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Tag: kyoto animation

The unbearable lightness of Tamako Love Story

I had a little crush, recently. He was handsome and urbane, tall and well dressed. We talked late at night over a bottle of whisky. It felt out of control. It felt silly. I let myself be swept away by daydreams. And why not? Is there anything more uncomfortable and enlivening than the feeling of a new love?

Published 7th July 2016
Categorised as Anime, Reviews Tagged kyoto animation, naoko yamada, tamako love story

Tanoshii Ongaku

I always insisted I was a trumpet.

Published 2nd September 2015
Categorised as Anime, Editorials Tagged hibike! euphonium, kyoto animation, sound! euphonium

U mad, bro? Fujoshis, Swimming Anime and Kyoto Animation

When I think about Free!, known and loved by all of tumblr and the internet as Swimming Anime, I find myself in a bit of a dreamlike haze.

Published 26th April 2013
Categorised as Anime, Editorials Tagged kyoto animation, my little sister can't possibly be this cute, opinion, swimming anime, the future of the anime

All good dreamers pass this way

All these years, I wanted K-On! to prove me right. I wanted it to be a shitty anime about cute girls doing cute things. I wanted to hold myself above it and I wanted you all to point and look and say “Look at those folks over at Bateszi Anime Blog, they have such good fucking taste, they’d… Continue reading All good dreamers pass this way

Published 11th April 2013
Categorised as Anime, Reviews Tagged K-On!, kyoto animation

A distant light: Hyouka

Somewhere between its Autumn lights and shifting leaves, there’s a warmth in Hyouka. Warm is a good way of describing the series, emotional is another. Not emotional in a melodramatic sense, but rather, one feels a liveliness coursing through every table leg and dusty bookshelf in the series. It has the sense of a story… Continue reading A distant light: Hyouka

Published 30th September 2012
Categorised as Anime, Reviews Tagged drama, hyouka, kyoto animation, mystery
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