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Tag: Animation

  • Joker Game

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    The only anime series Iā€™m watching in this current season is Joker Game (I donā€™t count AJIN, since that aired in Japan earlier this year), and two episodes in, Iā€™m really enjoying it. It revolves around a governmental spy agency in 1937 Japan, and those first 2 episodes (a story arc told in 2 parts)…

  • The Legend of Korra

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    Iā€™ll start off by saying that I never really watched the Avatar series that proceeded this – I actually tried quite a few years ago, sampling the first couple of episodes, but I just wasnā€™t into it. I have a hard time with shows/movies from the west that rely heavily on Asian influences, as it…

  • The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show

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    I recently started watching this original Netflix series – I think thereā€™s already two seasons out – and wow, this is just so damn good. Sure, I remember those oldĀ ā€œPeabodyā€™s Improbably Historyā€ shorts from when I was a kid, and wasnā€™t particularly a huge fan, but Iā€™m just absolutely in love with the animation style…

  • Wolf Children

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    I donā€™t even know where to start when describing how much I loved this movie. As I mentioned the other day, Iā€™m going through Mamoru Hosodaā€™s movies (Iā€™d only previously seen Summer Wars), and this, well, this is just one of the best animated films Iā€™ve ever seen. I canā€™t say that the quality of…

  • The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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    Iā€™ve been on a Ghibli run of late – the only film left to watch that I havenā€™t seen yet is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – but I decided to side track and go through the films of Mamoru Hosoda. The only film of his Iā€™ve seen is Summer Wars, which I really…

  • When Marnie Was There

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    So this is the last Ghibli film weā€™ve gotten, for now, and although on the surface it doesnā€™t feel as strong as The Wind Rises, I was completely drawn into its story and atmosphere, and enjoyed it just as much as From Up on Poppy Hill, if not more. The main character is one of…

  • The Wind Rises

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    As I mentioned the other day, Iā€™ve decided to catch up on recent Ghibli releases Iā€™m embarrassed to say I hadnā€™t watched. Following From Up on Poppy Hill, I watched The Wind Rises, which at the time was possibly going to be Miyazakiā€™s final film – something heā€™s said a few times though, and already…

  • From Up on Poppy Hill

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    Even though Iā€™ve always loved Ghibli films (and for the record, my favorite is still My Neighbor Totoro), I never got around to watching the last few films that came out of the studio, starting with From Up on Poppy Hill, and those that followed. Iā€™m finally rectifying that, and started by watching Poppy Hill…