These people are all idiots. Impressions: It’s rarely great for your characters or story when everything hinges on them being both suicidally unprepared as well as just godawful communicators. It just makes them look incompetent and dumb. And they kept highlighting it and calling it out! I swear there were at least three instances …
Kaiseki Anime Podcast Ep. 139 — First Impressions Winter 2024
There are a lot of good shows this season! Outline: 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:00 Chained Soldier 0:05:05 Delusional Monthly Magazine 0:07:09 Mr. Villain’s Day Off 0:08:05 Pon no Michi 0:08:42 Snack Basue 0:10:11 The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids -A Tank with a Rare 9999 Resistance Skill Got Kicked from the Hero’s Party- 0:11:31 Villainess Level 99: …
Fragments of Romance: In the Mood for Love
“I keep what I can of you; split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds.” – The National In the Mood for Love begins with a title card, a tidy explanation of the drama to come. “It is a restless moment,” the film informs us. “She has kept her head lowered to give him a chance to …
Lonely Castle in the Mirror to Screen in Cinemas across the UK as part of The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Anime Limited have revealed on social media that A-1 Pictures film adaptation of Mizuki Tsujimura’s novel, Lonely Castle in the Mirror, will be screened in cinemas across the United Kingdom as part of the 2024 Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme. Lonely Castle in the Mirror is expected to be screened in Japanese with English subtitles …
Yen Press Announces New Titles Arriving July 2024, including Miss Savage Fang
Late last week Yen Press took to social media to unveil nine new titles that they would be releasing during July 2024. A rundown of the titles announced can be found below: Art Book: Yana Toboso Artworks Black Butler 4 Light Novel: The Trials of Chiyodaku Manga: Aria of the Beech Forest Excellent Property, Rejects …
Second Impressions – Meiji Gekken 1874
There’s certainly not much flash to Meiji Gekken 1874. Both on the page and on the screen I would say it’s more prose than poetry. A workmanlike production of a workmanlike story, but working it is. At least for me. And the main reason, apart from very competent storytelling, is that it’s found an angle …