id kill for that minky momo poster

everything about the miracle-chan op is fantastic, and is bound to appeal to any and all of my fellow terminally screen-bound Di Gi Charat fans. the song, the character designs, and the animation itself are all spot-on.

the broader narrative is infinitely relatable, if not necessarily groundbreaking. contrary to some responses to this short, a work doesn't have to articulate something 'new' for it to be worthwhile. rather, the fact that this short…

a fairly shoddy adaptation of akane torikai's fantastic manga series. where the manga was nuanced, the film is melodramatic; where the manga's characters were morally sophisticated, the characters here are far less so.

most importantly for many i'm sure, where the manga handled sensitive subject matter delicately, this adaptation was in my opinion more distasteful. trigger warnings abound for both the source material and the film, but i felt torikai's manga was particularly adept at approaching difficult subjects carefully while…

it's ridiculous, yes, but that's one of the things i come to shinkalion for in the first place. being a theatrical work, it doesn't have time to emphasize the parts of the show that interests me most--the way it clearly intends to indoctrinate japanese kids into japanese mass culture, otaku consumerism, and neoliberal ideology, or the fun character-centric moments that have made me love the cast.

but yeah, snow godzilla is tight, tho cast in a minor role. miku is…