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Behind the curtain
Now here’s a hard post to write. The hardest I’ve had to write on this site, probably, even if there’s harder stuff on my other one I never…
Books: Behind the Kaiju Curtain
By Jonathan Clements. Despite the title, which immediately and perhaps unjustly evokes Jasper Sharp’s magisterial Behind the Pink Curtain, Norman England’s Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey onto…
Heavenly Delusion – 08 – Behind the Curtain
Dr. Usami takes Kiruko and Maru past a gauntlet of people who want to ask him about their prosthetics and leads them to the room with the curtain.…
Feature: A painter behind the curtain
I came for a romance story and A painter behind the curtain gave me even more than that.
Pick of the Week: Oscar, Oscar, Oscar…
SEAN: There’s a veritable buffet of picks this week. I could go with Yona, or Natsume, or Versailles. But let’s face it, I want my Maple! This week’s…
An Oscar Nomination from Nowhere
The story of 'Doctor De Soto' by Michael Sporn.
Behind the Yoshimoto Curtain: A Chat w. Comedian Stephen Tetsu
Stephen Tetsu is an owarai geinin (comedian) who is part of Yoshimoto Kōgyō, the largest talent agency in Japan. Aside from performing manzai as part of his
Talks with writers: Norman England (Behind the Kaiju Curtain, 2021)
“A enlightening chat with Norman England, the author of “Behind The Kaiju Curtain” (2021)”
Winning an Oscar, Losing Your Way
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Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 12: Biba, Ikoma, and Hozumi – The Curtain Falls
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Episode 12: Mumei is on a city-killing rampage. Biba is triumphant. Can Ikoma do anything to stop them?
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Wins An Oscar
Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film 2024. The highly coveted gold statue is c...
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! beyond being a mouthful is also an ecchi, uh, handful. For the longest time I’ve avoided ecchi stories. They…
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! is currently streaming on HIDIVE on Saturdays....
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster!
And the Winner is. . .
Last week I asked my wonderful readers what anime should be my new series to review every week, and I’ve gotten a wonderful response! With an impressive 1/3…
Animating The Stage And The Passion Behind It: Oshi no Ko S2 Production Notes
Oshi no Ko S2 has had to navigate tricky waters to be able to animate a stage play with the type of authenticity that the source material didn’t…
The Boy and the Oscar
By Andrew Osmond. Hooray, The Boy and the Heron has won! When it snagged the Best Animated Feature Oscar last night (sorry, Spider-Verse fans), it marked only the…
Behind the “Display Only” Tag: S.H.Figuarts 15th Gallery – MCU Iron Man Displays
2023 is apparently the 15th anniversary of Tamashii Nations’ S.H.Figuarts line. What started as an improved version of the Souchaku Henshin series, and I assume that’s where the…
Anime Like Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster
After dying in battle, a knight is shocked to discover that he has been reborn as a baby Behemoth, a terrifying S-ranked monster that is capable of
Immoral Guild, Reincarnated as a Sword, Tales of Wedding Rings, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
Beheneko: The Elf-Girl’s Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster! – Episode 1
It's not well made, which leaves only the pivotal question: do you want to watch a girl who's horny for her cat?
Reviewing The 2025 Oscar Winners
I know a lot of people probably don’t care about my opinion on Oscar winners. So I’m going to make this a bunch of notes.
300th Review – Winner
Okay, the results are in! It was a close race for most of the films I had in mind, but there is a clear winner: The pressure is…
2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film...
2015 Oscar Shorts
I just saw the nominees in the Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film for the 87th Academy Awards. I’ve never done this before, but…
Oscar-Winning Storyboards
Case studies from across the years.
Gekidol Episode 11: The Curtain Rises
It’s time to finally explain what’s going on with the Sci-fi stuff. Because of that our heroines took a backseat this episode for the most part.
Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises Review
Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises is one of the manga that I’ve been the most excited about reading this year and I am so pleased to report that…
Gekidol Episode 10: Before the Curtain
Some more revelations along with a big play preparation.
Animating Nothing
How 'Invisible' (from 'Modest Heroes') discovered life after Ghibli.
Animating Attraction
How Faith and John Hubley made a timeless film about love.
AniMarch Madness 2021: Winner
The polls are closed, the votes are in, and we have a winner for the 2021 AniMarch Madness tournament! But before I announce it, let me just thank…
Iron Gear class (Iron Gear)
Landship mode Walker machine mode Landship mode Walker machine mode General Information Unit type: transformable landshipShips of the line: Iron Gear, Greta Garry, Gear GearHeight: 128.6 meters (walker…
The Cult Classic That Secretly Inspired The Game Industry
Ico by Team Ico headed by Fumito Ueda is a super influential and important and foundational game for the gaming industry. Although, despite this its nowhere near brought…
Tune of the Week(ish): BLUELOCK’s Winner
You know what made me laugh? Going “My Dick” every time we saw Bashira do the finger guns in the last shot of this series. And hey, the…
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The Iron Crown [Kanawa]
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Pick of the Week: Overture, Curtain, Lights!
SEAN: Seven Seas has most of my attention this week, as I’m torn between the relaxing yuri feel of Days of Love at Seagull Villa and the less…
Japan and the Foreign Language Film Oscar
Japan’s choice of Wim Wenders’ PERFECT DAYS (2023) as its submission for Best International Feature at this year’s Academy Awards and its subsequent nomination got me to thinking…
Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises Omnibus Review
Go buy this so the sequel can be licensed THANK YOU.
Behind the Visuals
Inspired by K’s Space is the Place posts. It probably takes me about as long as it takes to write a post as it does to make one…
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! – 5 [An Iron Giant Appears!]
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken manages to pull yet another rabbit out of it’s hat this week. As we take a look at a dying genre, studio/client relations…
Iron Knight
After a great start did Iron Knight keep it up or have a meltdown? Inspired by Berserk we discuss Tomohiro Yagi’s Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. This…
Iron Knight
After a great start did Iron Knight keep it up or have a meltdown? Inspired by Berserk we discuss Tomohiro Yagi’s Shonen Jump manga Iron Knight. This…
Iron Familiar
An abandoned homunculus boy wields fearsome power, but just wants a warm hug from a loving family in this recent serial that hits the right chords of action,…
And the Winner of AniMarch Madness 2025 Is…
One month and thousands of votes later, we have a champion for AniMarchMadness 2025! Drum roll, please… Brrrrtttttttt! Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End is the winner! It defeats Spy…
The Capable Cat #01 — Animating Commutes
Is this like a right of passage to animate at GoHands? Impressions: Copy/paste everything I said about the production of that girl with glasses show. I don't…