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Why “Wakaba Flourishing” is a Masterful Episode

By: Beata Garrett | @clearsummers Itā€™s difficult to pick one episode of Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997) as my favorite because they all lend weight to the overall story and the themes. Removing one, even the silliest such as ā€œThe Cowbell of Happiness,ā€ feels wrong. However, I can safely say that Episode 20, titled ā€œWakaba Flourishingā€ is not only one of my favorite episodes, but one … Continue reading Why “Wakaba Flourishing” is a Masterful Episode

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Arcane Family Dynamics: Silco and Jinx

By: Beata Garrett | @clearsummers Welcome to Part Two of my analysis on Netflixā€™s original animated show, Arcane. You can read Part One of ā€œArcane Family Dynamicsā€ here if youā€™re interested: https://theanimeview.com/2022/04/27/arcane-family-dynamics-vander-and-vi/ Part Two focuses on the other integral father-daughter relationship in the series, that of a grown-up Powder, who goes by Jinx now, and Silco. Itā€™s a tragic and complicated relationship about two people … Continue reading Arcane Family Dynamics: Silco and Jinx

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Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: Worth The Watch For Fans Of Slice-of-Life And The Animation Industry

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! or Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! is a series I overlooked when it first came out a little more than a year ago. Iā€™m not a fan of the art style, and the name didnā€™t seem all that interesting when I did my usual scroll through MyAnimeList around the release time. I … Continue reading Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!: Worth The Watch For Fans Of Slice-of-Life And The Animation Industry

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Love Death + Robots Season 3 (Review)

By: Beata Garrett | @clearsummers Love Death + Robots is an original show produced by Netflix that focuses on Sci-Fi stories told through animation. The different animation studios, directors, and writers at the helm of every episode make for an interesting experimentation that introduces viewers to different animation and directing styles.  Season 3 may be my favorite season yet, but it doesnā€™t have tough competition … Continue reading Love Death + Robots Season 3 (Review)

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Recommended Watch: WhytManga

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting With almost 500k followers on YouTube, many of you reading this are likely already fans of, or followers of, Whyt Manga on YouTube. However, if you haven’t heard of WhytManga (full name: Odunze Whyte Oguguo) yet, then let this be a brief introduction to this amazing creator! My first encounter with WhytManga on YouTube was about six months ago. … Continue reading Recommended Watch: WhytManga

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Goodbye, Eri Analysis (Part Two)

By: Beata Garrett | @clearsummers Welcome back to Part Two of my Goodbye, Eri analysis. In Part One, I touched upon some of the themes in Tatsuki Fujimotoā€™s excellent one-shot and focused on how film is used to remember those we love and the conundrum of who deserves to be remembered. In Part Two, Iā€™ll expand upon these themes. Thank you for joining me on … Continue reading Goodbye, Eri Analysis (Part Two)

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Goodbye, Eri Analysis (Part One)

By: Beata Garrett | @clearsummers What is there to say about Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of Chainsaw Man, Fire Punch, and the devastating one-shot, Look Back? We could dive into so many aspects of his works. I love Fujimotoā€™s stories because he does ultraviolence in a way that cracks open the shell of humanity. Fujimotoā€™s work is raw, funny, and gut-punching in turns and sometimes … Continue reading Goodbye, Eri Analysis (Part One)

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Recommended Watch: WUZU Clay ASMRļæ¼

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting With finals week just around the corner, Iā€™ve been listening to a lot of ASMR playlists filled with classical music, rain sounds, and crackling fireplaces. Somewhere along the way, I ran into WUZU Clayā€™s channelā€“specifically, the video above. Iā€™m not sure exactly why it suddenly came up in the autoplay on my YouTube. Itā€™s not something I would typically … Continue reading Recommended Watch: WUZU Clay ASMRļæ¼

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Bubble (Review) – Beautiful but Shallow

Source: Bubble (2021) By: Beata Garrett | @clearsummers Five years ago, the world was filled with bubbles. As the epicenter of the First Bubble, Tokyo received the worst of it as one exploded, devastating the city. Tokyo was abandoned, but ā€œorphans of the Bubble Fallā€ took advantage of the ruined city to move in. One of these orphans, HIbiki, often hears singing from the tower … Continue reading Bubble (Review) – Beautiful but Shallow

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Hotel Transylvania 4 –Ā  Iā€™m Disappointed (SPOILER WARNING?)

By: Peggy Sue Wood | @pswediting Lookā€“I know this is late but I had to stew on my thoughts, okay? Okay. Great, letā€™s go: Once more I find myself leaving a movie viewing sincerely disappointed. My first issue with Transformania, the fourth installment of the Hotel Transylvania series, was with the singular Amazon Prime release. Overlooking that, the movie itself was set up to be … Continue reading Hotel Transylvania 4 –Ā  Iā€™m Disappointed (SPOILER WARNING?)

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