#WHAT the fuck was going on in frontiers. We need a reboot that's Normal and then I can fucking EXPLODE I JUST RE.EMBERED THERWS DIVORXE

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My comprehensive knowledge of animes made to promote early 2000s games

Pokemon: fuckin go Pikachu. We save the legendaries for movies mostly and they will make you cry

Digimon: god I wish frontiers was More Normal bc that shit was formative to me. Also the English theme song fucks harder than it has any reason to. I stopped watching at season 5 bc the main character didn't have goggles this isn't a joke I felt fucking betrayed

Yu-Gi-Oh: I know season 0 was nuts. Season 1 still killed you. Why. Also motorcycles happened and the game mechanics fully confuse me

Bakugan: I know nothing about this but the fact the phrase "split personality" comes up is driving me nuts

Beyblade: literally had to look up if a beyblade anime existed and fucking 2017???

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Y'all got any other anime recs?

i can just give ya all my fav anime fdfhdghk

TLDR;

sailor moon*

inuyasha

digimon*

Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne

Ao no Exorcist / Blue Exorcist*

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (16+)*

Kill la Kill (16+)*

My Hero Academia (duh)*

Danganronpa

Tiger and Bunny*

(anime with a * have GREATLY influenced my art and or writing style and idea of what a good story is; AKA THOSE ARE MY ABSOLUTE FAVES)

longer explanations under the cut

Sailor Moon (the oringinal one from the 90s; watch as sub if u want to go in all serious, but the dub is fun too if u like watching it more relaxed ((or with friends bc shits funny)))it has 200 Episodes and 5 MoviesThere IS a remake but I’d say watch that after you’ve seen the original.Summary:Usagi Tsukino is a normal 14 year old girl.. she’s like you and me... sleeps in, loves to eat sweets, loves to play video games, has bad grades, kinda nervous about making friends, kinda broke and just wants to have a good time. But one day her life turns over when suddenly she’s supposed to become a magical girl to defend Tokyo from evil and find a mysterious princess from the moon. (this also involves a talking cat how cool is that)Noteworthy mentions: gay and trans characters? hell yeah! (even if they join the party really late)

Inuyasha! I never saw the english dub, nor japanese dub so no info on which one to watch. just go with preferencehas 193 Episodes.Summary: Kagome Higurashi is yet again an average girl; but she lives at a shrine that has been home to her family for a long time. One day she falls into the well inside the shrine when trying to get her cat (iirc i didnt watch it in 10 years oops) and ends up waking up in feudal japan. She doesn’t really know what happened but thats when she meets inuyasha, who is nailed to a tree with a magical arrow. She saves him and that’s kinda how their destinies collide. again; inuyasha is a half-demon who jumps into fights with a huge fucking sword and its a tru adventure.

Digimon!All digimon seasons should be watched in japanese (or german or latinx spanish (because other languages like english and french did not use the japanese soundtrack. and the english soundtrack is HORRIBLE. bad. hideous. please watch in japanese, german or latinx spanish.)You should start watching Digimon Adventure (1 and 2 and 3)but those two together will be 130 Episodes (and this shit is 3 seasons) jkafhaskjafter seeing season 1 and 2 you should watch the Digimon Movie (my fav movie of all times) and THEN move on to Digimon Adventure triThis is the original digimon series and you don’t NEED to watch it to udenrstand the many reboots, but it’s nice to have seen it to get the references (plus its just REALLY REALLY GOOD!)[theres a lot of gay tension between certain characters but canonically ofc its not happening I GUESS but whatever them gay]Once u got all those down you can watch Digimon Tamers!It has 54 Episodes and is my personal fav season! Takato is a dreamer like you and me and he wants fictional characters to be real! He makes a fucking digimon OC and!?!? IT COMES TO LIFE!!!!!!!!! this season is so fucking good yall. It’s so good.I personally don’t like Digimon Frontier but if u want to give it a try go ahead! The kids THEMSELVES turn into digimon here! idk how many episodes it has tbh but the soundtrack is a bop.Digimon Data Squad is also really good!! the characters are more grown up and the approach is generally a tad more mature (to tamers is also pretty mature considering those are like 12) data squad has 48 Episodesanything after that i didnt rly bother watching but if ya want u can check it out

Kamikaze Kaito Jeannea magical girl anime that i liked a lot as a kid? didnt watch it anymore since 2012 but i have fond memoriesimagine that god himself assigned magical girls?44 episodes, watch in japanese

Ao no Exorcist / Blue Exorcist25 Episodes of the original anime; after epsiode 17 the anime does it’s own thing, not following the mangaWatch season 2 after episode 17 (or finish the first anime first, and then watch Kyoto  Saga; and then read the manga (it’s still ongoing iirc? my adhd ass didnt finish the manga yet so idk))The anime is about Rin Okumura, who turns out to be the son of satan. Instead of accepting his fate though, he decides to become an exorcist, and not just any normal exorcist, but an exorcist so powerful that he will defeat satan personally.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica12 episodes and a movie of magical girl adventure.it will get VERY FUCKED UP so  if ur very sensitive or death/unreality triggers u then us houldnt watch it.I’d say u need to be very mature to stomach this.But it’s oh so worth it. One of my all time favourite anime!!!!!!

