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/
help me out here if you’d like: https://ko-fi.com/kambole/
1/3 of the animation newsletter re:frame: http://reframenewsletter.online/
help me out here if you’d like: https://ko-fi.com/kambole/
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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
Danny Brown’s new album is incredible, genre fusion bolstered by a guy who clearly has a new lease on life, which comes with renewed experimental ambition. The End might be one of the best tracks he’s ever made
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Danny Brown’s new album is incredible, genre fusion bolstered by a guy who clearly has a new lease on life, which comes with renewed experimental ambition. The End might be one of the best tracks he’s ever made
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
ngl biggest thing to happen to me all week was stumbling across a Moon Gundam kit - for a normal price - in the Mandarake in Nakano Broadway
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ngl biggest thing to happen to me all week was stumbling across a Moon Gundam kit - for a normal price - in the Mandarake in Nakano Broadway
wrote some reviews for Indiewire at the Tokyo IFF. first of those is on LOST LAND, a feature synthesised from stories relayed to director Akio Fujimoto by Rohingya refugees over many years: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
‘Lost Land’ Review: The First Movie Shot in the Rohingya Language Is a Powerful and Unflinching Story of Displacement
Focused on the vulnerability of refugees, Akio Fujimoto turns his attention to a family as they make a dangerous journey from Bangladesh to Malaysia.
www.indiewire.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
wrote some reviews for Indiewire at the Tokyo IFF. first of those is on LOST LAND, a feature synthesised from stories relayed to director Akio Fujimoto by Rohingya refugees over many years: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
tackled this one out of Tokyo International Film Festival. Pretty pictures!
One of the year’s most unconventional animated features, 'ChaO' turns a mermaid romance into surreal comedy. At the Tokyo International Film Festival, director Yasuhiro Aoki explains how he built its bold visual world. (Lots of BTS artwork!)
Yasuhiro Aoki on the Layered, Comedic World Of 'ChaO'
Director Yasuhiro Aoki reflects on crafting humor, rhythm, and visual contrast in 'ChaO,' a futuristic love story between a human and a mermaid.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
tackled this one out of Tokyo International Film Festival. Pretty pictures!
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One of the year’s most unconventional animated features, 'ChaO' turns a mermaid romance into surreal comedy. At the Tokyo International Film Festival, director Yasuhiro Aoki explains how he built its bold visual world. (Lots of BTS artwork!)
Yasuhiro Aoki on the Layered, Comedic World Of 'ChaO'
Director Yasuhiro Aoki reflects on crafting humor, rhythm, and visual contrast in 'ChaO,' a futuristic love story between a human and a mermaid.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One of the year’s most unconventional animated features, 'ChaO' turns a mermaid romance into surreal comedy. At the Tokyo International Film Festival, director Yasuhiro Aoki explains how he built its bold visual world. (Lots of BTS artwork!)
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Little Amélie' co-director Liane-Cho Han is developing an epic 2D animated series adaptation of Jean M. Auel’s prehistoric saga 'Earth’s Children.' Series details and tons of vis dev artwork here:
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
EXCLUSIVE: 'Little Amélie' co-director Liane-Cho Han is developing an epic 2D animated series adaptation of Jean M. Auel’s prehistoric saga 'Earth’s Children.' Series details and tons of vis dev artwork here:
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
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yapped so much about this, a series I love, that this is the first week we didn't do Out of Frame lol
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
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
yapped so much about this, a series I love, that this is the first week we didn't do Out of Frame lol
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dunno if you heard that there's a CHAINSAW MAN movie out, but I wrote about the series as a whole: joysauce.com/why-you-shou...
Why you should be consuming ‘Chainsaw Man,’ in all of its forms
Whether it's the manga, anime series, or newly released film, the series pits man against demon, and materialism against self-respect.
joysauce.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
dunno if you heard that there's a CHAINSAW MAN movie out, but I wrote about the series as a whole: joysauce.com/why-you-shou...
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it might be asking too much but i'd really like the UK voting population who are still of sound mind to look at new york tonight and realise that we fucking CAN keep farage out of no. 10 and that labour and the tories are not a foregone conclusion. better options exist and they can become a reality!
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
it might be asking too much but i'd really like the UK voting population who are still of sound mind to look at new york tonight and realise that we fucking CAN keep farage out of no. 10 and that labour and the tories are not a foregone conclusion. better options exist and they can become a reality!
