Shows and Movies

When I say "shows," I mean it the same way that some older people talk about "watching their programs." Meaning, a catch-all for media.

This will be my media critique essay zone, where I will yap about whatever I have been watching lately.

I am a late arriver to anime, apart from whatevver I used to catch on Toonami circa 2005. (Unless you count the 4KidsTV dub of Sonic X? I really don't.) I got into Iyashikei, a calm and chill subgenre of slice-of-life anime around 2020 as an exercise in escapism, and I have progressively gotten more into different varieties of anime this last year or so. One of my long-suffering friends has been caught in more than one unskippable cutscene from me, reflecting on some odd show that I feel is better than the sum of its parts. Anime will probaby represent the majority of

My media habits are a bit wonky. I am that person among my friends who will often say "Oh, this sounds terrible. We should definitely watch it." As such, there's a real chance I will bring up the dumbest nonsense in here.

Ideally, this page will eventually be organized into a grid of show and movie covers. Those will either serve as buttons or have an accoompanying link to a 3 to 5 paragraph essay. Something between a review and first impressions. I will try and keep spoilers to a minumum, keep them near the bottom of the write-up, and give a spoiler warning.

ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial:A 6-hour-long video essay about the exemplar of dating sims. Tim Rogers is a masterful storyteller and this video has proven to be a bit of a comfort show for me. Great to listen to his commentary ebb and flow while I write or read.

Catch Me at the Ballpark! An anime about a local baseball team and all the people involved with gamedays. Fans, vendors, kids, players, and the like. Very sweet show with fun character dynamics.

A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof: An anime with a helpfully self-descriptive title. Again, cute character dynamics.