Hiding Anime Sex Appeal In Plain Sight
Text version: Of all the anime to come out in 2016, Flying Witch might be the one that I’ve seen the most consistent praise for. It isn’t the most popular show around by any stretch, but it nailed the...
View ArticleCool Character Designs: Gurren Lagann
Text version: When I ask myself which anime has the outright best character designs that I can think of, I inevitably come to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Let’s list the reasons why! #1. Readability...
View ArticleCool Character Designs: Shimoneta
Edited by The Davoo Text version: Welcome everyone to Cool Character Designs, a new series in which I’ll be highlighting shows that feature what I find to be interesting or exceptional character...
View ArticleThe Master in the Background of 40 Years of Anime
Check out this interview with him that Toco Toco TV posted last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tiKOsCz2M Text version: You might not know his name, but you may be familiar with the work of...
View Article10 Killer Cuts In Evangelion Ep. 1
Text version: A large part of what’s kept Neon Genesis Evangelion so relevant and rewatchable over the years is the masterful cinematography which Hideaki Anno and his team at studio Gainax brought to...
View ArticleAnime Characters Look And Sound Alike!
Text version (adapted from this old post): Once upon a time, I was in my little brother’s room watching Beyblade on Cartoon Network (don’t ask why), when a certain character appeared on screen, and I...
View ArticleHow To Define the “Best-Looking Anime”
Text version and links: Visual Cohesion and Flow in Anime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1zhW9lAIeY Visual Breakdown: Tension and Payoff in Kill la Kill’s Opening Scene:...
View ArticleVisual Breakdown: Tension and Payoff in Kill la Kill’s Opening Scene
Text version and extra description: I made this video with the intention of posting it on the Digibro channel whenever it gets un-suspended; and as such I had to keep it under 15 minutes thanks to the...
View ArticleAn Examination of Shot Composition in Psycho Pass 1&2
Link: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x285uq6_an-examination-of-shot-composition-in-psycho-pass-1-2_shortfilms Text version: Shot composition is the most important thing in film and animation that...
View ArticleWhat Was The Best Year In Anime History? (tl;dr: 2007)
“Anime is dying! Everything is killing anime!” - the anime sphere No, that’s not really what the anime sphere is saying. That’s what a small handful of ragefags are saying, and half of them are just...
View ArticleEven More Awesome EDs, ~2011 Edition
More EDs! These ones missed the first list for one or more of these reasons: I forgot about them; I didn’t want to include two from the same show; I counted it as not awesome enough because I was being...
View ArticleAwesome EDs, ~2011 Edition
A couple of years ago I posted my “top 10 unskippable EDs”—titled that way because I used to skip EDs a lot of the time. Now I don’t do that unless it’s really bad. Anyway, all the embedded videos are...
View ArticlePut Your Money Where Your Moe Is
It’s been said before that Haruhi raised the bar for moe anime, being as it was an ultra high-budget, far-reaching, excellent TV series that was probably the first thing to be all at once so thoroughly...
View ArticleDigi-chan Check! Sacred Seven Episode One
As a database animal with an eye for details, Sacred Seven is playing hard in my court and letting me believe that it’ll continue doing so. Ghostlightning, a “mecha database animal,” feels the same...
View ArticleManga Pages: Yumekui Merry chapters 1–3
Until I’ve passed the anime’s plot, I won’t be able to read Ushiki Yoshitaka‘s Yumekui Merry without thinking about its adaption. The anime disappointed me quite a bit, to the point that I ragequit...
View ArticleSteins;Gate 2 – Subliminal Imagery
I love this show! Thoroughly fascinating episode. A lot of the new characters seem really great and I continue to love the dialog and directorial style. What caught my attention more than anything in...
View Article2010 Acadime Awards: Best Mecha Design
Okay! Back in business! I hope you can still remember enough about 2010 anime to enjoy it! Today, my good friend Schneider of Continuing World will be presenting the award for Best Mecha Design. While...
View ArticleWhat Do Cardcaptor Sakura and Elfen Lied Have In Common?
</bait title>. The answer is Kanbe Mamoru, who directed Elfen Lied and was an episode director and storyboarder on 14 episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura. I’ve got a number of posts planned regarding...
View ArticleManga Pages: Soul Eater Not! chapter 1
I’m not dead! I’ll be slowing down, though; I was on a manga binge when I started this blog, doing a post every three days, so I’ll be cutting back significantly with two posts a month—still better...
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