kambole campbell
@kambole.bsky.social
critic @ Vulture, Polygon, Cartoon Brew, Animation Magazine, Empire, Little White Lies, i-D, IndieWire, others.
1/3 of the animation newsletter re:frame: http://reframenewsletter.online/
contact: [email protected]
coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kambole/
1/3 of the animation newsletter re:frame: http://reframenewsletter.online/
contact: [email protected]
coffee: https://ko-fi.com/kambole/
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kambole campbell
@kambole.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Normally, we do smaller sends on Tuesdays, but we made an exception for @kambole.bsky.social's exceptional review of the Chainsaw Man movie.
re:frame #26, out now:
re:frame #26, out now:
Love is a dog from hell
We review Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc, a dazzling feature which is at its most spectacular at its quietest.
buttondown.com
yapped so much about this, a series I love, that this is the first week we didn't do Out of Frame lol
Sinners would have gone straight to streaming, One Battle After Another would have had two weeks tops, and so on
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Sinners would have gone straight to streaming, One Battle After Another would have had two weeks tops, and so on
putting aside for a minute what this means for everyone's favourite franchises or whatever, the oldest movie studios careening towards streaming monopolies who have little interest in actual theatrical releases is frankly fucking miserable about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion) - About Netflix
about.netflix.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
putting aside for a minute what this means for everyone's favourite franchises or whatever, the oldest movie studios careening towards streaming monopolies who have little interest in actual theatrical releases is frankly fucking miserable about.netflix.com/en/news/netf...
this fucking sucks, man
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
this fucking sucks, man
interviewed one of my animation heroes earlier this week (and it went well), something which lifted my spirits a lot more than I expected
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
interviewed one of my animation heroes earlier this week (and it went well), something which lifted my spirits a lot more than I expected
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In the second part of @kambole.bsky.social's chat with Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton: an argument, and the future.
re:frame #35, out now:
re:frame #35, out now:
"The future of indie animation is in events"
In the second part of our conversation, Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton talk about the future.
buttondown.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In the second part of @kambole.bsky.social's chat with Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton: an argument, and the future.
re:frame #35, out now:
re:frame #35, out now:
oh my GOD
"Look Back" live-action film is coming in 2026.
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
shonenjumpplus.com/episode/1710...
Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
shonenjumpplus.com/episode/1710...
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
oh my GOD
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Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D Animated Thriller about a Nigerian musician who must confront the curse of a Mami Wata to save her family.
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Crocodile Dance is a 2D/3D Animated Thriller about a Nigerian musician who must confront the curse of a Mami Wata to save her family.
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
Support us on @Kickstarter today! bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
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This is how we brought a West African griot to life in Blender. Modeling. Rigging. Animation. This is Roukia. Follow her story on Kickstarter: bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#crocodiledance #b3d #blender3D #characterrigging #animation
#crocodiledance #b3d #blender3D #characterrigging #animation
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
This is how we brought a West African griot to life in Blender. Modeling. Rigging. Animation. This is Roukia. Follow her story on Kickstarter: bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#crocodiledance #b3d #blender3D #characterrigging #animation
#crocodiledance #b3d #blender3D #characterrigging #animation
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This project badly needs your support! Please, take a second to check the kickstarter and consider pledging
This is how we brought a West African griot to life in Blender. Modeling. Rigging. Animation. This is Roukia. Follow her story on Kickstarter: bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
#crocodiledance #b3d #blender3D #characterrigging #animation
#crocodiledance #b3d #blender3D #characterrigging #animation
November 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
This project badly needs your support! Please, take a second to check the kickstarter and consider pledging
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
genuinely one of the most entertaining conversations I’ve been a part of (and there’s a second part coming next Tuesday)
Several weeks back, @kambole.bsky.social had the opportunity to speak with indie animation legends Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton – ostensibly about their Metrograph curation, but really (in the end) about a little bit of everything.
See it in re:frame #34, out now:
See it in re:frame #34, out now:
New York animation according to Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton
Picking the brain of two iconic independent animators about their curated Metrograph animation fest.
buttondown.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
genuinely one of the most entertaining conversations I’ve been a part of (and there’s a second part coming next Tuesday)
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Several weeks back, @kambole.bsky.social had the opportunity to speak with indie animation legends Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton – ostensibly about their Metrograph curation, but really (in the end) about a little bit of everything.
See it in re:frame #34, out now:
See it in re:frame #34, out now:
New York animation according to Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton
Picking the brain of two iconic independent animators about their curated Metrograph animation fest.
buttondown.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Several weeks back, @kambole.bsky.social had the opportunity to speak with indie animation legends Signe Baumane and Bill Plympton – ostensibly about their Metrograph curation, but really (in the end) about a little bit of everything.
