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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…
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.…
Feature: A painter behind the curtain
I came for a romance story and A painter behind the curtain gave me even more than that.
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…
An Oscar Nomination from Nowhere
The story of 'Doctor De Soto' by Michael Sporn.
Talks with writers: Norman England (Behind the Kaiju Curtain, 2021)
“A enlightening chat with Norman England, the author of “Behind The Kaiju Curtain” (2021)”
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
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…
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…
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.
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.
Animating Nothing
How 'Invisible' (from 'Modest Heroes') discovered life after Ghibli.
Animating Attraction
How Faith and John Hubley made a timeless film about love.
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…
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…
The Iron Crown [Kanawa]
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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…
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.
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…
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!
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…
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…
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…
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?
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
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.
Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2021 Winner list
Crunchyroll is the biggest anime streaming platform, and streaming anime is not the only thing Crunchyroll is famous for. The company has been providing a ton o
AnimeNYC Event Report, Pt. 2 – And the Winner is…!
Have I mentioned that AnimeNYC 2019 was fabulous? It was, genuinely, fabulous. I’ve written a post about the event for The Comics Beat which sums up my feelings…
+19: Animating in Mongolia
How animation has battled to survive in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky.
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…
Animating Out of Spite
Plus: global animation news and retro ads.