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In ongoing media franchises, one advantage of a prequel is that it can appeal to both long-standing fans and new viewers who can experience everything in chronological order. Macross Zero was the franchise’s twentieth anniversary celebration project, but it seems to be overlooked today and (anecdotally at least)
music
One of my favourite albums of the past few years was recorded by a country artist. I know. This will probably only surprise you if you knew me and my musical tastes. Country music always felt both geographically and culturally distant to me: although it shares the same blues and
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Older fans of any medium can sometimes feel burned out by over-used tropes. When this happens, I try to take a step back and give myself a break rather than thinking “why is everything all the same?! It’s not like the good old days!” or railing against something
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Released internationally in 2021, Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop somehow slipped under my radar. I expect that it would have gone down a storm in cinemas and at film festivals, but presumably for pandemic reasons it was instead quietly added to the Netflix catalogue [https://www.netflix.com/title/
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This was a very difficult article to write. It’s so damned hard to give an objective opinion of one instalment in a series, because everything rides on how it fits as a component in the greater whole. One of the other reasons why I can’t “do” conventional reviews
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Masaaki Yuasa is one of those directors with an instantly-recognisable style that, whether or not you personally enjoy it, you have to admire it for being such a refreshing change from what’s considered “normal”. My favourite of his so far is Kaiba, a delightful oddity that was only
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We all know the “is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” meme, but I find it more fun to ask for recommendations of other “alternative” festive films. While The Wizard of Oz, It’s a Wonderful Life and (heaven knows why, given the subject matter) The Great Escape are – at least
kalafina
Ten years? Already?! Realising that After Eden was released a full decade ago today was one of those “OH F*** I’M OLD T_T” moments, honestly. I know that the pandemic has messed with our sense of time, but still. *whispers: yes, I’m old* Anyway. I must confess
kalafina
Of all the singles in Kalafina’s back catalogue, Progressive is a particularly interesting one. It wasn’t a movie or TV tie-in, so I guess that the record label felt the need to include extra incentives to help boost sales. The regular edition features the title track, an
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I didn’t plan to write this. I didn’t plan to spend one of my rare weeks off work as yet another geek, out of doubtless many others, writing yet another a long blog post about the new Evangelion movie. But Thrice upon a Time is a good movie.
natsuhiko kyougoku
“There’s no such thing in this world as an uninteresting book. Any book is interesting; and not just when it’s new. Even books you’ve already read can be quite fascinating. It just takes a little more effort to get there, that’s all.” So claims Akihiko “Kyougokudou”
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Firstly, I’d like to thank all the people who responded to my previous article [https://www.spilledpixels.net/a-retrospective/] for your kind words. Writing on an old-fashioned style blog makes you wonder “is anyone reading this and getting anything positive out of it?”, and I have a