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Belonging (2024) review [Japannual 2024]

Higashi delivers a touching exploration of love after death.

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Nov 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Sin And Evil (2024) review [Japannual 2024]

Saito shows that the Other always bears some responsibility for the subjective outcomes of dysfunctional familial dynamics and the criminal excesses that plague its mendacious image of peaceful…

psycho-cinematography

Dec 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Roleless (2022) review [Japannual 2023]

Masahiko Sato, Yutarō Seki and Kentarō Hirase offer the spectator a revealing glance at the dynamic that underpins the dissociative fugue.

psycho-cinematography

Nov 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Hijacked Youth – Dare To Stop Us 2 (2024) [Japannual 2024]

Inoue delivers a heartfelt ode to the mini-cinema and subjective failure.   

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Oct 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Desert of Namibia (ナミビアの砂漠, Yoko Yamanaka, 2024)

A young woman flounders unable to understand the world around her in Yoko Yamanaka’s quietly enraged character study.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 28, 2024 • Subscribe

Desert Hovercraft

General Information Unit type: hovercraft Lineart Rear view

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Feb 26, 2025 • Subscribe

In The Distance (2022) review [Japannual 2022]

“A very pleasant slice-of-life narrative that elegantly shows that bonds between subjects are that much more genuine if they are grounded in the acceptance of the other’s radical…

psycho-cinematography

Dec 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Ice Cream Fever (2023) review [Japannual 2023]

A gorgeous stylish exploration of the subjective struggles and the solutions subjects invent within the field of love and desire.

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Oct 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Goodbye Cruel World (2022) review [Japannual 2022]

“A stylish exploration of the cruel call for destruction that structures the perverse criminal field.”

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Dec 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Two On The Edge (2022) review [Japannual 2022]

“A touching experience that highlights that the desire to be loved, for better or worse, is the ulitmate guide the neurotic subject within the societal field.”

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Nov 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Okiku and the World (2023) review [Japannual 2023]

Introduction Junji Sakamoto (Another World (2019), I Never Shot Anyone (2020), My Brother, The Android and Me (2022)) might not be as well-known by international audiences as other…

psycho-cinematography

Oct 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Summit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #05 — Desert Bus

  …Riiight. Impressions: On one hand, I don't hate that a gag comedy show would experiment with different styles and do things radically differently from episode to episode.…

Tenka Seiha

Jul 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Secret Santa Review: Desert Rose ~ The Snow Apocalypse

Welcome to Anime Secret Santa a gift exchange founded by our friends at Reverse Thieves and currently run by the Taiiku Podcast where…

Ani-Gamers

Dec 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Dirty Pair, Little Witch Academia, Sailor Victory, Area 88

Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta

Rating: 3.5 (of 5) Saturday June 19th, 2021 was a big day in the U.S. for fans of the Saga of Tanya the Evil franchise. News broke that…

USA Anime

Jun 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Saga of Tanya the Evil, Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta

VG Pulse 328: Desert Joker

This week on VGP, we have a bit of a shorter episode! We start off with a status update about the state of Millennium, before diving into the…

Anime Pulse

Apr 20, 2019 • Subscribe

Joker

ATM-09-DT Desert Dog

General Information Unit type: desert combat mid-class armored trooperCrew: 1 Lineart Rear view

MAHQ

Dec 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Manga Pulse 536: Desert Grimoire

Prepare for stubble, shave in your bubble. Take a walk along the rubble. Uh, I think we’re out of rhyming words for the moment. And we’re not going…

Anime Pulse

Jun 10, 2025 • Subscribe

Pokemon Horizons Episode 35 Review – Bramblin About In The Desert

The RVTs start working odd jobs to replenish their money.

Arum Journal

Jan 15, 2024 • Subscribe

MS-06DX Zaku Desert Type Kai

General Information Unit type: custom desert combat mobile suitOriginal mechanical designer(s): Kunio Okawara (principal design), Yoshihiko Machida (cleanup) Lineart N/A

MAHQ

Mar 12, 2024 • Subscribe

Memories of this Scent (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

An endearing and fragrance rich tale of subjective change.

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Mar 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Area 88 (1985): Hell In The Desert

I feel like I am doing some advertisement for a new app that made appearance with this first paragraph, but I watched this OVA series and two other…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

May 27, 2020 • Subscribe

Area 88

ATH-06 Diving Beetle Desert Combat Type

General Information Unit type: desert combat heavy-class armored trooperCrew: 1 Lineart Rear view

MAHQ

Dec 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Rust-Eater Bisco #02 — Desert Hippo Cavalry

  I question the sustained land speed of a burdened hippo. Tribe Nine's second episode was evenly split between infodumping, batting practice, and eating. It wasn't until the…

Tenka Seiha

Jan 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Tribe Nine

Review: Land of Broken Hearts (2024)

Land of Broken Hearts 负负得正 China, 2024, colour, 2:1, 99 mins. Director: Wen Shipei 温仕培. Rating: 5/10. Odd-couple rom-com between a young salaryman and his kooky flatmate is…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Oct 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Amalock (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A narrative that fluidly combines comedy and tragedy to deliver an experience of smiles and tears.

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Mar 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Snowdrop (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A complex character portrait that touchingly illustrates how easy it is to misrecognize the logic of the subject-supposed-to-be-in-need.

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Mar 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Suton (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

Rikako Watanabe’s narrative succeeds to echo the unvocalized ‘pandemic’ truth of many.

