what's on tv?

[Tristi]

I just finished Ginga Tokkyuu Milky Subway, sequel to the breakout hit student film Milky Highway. And wow! It blew me away! Easy Top 3 anime of the year, alongside Apocalypse Hotel and CITY, and honestly? It could even be the #1... It's kino.

I like the way they mirror the structure of the student film by breaking what would otherwise be a ~40min OVA into 12 micro-episodes. It uses those transitional breakpoints well, with the Title Card drops and To Be Continueds never failing to season a joke. The grounded dialog style, with characters frequently talking over and past one another, helps increase the density to make the most of the limited runtime. I want to rewatch this one again soon, because I'm sure there were a lot of little details I missed the first time though.



I also recently finished Emma: A Victorian Romance. I had a craving to see a maid doing maid things, and didn't expect too much more than that, but I found myself falling for nearly every character here. With a strong focus on class stratification (and the central romance trying to bridge that), nearly every conversation felt tense and loaded. Each time a new combination of characters would find themselves arranged in a scene, I was holding my breath to see what sort of drama would play out between them. Great stuff.

[AtomicRunner]

I also recently finished Emma: A Victorian Romance. I had a craving to see a maid doing maid things, and didn't expect too much more than that, but I found myself falling for nearly every character here. With a strong focus on class stratification (and the central romance trying to bridge that), nearly every conversation felt tense and loaded. Each time a new combination of characters would find themselves arranged in a scene, I was holding my breath to see what sort of drama would play out between them. Great stuff.

The "Scribbles" series of artbooks by Kaoru Mori are a delight and pretty cheap, I think you will enjoy them.

[onza]

im plurbing big time. im asking all my friends shit like "do you think plurb likes Gaming".


also made me go back and confirm that "X-Cops" (x-files season 7 episode 12) might still be my favorite episode of television to ever do it. postmodernism!!!! thee form!!


finished up Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light. i love so much to watch old english character actors Character Act. every time damian lewis is in something i'm always either seeing Bobby Billions or Brody Homeland doing something in my head so its very funny to see him do henry the 8th stuff the whole time. tremendous lighting, tremendous ending


the only new anime i'm watching this season is "Gnosia". i cant really recommend it unless you like the video game, but at least its casually fairly chill-fun about gender. the ED is one of the most annoying pieces of music i've heard in my life

[monti]

finished up Wolf Hall: The Mirror and Light. i love so much to watch old english character actors Character Act. every time damian lewis is in something i'm always either seeing Bobby Billions or Brody Homeland doing something in my head so its very funny to see him do henry the 8th stuff the whole time. tremendous lighting, tremendous ending

I just finished this recently too, it was great! I very much enjoyed its Henry VIII. It's nice to see a TV show that doesn't just beat you over the head with itself.