Tsuritama is a show about fishing in the port town of Enoshima, Japan… No wait, that’s not entirely right. Er, let’s go with this: Tsuritama is about a young boy named Yuki who suffers from severe social anxiety and learns to open up with the help of an eclectic group of friends through fishing in…
The Censored Eleven are a selection of old cartoons that were censored in 1968 due to their racist overtones and their negative depiction of black people. These cartoons form the basis of so many controversial topics ranging from racism to censorship issues to use of parody and the media, that it honestly would take many…
In general, Disney makes good films. And Moana is another in a line of pretty awesome movies that the company has been releasing recently. I feel like lately Disney has been breaking down its own cliches in an extremely on-the-nose, yet strangely refreshing way. First there was Frozen which essentially tore down its “Disney Princess”…
In my last article, I mentioned that Sing was another attempt by Illumination Entertainment to be Pixar, and failing at it, and I still stand by that statement. This to me has been the studio’s major flaw in how it makes it’s animated films. Well, that and the ungodly amount of advertisements and commercialism…
I know this is more of a belated love note, but I was sick with the flu the week of Valentine’s Day, and was unable to articulate my love for this cartoon short at that time. The idea behind this article came from A Bomb in the Lasagna‘s article on Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure…
Despite this column being called “Saturday Morning Cartoons” I have written very little about the cartoons I actually used watch on Saturday mornings as a kid. The reason for this is in part wanting to promote recently made films or shows, and in part feeling that the nostalgia of older shows may overshadow their likely…
I have been living in Japan for about three years and I am very much in love with this country’s culture. In my time here, I have tried to pick up various Japanese traditional crafts – one of them includes playing the shamisen, which is a three-stringed guitar-like instrument. I have been practicing the shamisen…
Rooster Illusion 