Kill la KillAgain for mature audiences (mostly because of the very suggestive outfits and the high amounts of blood. also trigger warning for pedophilia and parent abuse and incest :((( its all just one episode where it happens but its. its bad. (the evil doer dies in the end tho. die bitch.))24 episodesand an OVA!amazing soundtrack, characters and story! (we like to joke that this is basically SA2 but with lesbian human shadow the hedgehog jakshfaskj)

If ur following this blog ur already watching My Hero Academia, and if not wHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING ON THIS BLOG IN THE FIRST PLACE???????????

if u want to u can watch the first dangan ronpa anime (and after that watch playthroughs of the games) !warning theres lots and lots of blood and death and the first game/anime is a little transphobic, and Girls Stop Having Giand Bobbies Challenge but i promise its a good series with a really in depth story and characters!!(if u want to know more about what order to watch all the shit hmu after u finished the anime)

if you like My Hero Academia you MUST (i repeat MUST) watch Tiger and Bunny25 Episodes and 2 movies of super hero goodness. It’s MHA but with adults. Gay and trans characters? Hell yeah! Did the creators of the anime drink respect poc juice? YES!

i bet theres more but im so tired.................... ask me fore specific genres and i’ll have a rec some other time

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WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND – Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and More

While to most “normal” people, the summer starts this weekend, to movie buffs, it’s already almost midway through the summer movie season. There are still a few bigger movies to come, but it feels like this might be the last weekend with a mega-juggernaut that will open with more than $100 million.

JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM (Universal)

Last week, Disney-Pixar’s The Incredibles 2 set a bunch of new records coming out 14 years after the original movie, but it wasn’t the first time this has happened. In 2015, Universal and producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall finally got a fourth Jurassic Park movie off the ground, and the demand was there for the reboot/sequel Jurassic Worldto open with more than $208 million, surpassing the record set by Marvel’s The Avengers a few years earlier, as it became the third highest-grossing movie domestically after only James Cameron’s Avatarand Titanic.  (Since then, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Black Pantherand Avengers: Infinity Warhave surpassed it with Black Panther edging closer to $700 million.)

Coming out three years after Jurassic World, this sequel takes place three years after with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard once again front and center as Owen and Claire, the love-locked dino-trainer and former Jurassic World publicist, who have been called back to Isla Nublar to save the raptor Blue, as a volcano threatens to destroy all that’s left after the last dino-escape.

Taking over the directorial reigns is Spanish filmmaker Juan Bayona, best known for his debut The Orphanage(produced by Guillermo del Toro); its follow-up The Impossible, starring Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and a younger Tom Holland; and the adaptation of the book A Monster Calls.  The middle of those did the best with $19 million, but Bayona hasn’t really crossed over to the mainstream with critics still being his biggest fan.

So far, reviews are mixed with 54% on Rotten Tomatoescompared to the 71% Fresh for Jurassic World, but it’s on par with the ratings for Spielberg’s second movie The Lost World – Jurassic Park, which ended up setting and holding an opening weekend record for a number of years. It’s doubtful reviews will have that much of an effect on the movie, because the franchise has so many fans that have seen the previous four movies, and these movies are the type best seen in theaters (especially in IMAX at premium ticket prices).

There isn’t that much more to say to the movie, because it essentially uses the same formula as the previous four Jurassic Park movies, and there’s still a demand to see dinosaurs chasing after and eating humans.  Universal is giving it the maximum possible oversaturation of theaters as it takes over screens that will be vacated by Deadpool 2, Solo and others.

Coming out on the second weekend of The Incredibles 2 could pose a problem going by that movie’s A+ CinemaScore rating that makes it seem like it will remain a player for family audiences and younger kids, but young boys and girls love dinosaurs almost as much as superheroes, so their parents will likely bring the whole family despite the movie’s PG-13 rating and bonafide scares.

It’s highly unlikely Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom can match the opening of the previous movie with so many factors going against it, but I still think it’s good for $150 to 160 million this weekend, which is still very good even if it’s lower than its predecessor. It should do well for the next week or two but then Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp will likely cut off its legs keeping it under $350 million domestic.

My Review

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the only new movie in wide release, but at one point, Focus Features planned on using the slower summer weekend to expand the Mister Rogers doc Won’t You Be My Neighbor nationwide after it grossed $1.7 million in less than 100 theaters.  Instead it’s expanding into 348 theaters Friday, which should allow it to continue to build word-of-mouth and possibly even sneak into the bottom of the Top 10. (Reviews have been great for the film, and it’s definitely a possible frontrunner for the documentary Oscar next year. It’s also my favorite movie of the year, so far, so definitely go see it if you haven’t already.)