See it in re:frame #34, out now:
See it in re:frame #34, out now:
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EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has released the digital Art Of book for 'KPop Demon Hunters.' A physical edition is on the way, with preorders starting on Jan. 1 and fulfillment on Feb. 1. Check out the full digital edition here:
www.cartoonbrew.com/books/art-of...
www.cartoonbrew.com/books/art-of...
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has released the digital Art Of book for 'KPop Demon Hunters.' A physical edition is on the way, with preorders starting on Jan. 1 and fulfillment on Feb. 1. Check out the full digital edition here:
www.cartoonbrew.com/books/art-of...
www.cartoonbrew.com/books/art-of...
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At the risk of being entirely too earnest online, thanks for reading.
me in re:frame #33:
me in re:frame #33:
Anime is better with you
Fellowship isn't only for Lord of the Rings.
buttondown.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At the risk of being entirely too earnest online, thanks for reading.
me in re:frame #33:
me in re:frame #33:
most wonderful time of the year
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
most wonderful time of the year
not sure if a Clipse concert is typical for grieving but here I am
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
not sure if a Clipse concert is typical for grieving but here I am
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'Angel's Egg, rehatched' by @kambole.bsky.social xith quotes from me and @brianruh.bsky.social
www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/ange...
www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/ange...
'Angel's Egg,' Rehatched | Animation Magazine
Anime historians discuss the significance of Mamoru Oshii's 'Angel's Egg,' arriving in a new 4K restoration from GKIDS in theaters Nov. 19.
www.animationmagazine.net
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
'Angel's Egg, rehatched' by @kambole.bsky.social xith quotes from me and @brianruh.bsky.social
www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/ange...
www.animationmagazine.net/2025/11/ange...
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It just seemed right to use the Dragon Ball Z manga signoff for Tatsuya Nagamine.
@thesaintoftous.bsky.social for re:frame #31:
@thesaintoftous.bsky.social for re:frame #31:
Thank you!! And goodbye!!
Remembering Tatsuya Nagamine, the late anime director of One Piece and Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
buttondown.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It just seemed right to use the Dragon Ball Z manga signoff for Tatsuya Nagamine.
@thesaintoftous.bsky.social for re:frame #31:
@thesaintoftous.bsky.social for re:frame #31:
my granddad passed away. gonna be inactive for a little bit - anyone waiting for a response from me on things please bear with me
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
my granddad passed away. gonna be inactive for a little bit - anyone waiting for a response from me on things please bear with me
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It's transgender awareness week, and if you ever wanted to learn more about the history of transness in cinema, you could pick up our book CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS at your local library or purchase a copy. We wrote this book for trans people like us. Thank you.
bookshop.org/p/books/corp...
bookshop.org/p/books/corp...
Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema
The History and Future of Transness in Cinema
bookshop.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's transgender awareness week, and if you ever wanted to learn more about the history of transness in cinema, you could pick up our book CORPSES, FOOLS AND MONSTERS at your local library or purchase a copy. We wrote this book for trans people like us. Thank you.
bookshop.org/p/books/corp...
bookshop.org/p/books/corp...
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for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
An inhuman appetite
We peel back the skin and sink our teeth into the gorgeous gothic fantasy short, Vorace.
buttondown.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
An inhuman appetite
We peel back the skin and sink our teeth into the gorgeous gothic fantasy short, Vorace.
buttondown.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
was just a couple of months ago that an animation director said to me how this exact sequence inspired the characterisation on their own project (Hades 2 trailer). considering Nagamine's work in the most influential anime series of the past couple decades, probably much more where that came from
awful to hear that Tatsuya Nagamine has passed away at 53. this is perhaps narrowing a pretty broad filmography but man, did his work as director on Dragon Ball Super: Broly reignite a love of that series to a level I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. RIP
a cartoon of a man in a dragon ball outfit jumping in the air
Alt: Goku warming up in DB Super: Broly
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
was just a couple of months ago that an animation director said to me how this exact sequence inspired the characterisation on their own project (Hades 2 trailer). considering Nagamine's work in the most influential anime series of the past couple decades, probably much more where that came from
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RIP to anime director Tatsuya Nagamine. One of the finest adventure anime directors of the modern era. He helped breath new life into long-running series and made them feel altogether vital again. The current One Piece boom wouldn't have been possible in the same way without him.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
RIP to anime director Tatsuya Nagamine. One of the finest adventure anime directors of the modern era. He helped breath new life into long-running series and made them feel altogether vital again. The current One Piece boom wouldn't have been possible in the same way without him.
awful to hear that Tatsuya Nagamine has passed away at 53. this is perhaps narrowing a pretty broad filmography but man, did his work as director on Dragon Ball Super: Broly reignite a love of that series to a level I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. RIP
a cartoon of a man in a dragon ball outfit jumping in the air
Alt: Goku warming up in DB Super: Broly
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
awful to hear that Tatsuya Nagamine has passed away at 53. this is perhaps narrowing a pretty broad filmography but man, did his work as director on Dragon Ball Super: Broly reignite a love of that series to a level I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. RIP