Link: Anne of Green Gables review by Wrong Every Time
What if I told you there was a 50-episode Studio Ghibli tv series you’d probably missed?
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Go! Princess Precure 02: A Wild Ojou Appears
Bandai wanted a princess-themed Precure after the success of Frozen. The Precure team wasn’t about to follow the typical Disney princess narrative. Let’s see how they subverted it in this 2nd episode!
Continue reading →Go! Princess Precure 01: Mastodon watch-along
Bandai wanted a princess-themed Precure after the success of Frozen. The Precure team wasn’t about to follow the typical Disney princess narrative. Let’s see how they subverted it!
Continue reading →Subs vs Dubs – Here We Go!
This debate crops up with some regularity. First of all, it’s pointless and stupid to tell you which you should prefer. But there are some interesting things about brain science and anime history that can be added to the mix.
Continue reading →Bandai / Toei messed up?
On August 4 of this year, one of the Precure events for children was held in Tokyo. They’re popular, featuring all sorts of activities, including a live-action stage battle and dress-up corner where girls can transform into their favorite current season Cures and have their photo taken. Something was missing this time. There are outfits for Cure Sky, Cure Prism, and Cure butterfly, but none for Cure Wing! Maybe the … Continue reading →
Pretty Cure: I love the writing!
I’ve been impressed by the writing on the Pretty Cure series from the very first. It’s a great example of Hopepunk, positive and uplifting, with the characters making tough decisions and coming up with different solutions and unconventional tactics. They make things better, but not perfect.
Continue reading →Otaku Month – Time To Celebrate Your Passions!
What’s an Otaku? An otaku is someone passionate about their unconventional interests, and spends considerable time, thought, and/or money in support of them. People usually think of anime and manga fans, but in Japan it would also include trains, martial arts, traditional/historic clothing, gaming, etc.
Continue reading →Bocchi the Rock
Bocchi the Rock! is the new entry in the girl’s rock band category. It’s more of comedy to K-On!’s relaxing iyashekei. Bocchi’s more succinct, with 12 episodes to K-On’s 41 + Movie. The real difference is that we see a lot more musical realism with Bocchi, which gives them challenges to work on.
Continue reading →Pretty Cure Then and Now- Episode 01
In the last entry I introduced the project to compare episodes from the 2004 Futari Wa Precure with the new series, Hirogaru Sky! Precure. Here we look at the first episode from both:
Continue reading →Kishotenketsu: Asian Story Structure & Anime (Garden of Words)
Garden of Words is an excellent example of the Kishotenketsu story structure. If you haven’t seen that movie, I also look at Kiki’s Delivery Service here. Did you ever notice that things play out differently in some anime movies? They just don’t follow the familiar pattern of action that we’re used to in Western fare. For fans expecting something like a typical action movie, it’s a disappointment. The reason? It’s … Continue reading →