Review: Worlds collide in silly and sweet The Myth of Maracuda
Sometimes, loving animation feels like living on an island, or shouting into a void. Obviously, a ton of people watch animation. Every year, many of the biggest movies of the year are animated. Ne Zha 2, KPop Demon Hunters, Inside Out 2 , the Mario movies -- all massive hits of the past few years. But once you get into the smaller, more obscure movies, it's a bit lonelier. It makes sense: a lot of the movies I write about here don't reach far beyond their home countries. A good number of them will never make it to the US, which is where I'm based. That's part of the reason I started this blog: to put a spotlight on animated movies that most people haven't heard of, in the hopes of encouraging people to be more curious, and to seek out more animation beyond the Oscar nominees and studio offerings. Recently, via Bluesky, I came across a fellow animation aficionado who digs around for the hidden gems like I do. His name is Jeryl "Blaziker" Koh, and you can ch...
