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The tone of comedy through Plastic Nee-san is an indulgently weird, sometimes bordering on the surreal. I had a great time with it.
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Let's face it: the world does not need another version of the 1994 OVA Plastic Little . kuraze spent years wrestling decent video from the D...
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Plastic Little Review
There are a lot of silly OVAs from the late 80s to early 90s. While not every one of them is of the type of high quality you’d…
Animating Chinese Ink-Wash Paintings
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Plastic Memories Anime Rant
Has there ever been an anime that deeply moved your emotions and spoke to your heart despite not actually being a great series? If you’re reading here at…
Plastic (Daisuke Miyazaki, 2023)
Bonding over their shared love of a ’70s glam rock band, a young couple find their romance undermined by the demands of adulthood in Daisuke Miyazaki’s coming-of-age tale.
Plastic Little (Purasuchikku Ritoru)
Hello! Seems it’s been a long while since I wrote a review for an entire series here on the blog – maybe December of 2022? I actually found…
Tokyo Art Scene: Prints, Paintings And Photography
Enjoy some visually stimulating works of 2D art through these special exhibitions featuring rare books, modern paintings and film photography.
Visual Kei&Anime – Plastic Tree
Welcome to the ninth edition of Visual Kei&Anime! This time, I decided to be a bit bolder with my features. I picked a group I know their name,…
THE J9 PLASTIC MODEL KITS
The J9 model kits were released by a company called “Mark,” about which it’s hard to find much information. There isn’t even a Japanese Wikipedia article about them,…
Anime Review #111: Plastic Memories
I… don’t even know how to begin this opening paragraph. Usually I try to explain how I came to know about this series, be it through a friend,…
OtakuGeneration.net :: (Show #992) Plastic Little
Shownotes :: (show 992) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Plastic Little, recorded live June 8th, 2024. This week we watched an OAV from…
The Strange World of Unsettling Paintings- Walter Molino
That Walter Molino sure was a strange fella.
The Strange World of Unsettling Paintings- Walter Molino
That Walter Molino sure was a strange fella.
Anime short review: Plastic Nee-san
Some anime you can’t find on streaming services, and today’s subject is one of those series. Plastic Nee-san (also listed as Plastic Elder Sister, Plustic Nee-san, and +tic Nee-san/Elde…
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Plastic (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2023]
Miyazaki creates a moody narrative that highlights the equivocal functionality of music for the subject as well as the destructive impact of not being able to create an…
Hirohiko Araki Discusses Cubism in Paintings and The JOJOLands
Hirohiko Araki discusses the works of Picasso, as well as the coincidental Cubism featured in The JOJOLands chapter 10.
Kow Yokoyama’s Sci-Fi Plastic Model Classroom
From the pages of SF Magazine circa 1985, a short interview with legendary illustrator and model maker Kow Yokoyama (Maschinen Krieger, Venus Wars).
Plastic Crack: GRIMDRAGON (Mechagodzilla, Ready Player One)
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Plastic Trick Indie Otome Kickstarter is LIVE
Indie otome publisher Nochi Studios launched a Kickstarter campaign for their upcoming mannequin romance game, Plastic Trick!
Kow Yokoyama’s Sci-Fi Plastic Model Classroom
From the pages of SF Magazine circa 1985, a short interview with legendary illustrator and model maker Kow Yokoyama (Maschinen Krieger, Venus Wars).
