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Kok Xiang Wei
Disclaimer: The following essay is an analysis of the first episode of Frieren: Beyond the Journey's End. Written by an anime-only. Hope you enjoy the read.The most poignant narrative device of Frieren is the purposiveness in when a scene should be silent, and when it should possess music. The...
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Kok Xiang Wei
Adapting the manga for 'Chainsaw Man' comes with its own set of challenges. For me, the make-or-break has always been maintaining the insane pacing of the manga. This frenzied pace comes from its plot progression, mainly in how quick shit can hit the fan sometimes. But perhaps another one of...
Kok Xiang Wei
Why does Odd Taxi's dialogue sound "natural"? This question seemed dubiously simple to me when I first considered it. I attributed it to be a similar situation as Your Name, whereby many of the voice actors including our main leads, are amateurish and have little experience in creating that 'anime...
Kok Xiang Wei
I think the sound design in 'Aharen-san' is phenomenal.That might be a strange statement to make for a slice-of-life anime. Phenomenal is a powerful word and it's not like there's a Hiroyuki Sawano track dropping when Raidou was at the claw machine. In fact, when we actually consider what sounds...