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Behind the curtain
Now here’s a hard post to write. The hardest I’ve had to write on this site, probably, even if there’s harder stuff on my other one I never…
Books: Behind the Kaiju Curtain
By Jonathan Clements. Despite the title, which immediately and perhaps unjustly evokes Jasper Sharp’s magisterial Behind the Pink Curtain, Norman England’s Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey onto…
Feature: A painter behind the curtain
I came for a romance story and A painter behind the curtain gave me even more than that.
Heavenly Delusion – 08 – Behind the Curtain
Dr. Usami takes Kiruko and Maru past a gauntlet of people who want to ask him about their prosthetics and leads them to the room with the curtain.…
Pick of the Week: Oscar, Oscar, Oscar…
SEAN: There’s a veritable buffet of picks this week. I could go with Yona, or Natsume, or Versailles. But let’s face it, I want my Maple! This week’s…
Manhwa Review | A Painter Behind the Curtain by MUNAMU
Ian is a prolific artist, but no one knows it. His artwork is sold for high prices, prized in exhibitions, and hanging on the walls of some of…
An Oscar Nomination from Nowhere
The story of 'Doctor De Soto' by Michael Sporn.
Behind the Yoshimoto Curtain: A Chat w. Comedian Stephen Tetsu
Stephen Tetsu is an owarai geinin (comedian) who is part of Yoshimoto Kōgyō, the largest talent agency in Japan. Aside from performing manzai as part of his
Talks with writers: Norman England (Behind the Kaiju Curtain, 2021)
“A enlightening chat with Norman England, the author of “Behind The Kaiju Curtain” (2021)”
Winning an Oscar, Losing Your Way
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Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins An Oscar
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2024. The highly coveted gold statue is c...
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 12: Biba, Ikoma, and Hozumi – The Curtain Falls
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 12: Mumei is on a city-killing rampage. Biba is triumphant. Can Ikoma do anything to stop them?
And the Winner is. . .
Last week I asked my wonderful readers what anime should be my new series to review every week, and I’ve gotten a wonderful response! With an impressive 1/3…
The Boy and the Oscar
By Andrew Osmond. Hooray, The Boy and the Heron has won! When it snagged the Best Animated Feature Oscar last night (sorry, Spider-Verse fans), it marked only the…
Behind the “Display Only” Tag: S.H.Figuarts 15th Gallery – MCU Iron Man Displays
2023 is apparently the 15th anniversary of Tamashii Nations’ S.H.Figuarts line. What started as an improved version of the Souchaku Henshin series, and I assume that’s where the…
Animating The Stage And The Passion Behind It: Oshi no Ko S2 Production Notes
Oshi no Ko S2 has had to navigate tricky waters to be able to animate a stage play with the type of authenticity that the source material didn’t…
2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film...
2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film for the 87th Academy Awards. I’ve never done this before, but…
The Cult Classic That Secretly Inspired The Game Industry
Ico by Team Ico headed by Fumito Ueda is a super influential and important and foundational game for the gaming industry. Although, despite this its nowhere near brought…
Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises Review
Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises is one of the manga that I’ve been the most excited about reading this year and I am so pleased to report that…
Gekidol Episode 10: Before the Curtain
Some more revelations along with a big play preparation.
Gekidol Episode 11: The Curtain Rises
It’s time to finally explain what’s going on with the Sci-fi stuff. Because of that our heroines took a backseat this episode for the most part.
Animating Attraction
How Faith and John Hubley made a timeless film about love.
Animating Nothing
How 'Invisible' (from 'Modest Heroes') discovered life after Ghibli.
AniMarch Madness 2021: Winner
The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner for the 2021 AniMarch Madness tournament! But before I announce it, let me just thank…
Iron Gear class (Iron Gear)
Landship mode Walker machine mode Landship mode Walker machine mode General Information Unit type: transformable landshipShips of the line: Iron Gear, Greta Garry, Gear GearHeight: 128.6 meters (walker…
Japan and the Foreign Language Film Oscar
Japan’s choice of Wim Wenders’ PERFECT DAYS (2023) as its submission for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards and its subsequent nomination got me to thinking…
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The Iron Crown [Kanawa]
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Tune of the Week(ish): BLUELOCK’s Winner
You know what made me laugh? Going “My Dick” every time we saw Bashira do the finger guns in the last shot of this series. And hey, the…
Pick of the Week: Overture, Curtain, Lights!
SEAN: Seven Seas has most of my attention this week, as I’m torn between the relaxing yuri feel of Days of Love at Seagull Villa and the less…
Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises Omnibus Review
Go buy this so the sequel can be licensed THANK YOU.
Behind the Visuals
Inspired by K’s Space is the Place posts. It probably takes me about as long as it takes to write a post as it does to make one…
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! – 5 [An Iron Giant Appears!]
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken manages to pull yet another rabbit out of it’s hat this week. As we take a look at a dying genre, studio/client relations…
Iron Familiar
An abandoned homunculus boy wields fearsome power, but just wants a warm hug from a loving family in this recent serial that hits the right chords of action,…
Iron Knight
After a great start did Iron Knight keep it up or have a meltdown? Inspired by Berserk we discuss Tomohiro Yagi’s Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. This…
Iron Knight
After a great start did Iron Knight keep it up or have a meltdown? Inspired by Berserk we discuss Tomohiro Yagi’s Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. This…
The ANN Aftershow - And the Anime Oscar Goes To..
Lynzee and James discuss the Oscar results, the untimely passing of Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, Solo Leveling, and more!
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…
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…
Kageki Shojo! The Curtain Rises by Kumiko Saiki
In 2013, I reviewed a manga call Kageki Shoujo!. I enjoyed it immensely. It had all the elements of a strong Shoujo manga story, but was running in…
Behind The Scenes of For Losers Craving Love: An Ode to FLCL
Greetings, everyone. Yata here, coming at y’all with something a little different. I have recorded an album, and I would like to talk about it.An update like this…
The Truths Behind Higehiro
Higehiro, better known as Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou., is one of my favorite animes of 2021. The compelling morals are what captivates my attention especially…
Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, High School Girls
Leave the World Behind??
Did it really take President Obama’s film Leave the World Behind to awaken the sleeping masses to the existence of predictive programming in film and tv?
Oscar Noms for Miyazaki’s Boy and the Heron, Godzilla
Hot on the heels of its victory at the Golden Globes, Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron receives an Oscar nomination, alongside two other Japanese films.
Winner for Best Housemate: Astro Note
Perhaps one of the most surprising outcomes of this spring season was Astro Note, whose pilot episode had me on the fence about whether or not to keep…
