Episode 24 High Res (Patreon)

Over the course of the weekend I've watched half of a 105 minute anime film called The House of the Lost on the Cape. Yes, I'm aware that that's a terribly slow effort to watch the film.

The film itself is pretty cute so far! You got this high school age girl who ran away from an abusive dad and a elementary school aged girl whose family is dead moving in with this old woman in the house of the lost on the cape. Boom! Title of the movie! So, basically it's been more like trying to help the girls heal and turns out yokai actually exist and shit and things will be okay.

Okay, sorry, this is a shitty ass review, especially since I haven't finished watching it. I plan to watch the rest of it tonight, though! And seriously, it's cute! English dub is well done! It's worth checking out!

Once I finish it I plan to move onto Inu-Oh, which I finally grabbed when it went on sale for $15 on amazon. Which I then applied $10 from my amazon rewards panel I get every month, making it $7. Can't beat that price for a anime film on bluray!

Also, I watched Animal Treasure Island! Literally right after I posted the last update!

 Storywise and such, it's a kid film. Family friendly Treasure Island with anthropomorphic animal people and kids. Despite its short run time it feels long due to cramming a bunch of story under 80 minutes.

Turned it's based off a story pitch by Hayao Miyazaki, and it's super obvious. Also, his animation cuts are an absolute delight! Here's an example of some good action animation and one with really well done character animation. 

Another thing I learned was that Animal Treasure Island was Discotek's first DVD release, and shucks howdy does it show! Video quality had interlacing issues while watching it on my 4K TV on a PS5. The English dub also had this huge sync issue where about 5 seconds of dialogue was put at the wrong spot. Turns out Discotek's bluray released fixed it. Honestly I think I'll double dip and donate the DVD.

Worth a watch!