Kristina Elyse Butke
Deadly Monsters and Murky Lore: A Review of "DOTA: Dragon's Blood" Season One
I actually watched the first season of DOTA: Dragon's Blood when it first came out a year or more ago. I even started drafting this...
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Kristina Elyse Butke
- Aug 14, 2023
- 2 min
Anime Check-in: One Year Home
I think my one-year anniversary of returning home to the US from Japan was August 3rd. One of the things I set out to do while coming...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Aug 7, 2023
- 4 min
A World of Wonder: A Review of "Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire"
I had heard about Kizazi Moto through Twitter with a call to action for people to watch it because the consensus was that Disney didn't...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jul 10, 2023
- 4 min
Frenetic Fairytale: A Review of "Nimona"
I actually own the original graphic novel by ND Stevenson but never got around to reading it, and then lo and behold, it became a movie....
Kristina Elyse Butke
- May 1, 2023
- 4 min
May All Taboos Be Shattered: A Review of Season One of "Heaven Official's Blessing"
This was one of the series I was looking forward to watching once I came back from Japan. I watched it in two ways: first, I watched the...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Apr 3, 2023
- 3 min
"The Last Unicorn" and the Unicorn Tapestries
When I was a child, one of my favorite animated films was (and still is!) The Last Unicorn, adapted from Peter S. Beagle's novel,...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 13, 2023
- 6 min
The Devils Will Have Their Due: A Review of "Chainsaw Man"
At last, I've finally been able to subscribe to Crunchyroll! And there's a ton of anime that I have in my watchlist to catch up on, plus...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 27, 2023
- 7 min
Wishes and Weirdness: A Review of "Made in Abyss Season Two: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun"
I have been watching Made in Abyss across multiple platforms and luckily discovered that Season Two has been airing as a part of Adult...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 23, 2023
- 10 min
Quirky and Eerie: A Review of "Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre"
I'd been looking forward to this one as a huge fan of Junji Ito's manga (my favorites being Tomie and Uzumaki). I have several of his...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 12, 2023
- 7 min
Vengeance and Mercy: A Review of "Dororo"
Continuing my plan to catch up on anime I missed out on while in Japan (due to subtitles being unavailable and geography blocks), I found...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Dec 5, 2022
- 5 min
Death and Delights: A Review of "Wendell & Wild"
I didn't really hear much buzz about this movie before it came out, and I had taken a Netflix break to stream My Hero Academia on Hulu in...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 28, 2022
- 7 min
Deeper and Darker Still: A Review of "Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul"
I recently reviewed the first season of Made in Abyss, which you can read here. After the first season debuted, three movies were made:...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Nov 14, 2022
- 7 min
Darkness & Longing: A Review of "Made in Abyss" Season One
I have since returned from Japan to the United States, and while I was in the land of anime everywhere, I ran into trouble with shows not...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Oct 10, 2022
- 6 min
A Taste of Days Gone By: A Review of "Over the Garden Wall"
I had heard years ago from some of my college students at NCSC about Over the Garden Wall (2014) but didn't really look into it because I...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jun 13, 2022
- 6 min
Storytelling is Art: A Review of "Love, Death + Robots" Volume 3
The Premise: Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 26, 2022
- 7 min
Magic & Mayhem: A Review of "The Owl House" Season One
I had never heard of The Owl House before until my sister recently recommended it to me, and kindly added me to her Disney account so I...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
A Fairy Tale Childhood: "Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics"
This is a short blog series where I’m going to discuss my first encounters with fairy tales growing up. They’re not going to be reviews,...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 18, 2022
- 10 min
Darkness, Humor, and Heart: A Review of "The Legend of Vox Machina" Season One
The Legend of Vox Machina sprouted from the minds of the cast of Critical Role, a show that follows voice actors playing an epic game of...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Feb 3, 2022
- 11 min
Strange Magic: A Review of "Jujutsu Kaisen" Season One
I live in Japan, where all the anime I want is at my fingertips, but English subtitles are hard to come by. Most shows just don't have...
Kristina Elyse Butke
- Jan 20, 2022
- 10 min
The End is the Beginning: A Review of "Voltron Legendary Defender" Season Eight
This post was published on Speculative Chic on September 17, 2020. It has been slightly updated. You can read the original here....
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