Animation

Silflay-ra: a review of She-Ra, Princesses of Power

She-Ra, Princesses of Power Based on She-Ra: Princess of Power by Filmation, Mattel Developed by Noelle Stevenson Voices of: Aimee Carrero, AJ Michalka, Karen Fukuhara, Marcus Scribner, Reshma Shetty, Lorraine Toussaint, Lauren Ash, Christine Woods, Genesis Rodriguez, Vella Lovell, Merit Leighton & Keston John I was noodling around, reading reviews on the Guardian. I don’t …

At the tone, the time will be elsewhen: A review of Undone

Undone Created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg & Kate Purdy Directed by Hisko Hulsing Starring Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, Bob Odenkirk Undone is Amazon’s first original animated feature, and it’s hard to imagine a better start. Alma Winograde nearly dies in a car crash, and awakens with strange new ways of …

It’s What’s for Dinner: a review of The Promised Neverland

The Promised Neverland Yakusoku no Neverland (original title) TV-14 | 30min | Animation, Fantasy, Horror | TV Series (2019– ) Series Directed by: Mamoru Kanbe (11 episodes, 2019) Series Writing Credits: Kaiu Shirai (12 episodes, 2019) Production manager: Suzanne St. Clair (12 episodes, 2019) Production Companies: Aniplex (production), CloverWorks (animation), Fuji Television Network (production), Shueisha …

A Tartakovsky Primer: a review of Primal

A Tartakovsky Primer: a review of Primal Created by Genndy Tartakovsky Story by Bryan Andrews, Darrick Bachman, and Genndy Tartakovsky (Episodes 3–5) David Krentz (Episode 3 only) Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky Voices of Aaron LaPlante Genndy Tartakovsky is, arguably, the best known name in contemporary animation in the west. His efforts include the Powerpuff Girls, …

Gotta get back—back to the past: a retrospective review of Samurai Jack

Samurai Jack Note: this replaces an earlier, less comprehensive review from the previous year. Created by Genndy Tartakovsky Written by Genndy Tartakovsky, Bryan Andrews, Brian Larsen, Chris Reccardi, Darrick Bachman, Charlie Bean, Paul Rudish, Aaron Springer, Chris Mitchell & Erik Wiese Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, Randy Myers, Robert Alvarez, Rob Renzetti, Chris Savino Voices of …

Love, Death and Robots

Love, Death and Robots Executive-producers: David Fincher and Tim Miller Other credits at link below. Each of the 18 episodes has its own director(s) and voice actors. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Back in the days when the Enter key was a lever on the side of the adding machine, there was Métal Hurlant, a French magazine that migrated …