Mogu Mogu

  🥚 PREMISE Like many, I got interested in this anime because of  Takahashi Saki ’s beautiful character designs and gorgeous animation by  Clowerworks , shown in trailers and in the sweet, very  romantic  opening. The production quality of this show is, frankly, incredible. The attention to details, the use of colours and the camera work to convey specific emotions – without using the crutch of the score–, feels reminiscent of old school Anno cinematography. It began seemingly with some interesting characters, on a surface level, since they are attempting to say something concrete. Later, I will explain why I am stressing the  surface  here. What I wrote is based on watching the complete series (12 episodes) in Japanese with Japanese subtitles and later checking every episode in its English official subtitled release. My opinion will not change upon seeing the to-be-released  actual last episode  in July of 2021.  Spoilers are present, for this is a full review of Wonder Egg Prior

  I have abandoned this blog for too long, counting almost two years on the dot. However, a lot has happened since my last review! I got into a PhD program, and I am indeed focusing on queer representation in Japanese animation and comics; I published a book on the same topic (it is in Italian, but maybe one day I will translate some chapters or some extracts); I presented a section of my research at a university for the first time; I am writing a paper (this will be in English, so maybe I will share a link lol); I have added links on the sidebar to two articles I published on online animanga news sites! I have not been slacking off!! I swear!! However, I thought I could not keep writing twenty pages for each review I wanted to make: it takes a lot of time, and many people prefer shorter insights. I do not mind the idea of writing less, but I will have to keep my you-must-know-everything-about-this-topic monster at bay, or I will never complete anything. I remember some fri