The Top 10 should look something like this…

1. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Universal) - $153.2 million N/A

2. The Incredibles 2 (Disney-Pixar) - $85.5 million -53%

3. Ocean’s 8 (Warner Bros.) - $9.8 million -48%

4. Tag (New Line/WB) – $7.5 million -49%

5. Solo: A Star Wars Story (Lucasfilm/Disney) - $4.5 million -55%

6. Deadpool 2 (20thCentury Fox) - $4.3 million -50%

7. Hereditary (A24) – $3.3 million -46%

8. Superfly (Sony) - $3 million -52%

9. Avengers: Infinity War (Marvel/Disney) - $3 million -45%

10. Won’t You Be My Neighbor (Focus Features) - $2 million +100%

LIMITED RELEASES

Fortunately, there are decent and half-decent limited releases that I can also recommend… although the first there are probably for the older set i.e. over 40. I saw a few of the movies at Sundance and a few more in recent weeks.

Ben Lewin’s The Catcher Was a Spy (IFC Films) stars Pal Rudd as Boston Red Sox catcher Moe Berg, who led a double life as an undercover OSS agent for the government, trying to uncover the Nazi’s plans to build an atomic bomb. This may have been a strange choice to premiere at Sundance, but I generally enjoyed the historical drama that also stars Paul Giamatti, Mark Strong, Connie Nielson, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels and more.  I got to speak with Lewin about the film at Sundance (you can read that interview here), and I thought it was an innovative look at part of World War II that hasn’t already been well-covered in films.

David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko the Treasure Hunter) return with their quirky Western Damsel (Magnolia), starring Rob Pattinson as Samuel Alabaster, a pioneer who treks across the frontier with plans to marry his beloved Penelope, played by Mia Wasikowska. It’s a quirky movie that played well at Sundance, mainly due to a miniature horse named Butterscotch, but I didn’t like it as much as Kumiko. It’ll open in New York and L.A. on Friday and then in other cities on June 29.

Eugene (Why We Fight) Jarecki’s new doc The King (Oscilloscope) is a road trip doc that uses Elvis Presley’s Rolls Royce as a vehicle (quite literally) to visit all the places that were part of his life and meteoric rise to fame, as well as his career crash and burn until his untimely death.  Some of the actors who go on this journey with Jarecki include Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin, Mike Myers and even Ashton Kutcher, and it’s a must-see for music and Elvis fans. The King opens in New York this Friday and then in L.A. next Friday, and hopefully it will get to some of those other areas where Elvis was popular, particularly down South. 

All three of the above movies are opening at the IFC Center in New York with the filmmakers doing QnAs for the last two.

Speaking of road movies, Christopher Plummer and Vera Farmiga play estranged father and daughter in Shana Feste’s Boundaries (Sony Pictures Classics), in which Farmiga plays a single mother who keeps taking in stray cats and dogs, who agrees to drive her pot-dealing father to California in exchange for money to pay her son’s tuition.  The dramedy also stars A Monster Calls’ Lewis McDougall as her son, and includes cameos by Peter Fonda and Christopher Lloyd. I thought the movie was cute if not unspectacular, maybe a little better than The Leisure Seeker, but honestly, the fact that the cute puppies steal scenes from Farmiga and Plummer gives you some idea that this might be the strongest offering this weekend. Either way, it opens in New York and L.A. on Friday.

The always-magnificent Mackenzie Davis stars in Christian Papierniak’s Izzy Gets The Fuck Across Town(Shout! Studios), a hipster comedy in which she plays Izzy, a hung-over woman who needs to get across town… to stop her ex-boyfriend’s engagement party. The movie has an impressive supporting cast that includes Alia Shakat, Haley Joel Osment, Carrie Coon and Annie Potts, and it opens in select cities Friday. Personally, I thought it was a little too hipster-y and L.A. for my tastes, so not sure how well it might place elsewhere. I guess it has its moments? One of those is an impromptu duet between Davis and Coon, as sisters who used to play in a band together.

Then there’s a bunch of movies I haven’t seen, including Laura Fairrie’s timely doc Spiral (Cohen Media), dealing with the new rise of far-right nationalism and how it affects Jews in France; both Pascal Laugier’s thriller Incident in a Ghostland (Vertical) starring Crystal Reed (Teen Wolf) and Jason Saitel’s thriller Beach House (Archstone) will be released in select cities and On Demand.  Opening at the Film Society at Lincoln Center is João Dumans and Affonso Uchôa’s Brazilian road movie* Araby (Grasshopper Film), while the Kyle Gallner movie Zen Dog will also hit VOD and digital platforms Friday.

(*Okay, did I miss the memo that every indie road movie needs to be released on the first official weekend of summer?)

That’s all for this week, and I’ll be back next week talking about Sicario: Day of the Soldado and Uncle Drew, as we get a little breather from the big tentpoles for at least one week.