Rotoscope and You: The Flowers of Evil

The Flowers of Evil is one of those anime that creates powerful responses in people, and not all of them are good. For one thing, in tone and content it’s manifestly adult even though the characters are kids. And the protagonist, Sawa Nakamura – I said the protagonist, not the central character – is a […]

Rotoscope and Reference: Kids on the Slope

I know I don’t talk about animation here as much as I should. There have to be about eight hundred bazillion writers who have blogs, and a bunch of them must invest as much time as I do in looking at plot and character and such. Animators, on the other hand, are fewer and farther […]

Confessions of an Overage otaku

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Rotoscope and You: The Flowers of Evil

Rotoscope and Reference: Kids on the Slope