Legitimately one of the best things to come out of the One Piece anime. Megumi Ishitani has proven before that she is an incredible director, and letting her show off like this is a joy to witness. Some truly incredible animation, with fun characters, that you feel connected to in the span of an episode.
Heartfelt, emotional, silly and hopeful, everything you'd want out of One Piece.
I think what makes "My Undead Yokai Girlfriend" somewhat more interesting than it would have been otherwise, is that it's not anime. While there are other J-dramas (and even more K-dramas) that tread similar thematic ground, this show manages to feel relatively fresh rather than repetitive, which surprised me. Perhaps my relative inexperience with J-dramas contributes to this perception, but I believe the show justifies its existence in several ways.
Firstly, the production quality is notably high, something that I…
Falling asleep with the TV on and waking up to its noise, walking outside with music in your ears, sitting on the bus watching something on your phone, working with headphones on, or eating alone while consuming media—these are all ways Ji-na fills her days. She is constantly surrounded by sound and distraction, never experiencing a moment of true silence. But all of it is artificial.
Every sound she hears comes from a digital device. Every conversation happens over the…
The very idea of a stage play of one of my favorite films of all time, was very intriguing and even more so, when I found out that it has Kanna Hashimoto in it. However, I assumed that this was going to be yet another stage play, that I'll never see in my life. When it was announced, that there is going to be a film version of it, I was really excited.
My theater experience is very limited. I…
