That the OP ends with a conveyor belt of Interesting Mia Faces probably betrays a lot of the actual appeal, though, which is the protagonist making wild takes as the constantly spirals between Extremely Smug and realising that she is totally screwed.
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
That the OP ends with a conveyor belt of Interesting Mia Faces probably betrays a lot of the actual appeal, though, which is the protagonist making wild takes as the constantly spirals between Extremely Smug and realising that she is totally screwed.
Somewhat arbitrarily found myself watching the 2023 anime Tearmoon Empire, in which a spoilt princess finds herself reincarnated as her younger self upon her execution, and in her idiotic but wellmeaning attempts to avoid repeating a Bad Future, accidentally fools everyone into thinking she's smart.
December 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Somewhat arbitrarily found myself watching the 2023 anime Tearmoon Empire, in which a spoilt princess finds herself reincarnated as her younger self upon her execution, and in her idiotic but wellmeaning attempts to avoid repeating a Bad Future, accidentally fools everyone into thinking she's smart.
It is Sanzigen, so it is mostly CG, but it's aged better than most of Polygons stuff, and it's directed by Daizen Komatsuda so it's full of strong, wild poses.
Also, it's barely 40mins long, so it's way easier to schedule than watching the near 3-hour long Haruhi movie as much of a classic it is.
December 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It is Sanzigen, so it is mostly CG, but it's aged better than most of Polygons stuff, and it's directed by Daizen Komatsuda so it's full of strong, wild poses.
Also, it's barely 40mins long, so it's way easier to schedule than watching the near 3-hour long Haruhi movie as much of a classic it is.
Was trying to think of some seasonal anime, and suddenly remembered Sanzigens 2017 special Sorcery in the Big City, in which a Japanese cop is transferred to New York just in time for a Christmas-loving witch to cause chaos. Also her stuffed bear turns into a super hero.
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Was trying to think of some seasonal anime, and suddenly remembered Sanzigens 2017 special Sorcery in the Big City, in which a Japanese cop is transferred to New York just in time for a Christmas-loving witch to cause chaos. Also her stuffed bear turns into a super hero.
PS3 arcade stick… this was originally one of those Matcatz rasslin’ sticks. I think the buttons in this one are Seimitsu and I’m pretty sure this is the one where I was messing around with a Korean lever rather a Japanese stick part.
November 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
PS3 arcade stick… this was originally one of those Matcatz rasslin’ sticks. I think the buttons in this one are Seimitsu and I’m pretty sure this is the one where I was messing around with a Korean lever rather a Japanese stick part.
This show isn't exactly a bastion of... animation, but it does have a deep understanding of the ability for a few Extremely Funny Drawings to do an awful lot of heavy lifting.
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This show isn't exactly a bastion of... animation, but it does have a deep understanding of the ability for a few Extremely Funny Drawings to do an awful lot of heavy lifting.
I was watching some Wild Last Boss Appeared last night, and whichever member of the shows subtitle crew who went to the effort of figuring out how to abuse CRs subtitling system into doing the corrupted episode titles in soft subs probably isn't paid enough.
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I was watching some Wild Last Boss Appeared last night, and whichever member of the shows subtitle crew who went to the effort of figuring out how to abuse CRs subtitling system into doing the corrupted episode titles in soft subs probably isn't paid enough.
Junk World is an absolute delight. The very specific way it uses a combination of both low and high brow humour to explorer genuine science fiction high-concepts reminds me a lot of Red Dwarf (positive), though that might just be the funny salutes.
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Junk World is an absolute delight. The very specific way it uses a combination of both low and high brow humour to explorer genuine science fiction high-concepts reminds me a lot of Red Dwarf (positive), though that might just be the funny salutes.
Kawamoris movie Labyrinth is about a girl so stressed by becoming an unintended viral Internet hit that she gets trapped inside her cellphone whilst a doppelgänger formed from her troll account interacting with 7G attempts to complete her real-world self actualisation via social media shitposts.
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kawamoris movie Labyrinth is about a girl so stressed by becoming an unintended viral Internet hit that she gets trapped inside her cellphone whilst a doppelgänger formed from her troll account interacting with 7G attempts to complete her real-world self actualisation via social media shitposts.
Enjoyed Lupin the IIIRD The Immortal Blood more the second time around, going into it knowing the specific tone it was going for in advance. It is pretty toned down from the previous Koike instalments in the way it uses violence, which makes the 5 minutes of recap kinda funny.
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Enjoyed Lupin the IIIRD The Immortal Blood more the second time around, going into it knowing the specific tone it was going for in advance. It is pretty toned down from the previous Koike instalments in the way it uses violence, which makes the 5 minutes of recap kinda funny.
Saw All You Need Is Kill again. Fun to spot some of the signposting early on in the movie to later events. Way more of that movie is well-processed CG than was immediately obvious. Continues to have no interest in being a straight adaptation of the novel or manga.
November 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Saw All You Need Is Kill again. Fun to spot some of the signposting early on in the movie to later events. Way more of that movie is well-processed CG than was immediately obvious. Continues to have no interest in being a straight adaptation of the novel or manga.
Imagining the alternate universe in which Angels Egg got a UK VHS release in the 90s, somehow resulting in one of those extremely British licensed microcomputer games in which you have to collect 800 bottles for some reason only tangentially related to the actual movie.
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Imagining the alternate universe in which Angels Egg got a UK VHS release in the 90s, somehow resulting in one of those extremely British licensed microcomputer games in which you have to collect 800 bottles for some reason only tangentially related to the actual movie.
Saw Endless Waltz for the first time in goodness knows how long. Enjoyed Dorothy showing up for just long enough to sass out a bunch of guys (then have a really ostentatious gold truck pull up)
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Saw Endless Waltz for the first time in goodness knows how long. Enjoyed Dorothy showing up for just long enough to sass out a bunch of guys (then have a really ostentatious gold truck pull up)