Episode 3: Once Again After Self-Medicating “I was born into this world in my search for this girl. Sacrificing life, a new world, and everything I could’ve had. The girl collected pieces of junk from somewhere. And made a body for me. My memories were murky. I couldn’t remember without effort. Where have I been? Where have I been trying to get to? I couldn’t speak to the girl, but she was the one warm spot in this world that…
…come on. Why isn’t there a car hitting one of them? It happened on Kanon. Why can’t it happen here? Oh yeah, I’m supposed to be doing this. *shoves Brandy and Fluoxetine into mouth* Let’s ride. Episode 2: The First Step To Walking Away From This Mess Following on from the last episode, Tomoya is walking around town after acting like a spastic sissy at the mere appearance of his dad. By contrived coincidence, Nagisa is right by, practicing out…
Small entry this month, but a good one. Three repeats (“Boat Builders”, “Mickey’s Polo Team” and “Alpine Climbers”, referenced in the above links) and only one new addition, which I’ll review here. Don Donald (1937) My first true solo Donald Duck outing of the series, this also happens to be his first solo cartoon. In it, Don Donald travels across Mexico with his donkey to find the fair Donna Duck. The catch? Donna hates the donkey and won’t ride along…
Four shorts this month- two new blog entries and two previous entries, “Mickey’s Service Station” and “Thru the Mirror”. Instead of repeating my opinions on them, just read these. Now for the new shorts- The Band Concert (1935) Here we go, one of the big ones. This cartoon is regarded as being one of the most important from the 1930’s for being Mickey’s first fully Technicolor cartoon. Although the Silly Symphonies became colorized a couple of years prior to the…
A bit of a late entry here, but we at Animation Revelation (or at least yours truly) has been paying attention to The Film Experience‘s Hit Me With Your Best Shot series. Covering everything from La Dolce Vita and The Night of the Hunter to Bring It On and X-Men, the blog series is a showcase for outstanding or poignant single shots from any types of movies. Although we’re all fairly big film buffs here, AR is a primarily animation-related…
Here we go, five shorts this month. How do they fare for me? Let’s see. Mickey’s Service Station (1935) This time I start off with a black and white short. In it, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy run a gas service station that are given 10 minutes to fix a squeak in Pete’s car. Funny since this short is only about 7 minutes long, and it takes about 2 to give them the time to work on it. Not much in…
Episode 1 We pan out to a bleak town, where we hear someone bitch about the monotony of it all. Not even a minute passes by, and it already gets tiring, with such crisp dialogue as, “There’s no place I’d rather not go ever again.” As we get more scenery of the setting, our lead, Tomoya, walks into the path of a red haired girl who inexplicably mutters “Pan-pan,” the Japanese word that children use to say bread. Why a…
As we continue down the rabbit hole, we now arrive at the infamous Games episodes. The Games era, at the time, was considered a huge affront to the concept of Ren & Stimpy. It leaned far heavier on gross-out gags than any other kind of humor, and episodes themselves frequently devolved into nothing more than a contest to see if the next joke could out gross the previous. To fans, this was seen as sacrilege, but in reality… it was…
Time for the next batch, and let me say that I fully enjoyed both sets so far and can’t wait to do the next one. Before I start with the three “new” cartoons I’m reviewing, let me give a special mention to my first repeat short of the series- “Thru the Mirror”, which I reviewed last time. Besides being on one of the hard-to-find Treasures sets, it has recently been rereleased on Alice in Wonderland‘s Blu-Ray release, and it looks,…
Everybody who reads this blog should love Disney. Can you blame us? Arguably no one has done more for the animation industry than Walt, and just about everyone should have at least one project from the Mouse House that they enjoy, be it a particular movie, a Winnie the Pooh character, or if you just. really like Phineas & Ferb. As you guys might know, I personally enjoy Disney quite a lot. The studio has left an undeniable impression on…