dementia on a family member a place

psycho-cinematography

Mar 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Detouring Blue (2023) (OAFF 2023)

A highly recommended short that touchingly shows that what dooms the subject to the de-subjectifying effect of the societal Other or to the birth of a subjective deadlock…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 23, 2023 • Subscribe

Why do I feel this…

I don’t know if it is normal to be kinda sad whenever I finish an anime series.. I finished another anime. I started with Fruit Of Grisaia. At…

My thoughts are garbage…

Jul 25, 2016 • Subscribe

Amalock (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A narrative that fluidly combines comedy and tragedy to deliver an experience of smiles and tears.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Suton (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

Rikako Watanabe’s narrative succeeds to echo the unvocalized ‘pandemic’ truth of many.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Snowdrop (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A complex character portrait that touchingly illustrates how easy it is to misrecognize the logic of the subject-supposed-to-be-in-need.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 29, 2024 • Subscribe

When it Comes to Anime, Has the Fun Gone?

On April 2nd, FUNimation was formerly shuttered, marking the end of an era.

The Accidental Otaku - The Official JMaz Anime Substack

Apr 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Gon

Akudama Drive – I Feel Left Out

I know that a lot of people loved Akudama Drive. I was not one of those people. Let me tell you why and why I feel left out!

I drink and watch anime

Sep 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Akudama Drive

I Feel The Fragrant New Romance

A new manga has taken me. It’s some good shit.

litakinoanimecorner.wordpress.com

Sep 24, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: After Winter, the Tamaki Family… (2023) [OAFF 2023]

A genuine and heartfelt tribute the grandmother of the Tamaki family

psycho-cinematography

Mar 30, 2023 • Subscribe

When Am I?: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for November 2023

We’re at November already?! I really can’t believe it’s this close to the end of the year when the summer months felt like forever. New York Comic Con…

OGIUE MANIAX

Nov 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Fate/Stay Night Movie: Heaven's Feel - I. Presage Flower Review

Amazing movie once again made by the studio that also adapted Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works (UBW), Ufotable. Heaven's Feel is one of Fate/Stay Night's routes (There are 3…

Anime Locale

Mar 25, 2019 • Subscribe

Blue Imagine (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A powerful reminder of the sexual transgressions that structurally plague the Japanese film industry

psycho-cinematography

Apr 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Melting Sounds (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“Kahori Higashi’s debut is impressive.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 14, 2022 • Subscribe

Random Call (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

Ohkanda’s narrative proves that one does not need a big budget to deliver a narrative that touches the spectator.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Angry Son (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“An incredibly rich and deep narrative that not only delivers a satisfying coming-of-age story but also an elegantly delivered social commentary on some of the frictions marking Japanese…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A subtle but playful narrative about a subject who slowly tries to crawl out the hole of emptiness and diminished self-worth.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Wash Away (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A pleasant narrative that offers a fresh but familiar exploration of the subject’s fundamental desire for recognition/love and the problematic yet medicative function of consumption.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Goto-san (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“Gokan expertly reveals the position of the freeter as an attempt to escape the capitalistic machinery but also as a position that most easily falls prey to the…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 24, 2021 • Subscribe

I feel guilty for liking Masami Obari

It's no secret that I've largely left the anime fandom due to the overwhelming torrent of mediocrity that has seeped out the industry in pas...

Taikutsu Remedy

Oct 15, 2011 • Subscribe

RE-MAIN – I still can’t figure out how I feel

RE-MAIN was a frustrating anime for me to watch. It could have been great. Heck it could have been one of the greatest. Let me tell you why!

I drink and watch anime

May 5, 2022 • Subscribe

RE-MAIN

Episode 30, "Empty Promises"

On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we’re joined by Firecrouch and Doctor form the SSAA Podcast as we go into some pretty big news, simulcasted episode…

The One Piece Podcast

Sep 10, 2009 • Subscribe

One Piece

Chapter 34 - Empty Nesters

Is this it for Earthchild? Yes, yes it is.This week's show and tell is Soul Catcher(s) by Shinkai Hideo.Text-only versions of the weekly manga show-and-tell can be found…

Manga Musings

Oct 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Episode 30, "Empty Promises"

On this episode of the One Piece Podcast we’re joined by Firecrouch and Doctor form the SSAA Podcast as we go into some pretty big news, simulcasted episode…

The One Piece Podcast

Sep 10, 2009 • Subscribe

One Piece

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Our House Party (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

Kawanobe delivers a very touching and emotional story about homosexuality in Japan.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Sweet Bitter Candy (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“An amazing exploration of the clash between a sweet youthful romantic desire and the bitter urge of a wounded subject to defend his subjective wounds.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 30, 2021 • Subscribe

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

“A splendid debut by Shuna Iijima.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Just Communication: Exploring Skip and Loafer and When The Day Comes

“It doesn’t matter how different we are…I made an unforgettable memory that will last a hundred years.” 

Anime Herald

Jul 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Skip and Loafer

Why are Shonen Heroes so Dense When it Comes to Love?

Shonen brims with love-dense heroes and the females that try to get their attention. The MO of these characters involves unawareness of flirtation, female emotions, and the inability…

Japan Powered

Mar 29, 2020 • Subscribe

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

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

psycho-cinematography

Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Review: I Like You More (2023)

I Like You More 倍儿喜欢你 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 98 mins. Director: Guo Dalei 郭大雷. Rating: 5/10. Odd-couple rom-com has strong leads and starts well, but the bumpy…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

May 1, 2023 • Subscribe

Review #30 – Shrine of the Morning Mist

Name: Shrine of the Morning Mist (Shrine Maidens of the Morning Mist – Asagiri no Miko)Format: DVDRelease Date: July 2002Age Rating: 11+Themes: Shinto, monsters, school, romance, supernatural…

Tenjoubito's Blog

Jun 9, 2024 • Subscribe

Shrine of the Morning Mist

Chai, Metal Morning

I’ve had this novel for the past two years and still not finished it go me! So today we are trying to smash out least half this novel.…

litakinoanimecorner.wordpress.com

Jan 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Love Comes After World Conquest #01 — I Scream

  Well, only a little screaming. Impressions: I expected better from this, though expecting anything from anime these days is a fool's errand. I was really hoping that…

Tenka Seiha

Apr 8, 2022 • Subscribe

‘There are times when I feel down, but I’m doing fine’: The Standout Moments of Kiki’s Delivery Service

Kiki experiences a lot on her path to becoming a witch. Let's revisit a few of them that end up sticking out to a couple of Kiki's Delivery…

TheOASG

Jul 2, 2020 • Subscribe