Plastic Memories ep10: the most important things
I’ve waited quite a while for some of the moments in this episode. Characters needed to hash things out and confess their true feelings. But while it’s clear…
Paintings in Movies: PILLOW TALK (1959) and PROJECT A (1983)
I’m always intrigued when I notice background details involving artwork in various films and TV shows, especially paintings on the walls of the various interiors used in the…
um-hum lulls you into Plastic L(ove)
Thinking to turn it down a notch this Thursday before we fling ourselves into Aloha Friday and whatever wild adventures the weekend has in store for us, I…
Plastic Memories ep8: come to terms, with the moment
Another slightly rough watch. I just recently got done watching a show where people were fighting for the rights to keep their homes from being demolished. Every last…
Mushoku Tensei II – 15 – Message in a Plastic Bottle
In a way, Rudy’s story is over. He’s struggled and wallowed in pain and anguish and failure, but now he’s happier than he’s ever been. He has a…
Japanese Plastic Surgeon Under Fire for Posting Autopsy Photos
Plastic surgeon Kuroda Aimi treated a medical training trip to Guam as a fun holiday, posting pics of dead bodies and flashing a peace sign.
(Not so) Plastic Crack: Possible HGAC Altron Gundam Color Study
Bandai Spirits just released HGAC Shenlong Gundam last week, much to mine, and every Gundam Wing completist’s, delight. Reviews suggest that it is a great kit, and I…
Plastic Crack: HG RX-78-01/02 Gundam Rollout Variants
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Lumi’s Plastic Cocaine Collection Update November 2019 – Fwa Fwa Time!
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Today’s Robits: january 2025 Plastic QuuuuuuX… err… Quack… err… Crack!
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FiGPiN: 2023 Anime NYC Plastic Empire Retailer Exclusive Usagi Tsukino Pin
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(Not so) Plastic Crack: SYSTEM-∀99 Turn “A” Gundam – Color Study
Now that I’ve completed building the HGCC Turn “A” Gundam and am familiar with its nuances, I decided to move forward by doing a quick color study for…
Hoshikuzu Telepath – Episode 2 – Haruno and Plastic Bottle Rocket Building Time
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Totally Beyond My Skills! Plastic Crack: Wave’s “Five Star Stories” Kits
Over the weekend, Wave announced that they’ll have a reissue of some 1/144 scale Five Star Stories kits. (Get yours over at HobbyLink Japan) At the same time…
British Tourist in Hokkaido Arrested After Failing to Pay for Plastic Bag
A British man has found himself in a whole lot of trouble over his refusal to pay a measly three yen for a bag.
Plastic Memories ep9: when sparing feelings is the same as hurting them
This show sure likes its cliffhangers. Almost as much as it likes to waste my time. Though the show is attempting to address some immediate questions. I just…
Seasonal First Impressions: The Plastic Love of MY WIFE HAS NO EMOTION
Beneath a setup familiar to generations of sci-fi romcoms, something sinister and offputting lurks under the surface. Does My Wife Has No Emotion itself know that?
Attack on Titan Marches On
Attack on Titan is a pretty cool guy. In this video we overview the story up to the start of Season 4 Part 2 (lmao) and lay out…
Ramble On, Youngin’, Ramble On.
Contrary to what this picture suggests, this post won’t be about drugs or anime characters on drugs (unfortunate, I know).
Attack on Titan Concludes on Crunchyroll
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On Hiatus!
Just a little reminder – currently on hiatus until… September-ish? I’ll keep you guys posted as I can. See you around the blog-o-sphere!
On Husbandos
I’ll just jump on the bandwagon late. Something as universal as ‘Husbandos’ doesn’t really trend. It just exists, and occasionally is brought to the forefront when a truly…
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K-On!
I thought I would take a break from some of the long-running anime I’m catching up on and whatnot, to watch something a bit more fluffy looking, easy,…
On rewatching.
Although naïve, I’ve always felt that rewatching an anime would be rather pointless as the options are manifold and making time to watch everything I’d planned on is…
Step On
Author: Ukari (translated with author’s permission, please visit their website to see the original Japanese works!) To say here is far, The post Step On first appeared on Kowabana.
On Originality
In the continuing cycle of drama chain reactions, after reading Pontifus’s response to Martin’s post regarding K-ON!!, I discovered that somehow Pontifus has invaded my brain and sucked…
On Animation
These are mostly some personal views and experiences, you are welcome to read but don’t hold high expectations. In the last 2 years or so I didn’t watch…