Welcome again to the the Month-to-month Favorites! Because of extenuating circumstances, this month’s characteristic is extremely skinny on my finish. That doesn’t imply that there wasn’t great things being written or launched! I simply wasn’t in a position to get out of my very own method to learn/discover it. Sorry ’bout that. I’ll do higher subsequent month.
Both means, let’s take a look at what I did discover this previous month for you guys to get pleasure from!
Anime
From AP Information is “Famous Japanese creator Haruki Murakami is pleased with first animated adaptation of his brief tales“, which is a extremely insightful piece. As an animation fan, and Murakami fan I’m glad the most recent try at a movie model of his works has gone over so properly!
From Causes to Anime is “5 Causes To Watch: Metropolis“. It’s a Tezuka title, and one which warped my little thoughts again within the day. I extremely advocate giving it a learn, after which checking it out in case you can.
Manga
Kicking off our manga picks is “SPECIAL TOPIC: Do you Keep in mind Chiba Akio? by Chiba Ichirou” through the Manga Musings: Obscure Manga. I wasn’t accustomed to Chiba Akio, due to this fact I can’t bear in mind him. However this weblog put up is a good place to begin earlier than you begin searching round for manga or extra.
As well as, we even have “(+18) Why I like Gengoroh Tagame’s “Home of Brutes” – a evaluate” from Thousand Tails with the Pink Hair. It’s good to see somebody cowl Tagame Sensei’s lesser recognized works. It’s actually insightful in case you’re curious, however does creep right into a little bit of spoiler territory.
Music
From Omunibasu (who’re primarily on substack now), posted about “Visiting Japan and My (Barely Irritating) Experiences with Discovering Idol Merch“. It’s a extremely private and insightful piece about Idol Merch searching in Japan.
There’s additionally from the Dumpling Field, “Matsuri GALA: Conventional Kabuki meets Trendy Pop Tradition with Snow Man Members” which is a succinct evaluate of the most recent STARTO Kabuki manufacturing. It is going to suffice for these of us who couldn’t make it in individual. Possibly we’ll get a DVD/Blu-ray launch at some point…
This one is a little bit completely different for me to showcase right here. It’s a duet between soloist Tomioka Ai, and Sunada Masahiro from Ballistik Boyz! I feel it’s criminally beneath watched/listened so please give it a hear if doable.
