I’m going to be honest: when I first heard about Cosmic Princess Kaguya!, the premise sounded like the kind of anime that could either become an absolute cult favorite or completely disappear into the Netflix catalog. A cyberpunk remake of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, mixed with yuri romance, livestream culture, Vocaloid-inspired music, and…
When a new Pokémon anime project appears online without months of hype, it is easy to assume it will be a cute little promotional video and nothing more. That was honestly my expectation when I saw the latest Pokétoon short pop up. Then I noticed the director’s name: Shingo Yamashita. At that point, every anime…
Some anime are enjoyable no matter where you watch them. Others feel like they were designed for the biggest screen possible, and Cosmic Princess Kaguya definitely belongs in that second category. Ever since I first saw it, I kept thinking that watching it on a TV—or even worse, on a phone—didn’t fully capture what the…