Recent content by Kino

Reintroduction! I'm Kino, pushing 40, feeling 19, lover of animation of all sorts. I used to post more frequently, but fell off in 2011. Since then, Steven Universe has helped me grieve the loss of a parent, and RWBY, flawed though it is, has helped me commune with their spirit, if only...

What is Witch Hat Atelier?

Unlike a lot of people, though, I don't blame Raye Rodriguez or his writing team for the fact that the show sucks. I'm betting that some coked-up exec at Crunchyroll saw that Avatar and Steven Universe won Peabody Awards, thought, "We need us some a' those!" and gave like, half a tuppence to...

I like woke media. Steven Universe, She-Ra And The Princesses of Power, Avatar and The Owl House are some of my favorite cartoons of the past 20 years. I say this so that you'll believe me when I tell you that High Guardian Spice is bad. You all remember RWBY, right? The deeply flawed, poorly...

This was... interesting. I didn't think they'd go for an Avatar: The Last Airbender feel. In particular, the racial oppression angle came out of nowhere, but was handled quite well. I hadn't pictured Will Friedle as the voice of Lion-O, but it works, he's much more relatable than the musclebound...

Wow...

Could it be Cartoon Network? They've been heavily advertising a certain popular film for their sunday night "Flicks" series...

I've seen a lot of people saying that Aang wasn't being an adult when he spared Ozai's life, and that all of his incarnations were urging him to kill. But look at the spirit's dialogue, and, after that, think of the possible implications that Ozai's death would've held: Aang was. Ozai abused...

Terra's arc was a really complex storyline; so much so that a lot of the kids who were watching completely failed to grasp Terra's motivations. The character Terra was, ultimately, a person who wanted to do good. She tried to be a hero in the past, and at the end of her arc, genuinely regetted...

My personal theory is that Terra, contrary to what BB thought, always wanted a normal life. Normal school, normal friends, normal everything. She remembers what she did, and regrets her actions, but she already atoned by taking responsibility for her actions and saving the city. All things...

They'll probably make Gwen and Kevin an item, to toss the wounded shippers a few scraps... then again, maybe they'll hate each other. Last I heard, the writers of "Things Change" were still having problems with kids not understanding the episode's lesson: "You can't always get what you want..."...

I dunno. To me, it felt serviceable. It set up Torchwood nicely, and gave me a chance to snicker at some good jokes, but it didn't hold my attention very well.

I agree. Things Change really does feel like the end of childhood, and the transition into adulthood: Painful, but full of positive lessons, and ultimately, necessary.

It's definitely a better start than Teen Titans had. Good, solid plot, good solid dialogue, and good, solid performances... but slow action scenes and animation that isn't as fluid as shows like the Batman keep me from giving this a perfect score. Tentative grade: Needs improvement, but shows...