Leila Hamm 6/9/24 Leila Hamm 6/9/24

FLCL

A juvenile, feverish madness of potential that I don't think I'll ever be able to make contact with again.

But it never came anywhere fucking near FLCL.

Leila Hamm 5/18/24 Leila Hamm 5/18/24

Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (S1E4-6) (continued)

Either there's some incredibly subtle next-gen meme virus taking people over, or the Laughing Man is just an unbelievably effective stochastic terrorism apparatus

Leila Hamm 5/17/24 Leila Hamm 5/17/24

Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex (S1E4-6)

Either incredibly prescient, or a remarkable case of life imitating art.

Leila Hamm 5/11/24 Leila Hamm 5/11/24

"Birds Anonymous" and "Three Little Bops"

A look at where American cartoons were at in the mid-to-late 1950's. "Johnny Quest" and its imitators would come a few short years after this, albeit from different studios.

Leila Hamm 5/7/24 Leila Hamm 5/7/24

Haibane Renmei E2-7 (continued)

Maybe the existence of an afterlife really just means you keep dying forever?

Leila Hamm 5/4/24 Leila Hamm 5/4/24

Haibane Renmei E2-7

This isn't a heaven, or even a parody of heaven. It's purgatory.

Leila Hamm 5/4/24 Leila Hamm 5/4/24

Sgt. Savage and his Screaming Eagles

When I say that he's Captain America, what I mean is that he's an elite special forces squad leader from World War 2 who got frozen, was declared MIA, and then discovered and thawed out decades later to serve his country again when it is menaced by the same nazi-aligned supervillain who he fought back in the forties. What I don't mean when I say he's Captain America, on the other hand, is that he has any of the pathos, charm, or idiosyncrasy that various depictions of Cap have been imbued with by their authors.

Leila Hamm 5/1/24 Leila Hamm 5/1/24

Shadows House (S1E1-5) (continued more)

This story is definitely going to keep getting darker before it gets finished, of that I'm certain.

Leila Hamm 4/27/24 Leila Hamm 4/27/24

Shadows House (S1E1-5) (continued)

I'm getting the impression that the soot itself is some type of malevolent, parasitic life form.

Leila Hamm 4/27/24 Leila Hamm 4/27/24

Shadows House (S1E1-5)

Did they both used to be the same person, before being *split* in some way?

Leila Hamm 4/8/24 Leila Hamm 4/8/24

Jonny Quest E1: "The Mystery of the Lizard Men"

I wouldn't say it's aged well, but there's plenty of stuff to enjoy alongside the lumps, and it absolutely does have the effort and vision behind it that was missing from the later sixties H-B adventure shows.

Leila Hamm 4/7/24 Leila Hamm 4/7/24

The Herculoids E1-2

The late sixties just weren't a great time for American TV animation in general.

Leila Hamm 4/7/24 Leila Hamm 4/7/24

Vanitas no Carte S1E1-2

I just feel like a weird, colorful parade went passed my window too fast for me to catch any details, and I’m left staring down the street after it going “huh?”