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Cho Desu
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Stuff I like:
Mushishi • Lain • Nichijou • Cardcaptor Sakura
Pandora Hearts • In/Spectre • Talentless Nana • City
Book Girl (light novels) • Kieli • Kino's Journey
J-horror • Godzilla • Makoto Shinkai films
Yume Nikki • Puyo Puyo • Vocaloid
It's an odd one, in that I'd probably only recommend it to those who are down with J-horror, but with the caveat that you shouldn't expect it to actually play out like a J-horror all that much. Not a game-changer, but its atmosphere clicked with me.
Also, I'm reminded a lot of Silent Hill f in this, what with the visuals (small rustic town with dark mountain paths and heavy on the Shinto symbolism) and a number of plot elements (namely the dynamic of the three lead characters). The protagonist is also named Hinako in both, coincidentally.
Also, just nice to see all that natural Japanese scenery? This might be the closest thing to "cozy J-horror," lol.
It has the feel of a made-for-TV movie, but the grainy filming adds to its melancholy. A sort of dark-tinged nostalgia, is the overall vibe here. I don't think it quite sticks the landing, and it does feel tweaked for cashing in on Ring mania at the time. I'd say it's still 90% its own thing though.
In this case, an old lady is performing a dark ritual to bring her daughter back from the dead. But it's more about the friends of that girl, focusing on their relationships and their reckoning with lingering painful memories from childhood.
#movies #jhorror
Shikoku (1999) • rewatch — One of those films where as I'm watching it, I slowly realize that I've seen it before, ha ha. You could call this one J-horror lite, or J-horror adjacent, or just a sad drama that happens to have a J-horror plot element to it.
'Tis the season for watching these "J-Horror Rising" #movies. They are Shikoku, Isola, Inugami, St. John's Wort, The Slit-Mouthed Woman, Persona, and Noroi - The Curse. All but one (Shikoku) will be new to me.
Feel like I've worked five days this week already 😔
tfw you're certain the author was undecided about the matter, leaving the door open for a character's return "just in case," but ultimately not going for it for one reason or another
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Great Scott! Back to the Future celebrates its 40th anniversary with the artists behind Video Girl Ai, Bastard!!, Xenoblade, Pokémon TCG, A3!, Fate/Grand Order, and more!
10 Manga Legends & Artists Celebrate 40th Back to the Future Day With Art
From the Video Girl Ai, Bastard!!, Xenoblade, Pokémon TCG, A3!, Fate/Grand Order artists
www.animenewsnetwork.com
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They have a side quest for you 🎃🌙✨
I feel like if someone were to post 7 completely insane but actually real Osamu Tezuka manga scenes mixed with 3 made-up ones, I would never hope to be able to guess which ones were the fakes.

(The twist would then be that all 10 were real, probably)
I liked the general story, but felt the jokes could've used some real punching up. Too many repeated gags... Especially that screaming goat! Why did this become a thing? What if a goat made a loud noise, some brave soul in Hollywood dared to ask, and everyone there's been ROFLing ever since.
#movies
Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) — Standard Muppet fare that's squarely aimed for the kiddos and clearly greenlit to advertise Disney theme parks, but I guess there are worse ways to spend 55 minutes.
The "total failure" narrative for both Tron and Legacy were definitely exaggerated. Looks to be apt for Ares though. Still have yet to see it myself, so can't say if it's deserved. Opinions seem mixed, but that's nothing new for the franchise.
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Not to be THAT dictionary, but…

It’s ‘per se,’ not ‘per say.’
It’s ‘dog-eat-dog world,’ not ‘doggy-dog world.’
It’s ‘hunger pangs,’ not ‘hunger pains.’
It’s ‘one and the same,’ not ‘one in the same.’
It's 'buck naked,' not 'butt naked.'
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Saw a post on tumblr that said “Think I need a motivational poster of one of Saejima's big soft cat-looking smiles that says: "Never let an unkind world make you an unkind person".” So I drew this 🖊️🦑
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Have you ever seen the genuinely fantastic Japanese box art for this game? The package designer took a look at this funny skeleton with a guitar and went, "Hey that kinda reminds me of the Grateful Dead" and ran with it
It's an actually good shooter, give it a whirl
Zero Wing is $0.95 on Steam buff.ly/B5w4Bbm
GOG buff.ly/RwigSud

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I'm thinking "Land" might be the most difficult manga to look up anything for
I appreciated this one for coming up with a third possibility for robots in stories:
a) robots want to destroy humanity ❌
b) robots want to become human ❌
c) robots want to live in the woods as hippies 👍
I've been pretty awful about reading manga this past year. I bought a bunch of random volume 1's a while back and barely touched them. And I've been meaning to catch up on some of my favorite series for a while. Alas, just busy or not in the mood. I'll make time eventually...