I cannot wait to watch the Trio Anime! TRIO Manga is revolutionizing the Indian anime scene, and its second volume is a unique and captivating reading experience. For a quick recap, the first volume introduces our heroines – Genia, Bonnie, and Sonnie– teenage girls from different ethnicities in India who…
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TRIO Manga is going places!
A couple of years ago, a friend lent me a book – Why Men Lie and Women Cry, authored by Allan Pease and Barbara Pease. The book deeply dives into the psychological differences between the two genders (albeit debatable). A section of the book also talks about the anime industry,…
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Five underrated animated movies that need no Oscars, Part – 1
When the limelight is reserved for seats in single digits, there’s a good chance that equally deserving candidates are likely to miss out on the musical chair of the Academy Awards. Oscars animated movies 2023 list featured good names, and as personally expected, Guillermo del toro’s Pinocchio bagged the award….
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Kandittund! (Seen it!) is black and white nostalgia
One of the perks of growing up in India is that we have so many local ghost stories and there are as many creative variations as the number of storytellers. Kandittund! (Seen it!) in essence is one such story of a storyteller. This time (during the making of this short…
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Bombay Rose – the new milestone in Indian animation
Our fairy tales have always been about love. A beautiful princess, a handsome prince on a white horse, and the happily-ever-afters. On the eastern side of the world, Salim faced death for loving Anarkali – a non-noble royal courtesan who was entombed alive for reciprocating. The love between a prince…