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Art from the movie Blue Giant with the title on the left and a young saxophone player in jeans on the right photographed from a low angle just wailing on his horn

A Duet of Anime and Jazz: An Interview with Director Yuzuru Tachikawa

By Autumn Wright • May 21st, 2024

“My intent was to especially treat live performances like what would be done for an anime action scene.”

I Played It, Like, Twice...
Key art for Disney's Lorcana game, with ice queen, Mickey Mausritter, and crow queen standing in a line together

Versus Mode: Lorcana x Sorcerer’s Arena

By Orrin Grey • March 7th, 2024

Unlike Lorcana, Sorcerer’s Arena is not an original game cooked up whole cloth. It is, instead, an adaptation of the mobile game of the same name. I’ve tried out the mobile game a bit, but not enough to really get a feel for it, and there’s something to be said for the joy of pushing little plastic standees around on a board.

Casting Deep Meteo
A screencap from Vampire Hunter D shows the titular hunter reaching towards the viewer. He wears a magnificent hat.

One Thousand Year Old Vampire Hunter D

By Levi Rubeck • November 8th, 2023

While watching Vampire Hunter D, one can’t help but connect it to the relatively recent solo role-playing game Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings.

a screenshot from The Primevals with a towering Yeti covered in fur in the mid shot, a tiny gaggle of humans behind, and three lizard people with medieval weapons at the front

Science and Sensation: A Blast from the Past Courtesy of The Primevals (2023)

By Orrin Grey • July 26th, 2023

The Primevals is pure pulp, hearkening back to the golden age of adventure stories.

Interlinked
A still from Vampire Hunter D shows the hunter on horseback in front of a full moon, the horse rearing up and the hunter's cape flying outward like bat wings.

Half-Humans and Half-Lives

By Phoenix Simms • November 3rd, 2022

At the throbbing heart of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust is a fear of different beings mixing to create a monstrous one.

Transpersonal
Still from the title sequence for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, with an assortment of symbols and shapes in the background and a man in a flashy suit and cadet hat, hands in pockets on the left, a very similar looking man with a big lip of hair on his brow in the middle, and a youger person in a school or military uniform on the right

How to Take a Stand // Transpersonal Defiance in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable

By Aster Shen • October 4th, 2022

Koichi goes to his death without despair, because he believes that justice will be done. He connects to the idea that what he represents cannot meaningfully be ‘erased’ at all: the heart of justice that defies the existence of Yoshikage Kira.

Feature Excerpt

Shark Party

By Michael Lee • September 22nd, 2022

The kinds of relationships people form in online spaces can be as meaningful and socially rewarding as physical encounters with human bodies.

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