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Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Ririka of the Star (2024) review [OAFF 2024] 

A narrative that does not merely emphasize the beauty of moving female body, but reveals that such beauty can change subjects.

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Mar 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Operation Desert Pasta | Youjo Senki: Sabaku no Pasta Daisakusen

Imagine going to battle for some pasta. Man do I love this show. As this month has just been Saga of Tanya the Evil’s month. As we get…

SAE With a K

Jun 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta, Saga of Tanya the Evil

Mushoku Tensei II: Jobless Reincarnation (Episode 19) – Desert Journey

Rudeus has decided to make the trip to save his mother. Thankfully, Elinalise is coming with him and everyone is prepared to look after Sylphie while they’re gone.…

The Otaku Author

May 31, 2024 • Subscribe

Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

Blue Imagine (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A powerful reminder of the sexual transgressions that structurally plague the Japanese film industry

psycho-cinematography

Apr 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Wash Away (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A pleasant narrative that offers a fresh but familiar exploration of the subject’s fundamental desire for recognition/love and the problematic yet medicative function of consumption.

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Mar 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A subtle but playful narrative about a subject who slowly tries to crawl out the hole of emptiness and diminished self-worth.

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Mar 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Review: YOLO (2024)

YOLO 热辣滚烫 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 128 mins. Director: Jia Ling 贾玲. Rating: 7/10. Mainland comedienne Jia Ling’s second feature as writer-director-star hits the bell again, if not…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

May 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Review: Upstream (2024)

Upstream 逆行人生 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 120 mins. Director: Xu Zheng 徐峥. Rating: 6/10. A black but ultimately warm comedy, set among Shanghai’s community of food deliverers, shows…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Nov 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Jinsei - Life Consulting

Review: Untouchable (2024)

Untouchable 逆鳞 China, 2024, colour/b&w, 2.35:1, 111 mins. Director: Da Qing 大庆 [Wang Daqing 王大庆]. Rating: 8/10. Cat-and-mouse gangster drama, set in 1990s pre-handover Macau, is stylishly written…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Dec 21, 2024 • Subscribe

2024 in Review

A year of retreads and repeats, none of them good: War in Ukraine. War in the Middle East. Famine in Sudan. Famine in Gaza. Covid and…

Collectr's Blog

Jan 1, 2025 • Subscribe

Blue Flames, Chalk-iro no People, Gakkou no Yuurei, The Apothecary Diaries, Dance Till Tomorrow

Review: Yuanyanglou (2024)

Yuanyanglou 鸳鸯楼•惊魂 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 94 mins. Director: Wang Shenghe 王晟赫. Rating: 6/10. Surprisingly effective horror film, anchored by undervalued actress Li Meng, simmers for an hour…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Mar 5, 2025 • Subscribe

Review: Decoded (2024)

Decoded 解密 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 155 mins. Director: Chen Sicheng 陈思诚. Rating: 8/10. Belated return to form by film-maker Chen Sicheng is a strongly written, subtly played…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Oct 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Review: Successor (2024)

Successor 抓娃娃 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 133 mins. Directors: Yan Fei 闫非, Peng Damo 彭大魔. Rating: 7/10. Comedian Shen Teng and the Ma Hua FunAge gang come up…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Feb 6, 2026 • Subscribe

House of Sayuri (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

The thoughtful manipulation of this atmospheric field is integral to create an effective and engaging genre-blend.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Top Anime of 2024 (And Year in Review)

Hello folks, and welcome to the end of another year on this swiftly decaying orb. There’s no sugarcoating it; this has been a year of absolute horrors on…

Wrong Every Time

Jan 3, 2025 • Subscribe

Delicious in Dungeon, Galaxy Express 999, LOOK BACK, Mobile Suit Gundam, Night on the Galactic Railroad

GNT-0000SDV/D Gundam 00 Command Qan[T] Desert Type

General and Technical Data Model number: GNT-0000SDV/DCode name: Gundam 00 Command Qan[T] Desert TypeUnit type: custom mobile suit model kitInspiration: GNT-0000 00 Qan[T] (Gundam 00 the Movie)Builder: unknownDimensions: head height 19.0 metersWeight: max…

MAHQ

Sep 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Episodes 14-20: The Desert Dawn

Our look at the HD remaster of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED continues! With all the leg work done in regards to the story, plot and central characters, we…

Shallow Dives in Anime

Jan 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed

Penalty Loop (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

The way Araki resolves the narrative’s thematical questions concerning vengeance and the working-through of trauma will divide spectators

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Jun 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Metaphor ReFantazio Review: Possibly The Best Game of 2024

One of the first things I did after I got a PS5 was pre-ordered this game. Atlus is one of my all time favorite developers and this looked…

Getmorexp

Nov 10, 2024 • Subscribe

THE GREAT ACROBUNCH REWATCH 19 – Fierce Battle in the Gobi Desert

ACROBUNCH – THE QUEST FOR TREASUREEPISODE 19: Fierce Battle in the Gobi Desert WRITTEN BY: Haruya Yamazaki BROADCAST DATE: November 19, 1982 And, as always, this episode aired…

J9 Hard Serenade

Nov 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Review: Life Hotel (2024)

Life Hotel 来福大酒店 China, 2024, colour, 1.85:1, 118 mins. Director: Liu Bowen 刘博文. Rating: 7/10. A strong, characterful cast, led by Huang Xuan and Liu Yan, make this…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Sep 20, 2024 • Subscribe