Keyframe 138 – After School Goth Club

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This week it’s anime all the way as Tucky, Mark and Rob get several shows out of their systems, and kicking things off is series two of the show that’s basically catering porn – Food Wars! The Second Plate. After that it’s time for some painfully secret high school experiments […]

Keyframe 136 – Bardock’s Geordie Genes

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Computer graphics have become the norm in animation thanks to their versatility and efficiency, but there are certain types of CG animation that some people just don’t like. With that in mind, Rob and Andrew investigate cel-shaded CG animation and some of the possible reasons why it divides opinion. After […]

Keyframe 129 – Muffin-Topping Into Mainstream

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My Hero Academia has been a huge success as a series, but it’s the remarkable success of the Two Heroes movie that has Tucky and Producer Rob thinking about the changing perception of animated feature films in the West. This naturally leads to an interesting discussion about anime movies in […]

Keyframe 80 – Groundhog Day Fanfiction

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Things get a little ranty this week as we try to work out if long-running shounen are still relevant, or if the desire to produce the next One Piece/Dragon Ball/Bleach/Naruto is nothing more than a false hope. Our featured anime are Little Busters! Refrain, Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions […]

Keyframe 77 – The Quagmire of Looney Tunes

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So Netflix want to reboot the ‘90s – or at least the animated bits anyway. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. create a crossover that nobody wanted to see and Disney are still waiting for a Best Picture Oscar. Our featured anime are Little Busters Season 1 and Sword Art Online The Movie: […]