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  • Ghost in the Shell

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    After getting back into Ghost in the Shell recently through the Arise series and the new movie, I wanted to go back and re-watch the original Mamoru Oshii film. Itā€™s always interesting for me to re-visit these movies that I watched so many times back in the day, but havenā€™t watched in years (in this…

  • Mobile Suit Gundam

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    I wrote recently that I watched the new GundamĀ ā€œOriginā€ series with my wife (the 2 episodes that are out), and that it was making me want to watch the original 70s series, something Iā€™ve been wanting to do for ages. Itā€™s one of my wifeā€™s all-time favorite series, and sheā€™s been suggesting I watch it…

  • Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

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    On the same day that I watched all 10 episodes of Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture, I then watched this movie that came out last year, that pretty much acts as the cap to the story told in the Arise series. That means that if you like the series, you absolutely need…

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

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    My wife is a huge fan of the original Gundam series, and she really wanted to watch this new OVA series (2 episodes are out, with the 3rd one out next month) and so we watched it together, even though I know next to nothing about the series (I keep meaning to watch that original…

  • 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…