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Author: Molly Brenan

I’m Molly. I’m a New York transplant who still loves it when people mistake me for someone who can’t drink yet. I was born too late for the zeitgeist of the personal essay industrial complex. I got a Twin Peaks reference on the back of a volume of manga.
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KyoAni Taught Me What It Meant to Become Special

July 25, 2019December 30, 2019 Molly BrenanComments Off on KyoAni Taught Me What It Meant to Become Special

Remembering those lost in the attack at Kyoto Animation through their work.

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Breaking the spell of a pervasive—and damaging—cultural force.

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The animation director is now at 'OK K.O.!-Let's Be Heroes,' where his tradition of taking a choice quote from each episode as a nickname in the credits continues. We've ranked them here.

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With news of a new 'Samurai Jack' video game coming out, let's revisit one of the show's most consistent elements.

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While the Japanese studio's films don't sugarcoat the conflicts between humanity and nature, they don't oversimplify it, either.

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By Wyatt Erchak

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