Howl’s Moving Castle – Ghibli Rewatch

We’ve reached the end and this is the big one! We revisit the rock in the back Avatar State, Energybending, recap our finale recap from 2008, and reveal the Dongbu Feng Contact! All as thee From the Spirit World crew rewatches Avatar: The Last Airbender 20 years later! Today we’r ...  Show more

It’s time to look back on the Kataang Ember Island Players scene, the play itself, and the Azula betrayal as the From the Spirit World crew rewatches Avatar: The Last Airbender 20 years later! Today we’re talking Chapters 55-57, “The Boiling Rock, Part 2”, “The Southern Raiders”, ...  Show more

Only Yesterday from Isao Takahata is an adult female drama featuring strikingly contrasting animation styles and for some of us one of our personal favorites! Listen to hear us break down everything from this film in our latest installment of […] 

The latest movie from Japanese anime icon Hayao Miyazaki is a beautiful fever dream that explores the themes of grief and loss in a fantastical setting.     Read the Plugged In Review   If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback. 

Humorist, David Rees, returns to Blank Check discuss one of the greatest animated films of all time, Spirited Away. Together they examine dream logic, Shrek, David Rees presents an important review of Spirited Away from Nigel Andrews at the Financial Times and plenty more!  Join ...  Show more

Margaret Talbot, writing in The New Yorker in 2005, recounted that when animators at Pixar got stuck on a project they’d file into a screening room to watch a film by Hayao Miyazak ...