(Content Warning: Sexual Assault, Cancer)

So, this released a few years back:

The movie Angels in the Outfield but the angels are from Neon Genesis Evangelion

I love Kiki’s Delivery Service and Porco Rosso.

there’s this shot in Porco Rosso that’s just a fast, low flight over the Italian countryside that I assume gave the animator working on it an actual heart attack

every damn frame of Kiki’s Delivery Service takes place on some piece of beautiful, detailed, warm, pleasant art, I don’t even need to pick one out, I can just stop the movie literally anywhere and it’s this kinda thing and it’s on screen for 1.2 seconds and then another one, and then another one, for like 90 minutes

this is one of my favorite movies of all time and Tiff doesn’t care for it because nothing much happens in it, but it’s just a pleasant, chill ride all the way through

I watch it on lazy Saturdays

If you like Stardew Valley this is the movie with the Stardew Valley-est vibe that you can find

this movie should be on the list of anti-anxiety drugs

I almost bailed on Thermae Romae after one episode because it was just this irritating bog-standard Shonen plot where a plucky young boy wants to be the BEST BATHHOUSE DESIGNER IN THE WORLD

ugggghhhhhh

it’s no surprise that this episode was added by netflix to pad out the series and actually has almost nothing to do with the rest of the episodes

every episode after that is much better, featuring the almost mechanical formula of Modestus encountering a roman bathhouse design problem, accidentally getting transported to modern japan, being amazed and humbled by modern bathroom technology, then transported back into rome where he copies it with ancient technology and is hailed as a genius.

This formula is both funny and good fun.

Like, we all have the persistent fantasy of showing off mundane modern tech to an ancient person and watching them be amazed, right? It’s that feeling bottled into a television show.

also as a man with no shortage of mediterranean blood I have had this exact same progression of emotions with a bidet:

“where did you get so much mediterranean blood, are you italian?”

“no, i just buy it by the jar from a guy I met under a bridge”

I don’t watch a lot of anime but I’ve absolutely seen The Way of the Househusband start to finish about three times.

The joke is incredibly dumb and not terribly progressive: this scary man enjoys doing traditionally feminine chores with all of the shouting intensity of a serious, dramatic action anime protagonist - but - he does really sell it.

I’m shocked and appalled that the fold-up stage Nord from Carole & Tuesday doesn’t exist as a real product yet.

This is just the whole pitch for Carole & Tuesday right here:

No content warning, turn the volume way up and play it at work.

Getting home in cold weather gear with groceries, then doing a Sailor Moon transformation sequence that ends with a lumpy man wearing pyjamas.

a month ago the Guardian called VRChat a “no-holds-barred neon anime nightmare” that phrase has lived rent-free in my head ever since

it was intended as derogatory but it goes so fucking hard, it’s awesome

I’ve been suggesting that we use it as a pull-quote ever since, but no traction yet