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Next Week's New Yorker cover, illustration by Edel Rodriguez.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Next Week's New Yorker cover, illustration by Edel Rodriguez.
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NICENICENICE
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
NICENICENICE
exceedingly happy for my New York friends
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
exceedingly happy for my New York friends
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Love me a passion project. Love Over the Garden Wall. Love me an Over the Garden Wall passion project.
re:frame #28, out now:
re:frame #28, out now:
You don't need no ticket, boys
On Punch Cat Studios' Over the Garden Wall Reanimated and the value inherent in passion.
buttondown.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Love me a passion project. Love Over the Garden Wall. Love me an Over the Garden Wall passion project.
re:frame #28, out now:
re:frame #28, out now:
dunno if you heard that there's a CHAINSAW MAN movie out, but I wrote about the series as a whole: joysauce.com/why-you-shou...
Why you should be consuming ‘Chainsaw Man,’ in all of its forms
Whether it's the manga, anime series, or newly released film, the series pits man against demon, and materialism against self-respect.
joysauce.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
dunno if you heard that there's a CHAINSAW MAN movie out, but I wrote about the series as a whole: joysauce.com/why-you-shou...
Reposted by kambole campbell
So I just checked our sales - we're at 289 copies sold.
We need 11 more to reach 300, which is our internal threshold to go ahead and start planning Issue #2 - let's do this!
We need 11 more to reach 300, which is our internal threshold to go ahead and start planning Issue #2 - let's do this!
Anime Herald Magazine's first issue launches in just a couple of weeks! We're shipping this 90+-page volume in November, so get your orders in today 🥰
Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
Digital copy ($15.75 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1dig 💻
Physical copy ($17.95 USD): hera.fyi/buyahmag1 📔
Bundle: hera.fyi/buyahmag1bun 📦
November 3, 2025 at 8:38 PM
So I just checked our sales - we're at 289 copies sold.
We need 11 more to reach 300, which is our internal threshold to go ahead and start planning Issue #2 - let's do this!
We need 11 more to reach 300, which is our internal threshold to go ahead and start planning Issue #2 - let's do this!
here to pay respects on Godzilla day
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
here to pay respects on Godzilla day
absolutely booked it across Tokyo after an interview to make it to da pro wrestling (Stardom Crimson Nightmare!)
November 3, 2025 at 6:59 AM
absolutely booked it across Tokyo after an interview to make it to da pro wrestling (Stardom Crimson Nightmare!)
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If any of you care, my venmo is [at]carol-grant-10 I could really use food money
November 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If any of you care, my venmo is [at]carol-grant-10 I could really use food money
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first re:frame triple header!!
For the first time, @kambole.bsky.social, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social, and myself share a byline to reflect on this year's Gobelins graduation shorts so far – and, more broadly, what moves us about this annual tradition.
re:frame #27, out now:
re:frame #27, out now:
A glimpse of the future, finite but full
This year’s Gobelins graduation animated shorts are all moving looks at what's next.
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
first re:frame triple header!!
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Also it’s nice to hang with industry people and catch up with other journalists, especially with the event in full swing and a few more days still to go
Lots of cool people to catch up with… and also @kambole.bsky.social and @hannahstrong.co.uk :)
Lots of cool people to catch up with… and also @kambole.bsky.social and @hannahstrong.co.uk :)
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Also it’s nice to hang with industry people and catch up with other journalists, especially with the event in full swing and a few more days still to go
Lots of cool people to catch up with… and also @kambole.bsky.social and @hannahstrong.co.uk :)
Lots of cool people to catch up with… and also @kambole.bsky.social and @hannahstrong.co.uk :)
me taking a bunch of terrys chocolate oranges and fortnum & masons tea through customs
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 AM
me taking a bunch of terrys chocolate oranges and fortnum & masons tea through customs
first re:frame triple header!!
For the first time, @kambole.bsky.social, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social, and myself share a byline to reflect on this year's Gobelins graduation shorts so far – and, more broadly, what moves us about this annual tradition.
re:frame #27, out now:
re:frame #27, out now:
A glimpse of the future, finite but full
This year’s Gobelins graduation animated shorts are all moving looks at what's next.
buttondown.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
first re:frame triple header!!