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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a rather odd piece of work. Despiste featuring a giant talking frog, ghosts and other oddities it feels very grounded and matter of factly, which makes for a pleasant juxtaposition. There's not much in the way of action, it's an overall relaxed movie that hits you while you breathe. The animation is a pleasant 2D, though the same cannot be said for the character designs, which veer a bit into racist territory at times. Still, it doesn't feel malicious or anything, just some odd stylisations for the mostly Japanese cast. A strong recommendation.

A Magnificent Life (or Marcel e Monsieur Pagnol in its native France) is a fantastic autobiography of Marcel Pagnol, who is visited by his younger self. It bears some similarities to Where is Anne Frank in terms of seeing one's life through a fictional counterpart's eyes, and is quite heavy, not pulling punches in regards to the man's life. The animation is an amazing 2D, that manages to feel gritty and vibrant at once. Strong recommendation.

Skydance Animation graces us with another bubbly CGI film featuring unique creature designs. The basics of the story - two characters get body swapped and have to admire each other in being in each other's shoes - are augmented by a neat worldbuilding kink: the characters are elemental animals with plant or rock body parts. On the visuals at least this is wildely creative. The story is alright. It's not as deep and proffound as WondLa but it's not offesnive at least. A recommendation.

"It's been a while since we played Bayonetta, hasn't it?" Devon said. "Sure" Cameron replied, "Do you need me to dust off the console?" "Yeah, I think so." *** "Wow, almost forgot how sexualised she is." "It's the whole point of the game, babe." "Still, there should be games for gay men, like us." Just then Bayonetta was hit by Iustitia. "Damn!" Cameron found the small outburst Devon gave cute. Yeah, he was right, there wasn't a lot of games with men sexualised the same way as female characters. But for now, seeing his boyfriend win was all that matter to him right then. **** "Oh come on!" Jubilea's deaging vortex got Bayonetta again, and she couldn't dodge a missil. Luckily, there were still some lollypops to restore health. The second Devon got back on the field, he was more successful. "Booya!" Cameron snickered at Dev's exclamation, and kissed him on the cheek. The momentary distraction made him be deaged again. "Babe!" "Okay, sorry." "Yeah, you'll be sorry when it's your turn on

A minotaur raised by a human family begins having mysterious nightmares about his mythic past; cue adventures focusing around mythologies around the world (but mostly greek). The animation, done by Cartoon Saloon, is astounding, as is the characterisation. The brotherly bond between the two leads is quite precious to see, and they both have well developed arcs. A strong recommendation. It takes quite the juice to get me caring about greek mythology based shows.

Kevin is the story of a cat who, after his owners break up, is faced with both the freedom that not being owned grants as well as insecurities towards his future. While it is a mostly comedic show, it has quite a few existentialist qualities that can make it quite deep at times. The animation is alright. It's typical adult animated slop, and there's plenty of gross out humor, but it's fine for what it is. A warm recommendation.

This is an interquel between seasons 2 and 3. This kind of midquel ruined Star Wars, and I hope this is the only one in store for this franchise. It is a bit dumbed down for kids, which is disappointing since this could have easily retained the vibes of its live action counterpart. The animation is a nice kind of painted CGI, though I dislike the teeth in the character designs. A lukewarm recommendation.