★ The Black Cat (1989)

"sorry, sarah, but i can control time now" and "am i crazy?" "yes, kill yourself" are all-timer lines in cinema

Raqio dramatically pointing up while saying, "The one we'll be sending to cold sleep is none other than..."

Hard cut to Raqio being sent to cold sleep

The Gnosia anime truly respects its source material like no adaptation before it

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★ My-HiME (rewatch)

Early 2000s trash at its finest. The beginning actually held up better than I expected, all the over-the-top fanservice aside, but the rest uhhhh sure did not. Akira/Takumi, however, is timeless.

出夢くん　#fanart

playing and loving Hundred Line made me want to go look at V3 stuff again but I was immediately smacked in the face by why I had to drop out of the fandom as soon as it came out in English (constantly taking psychic damage from other fans of my favorite character)

★ Secrets of the Silent Witch

Looked really nice and had a fairly charming cast, though the compressed nature of the adaptation showed in a few places and it never feels like it strays particularly far from all the familiar LN tropes.

★ The Summer Hikaru Died

Fantastic--a bit slow in places, but it feels like a deliberate choice to take its time rather than a pacing issue. Has an incredible sense of atmosphere (and makes full use of the medium to evoke it) and depicts a fascinating relationship between the two male leads.

Martin short telling Steve Martin that Tumblr was ruined after they banned naughty pics

This throwaway joke in Only Murders In The Building was fucking WILD. What a deep cut in a show for boomers

★ Turkey! Time to Strike

Love a show that executes an incredibly dumb premise with unfaltering earnestness. Don't know if I'd recommend it to others but I'm glad I hopped on; this was an unexpected treat every week.

★ My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

Maintains all the charm of the first season with an even greater focus on the aspects of the series I like the most. Amane was such a great addition to the cast!

★ Dan Da Dan Season 2

The humor and character writing just don't land for me in a way that tends to grate on my nerves (except for Turbo Granny, who is perfect in every respect), but it won me back at the eleventh hour with the robot fight and Evil Eye's everything. Now THAT was insanely fun stuff.

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"People say you can only do this when you're young..."

"...but you clearly live most of your life as an adult..."

"...and it'd be such a waste to give up everything you love doing!"

"If you love it, you can keep doing it as long as you want."

kisekoi fuckin' gets it on an atomic level

★ Doctor Who (Series 15)

Yikes yikes yikes! Had a promising start, but completely fizzled out in the second half. I'm someone who can usually find something to enjoy in even RTD's messier finales, but this one was just irredeemably bad.

★ Gokumon Nadeshiko Koko ni Ari 4

The material feels like it's getting better; that second story was pitch-perfect, and the "all the episodic adventures were connected" twist felt more satisfying than the first volume's. Could still stand to build better on some ideas, but pretty good overall!

★ Groundhog Day (1993)

Despite being so thoroughly familiar with its premise, it managed to be a pretty different movie from what I expected. Way more about the rollercoaster ride of "what effect does living in a time loop have on this dude's psyche" than plot. I liked that.

★ Angry Squad (2024)

Delightful heist movie! Pretty simple, but nails all the right beats to make for an enjoyable watch.

★ Great Pretender

Most of the heists feel too busy trying to get one over on you to be very coherent or clever (third one was the best!), but the extremely cool visual style and novelty of a heist-themed anime kept me coming back for more.

two stills of a man in a suit,wearing glasses and smoking a cigarette When I choose to see the good side of things, I'm not being naive. It is strategic and necessary.

Goodnight.

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nademonogatari anime screenshot of yotsugi and nadeko's faces from a distance

I loved Cipher Academy and I'm always saying that Iwasaki gets at least 50% of the credit for that, his art made all the characters so full of personality

Iwasaki in the big leagues I'm soooo happy for him

First color illustration from Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen) and Yuji Iwasaki's (Cipher Academy) new short-term serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump

First color illustration from Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen) and Yuji Iwasaki's (Cipher Academy) new short-term serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump!

Today marks the 10th Anniversary of The House in Fata Morgana: A Requiem for Innocence’s original release in Japan! 🎉

Thanks to your incredible support, this side story has been loved for an entire decade.
Here’s to many more years together—with both the main story and the side story!

★ Takopi's Original Sin

A manga I already liked gets an adaptation that elevates it on absolutely every level--you really can't go wrong here!

★ Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)

bobby killed a guy

★ Gokumon Nadeshiko Koko ni Ari 3

The middle portion was kind of a mess--there are so many parts I can point to and ask, "What was the point of that happening?"--but it ended on a strong enough note that I still walked away with a positive impression.