An American Writer's Thoughts on Japanese Animation

Day: October 6, 2025

Seasonal Selection – Dusk Beyond the End of the World Episodes 0 & 1

Hey, remember back in Summer ’24 when the seasonal was Atri, a romance between a boy and a robot girl in a post-apocalyptic future that one of the two had reached by stasis pod? Well, Dusk Beyond the End of the World has a very similar pitch: Boy meets robot girl in the post-apocalypse. Where it differs is that this time the boy got to the ruined future by way of stasis pod… and this show is way less pastoral and harmless, if the body count of the opening is anything to go by. What’s more, this one is an anime original, which is always a good way to get me to sit up and take notice.

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Creepy Clay – H.P. Lovecraft no Dunwich Horror Sonota no Monogatari Spoiler Review

Well, let’s kick off a month of celebrating Lovecraftian themes in anime with an oddity: so far as I could find, the only “anime” direct adaptation of any of Lovecraft’s own stories.

I put “anime” in scare quotes, as while this is a Toei production and thus certainly part of the output of the anime industry, it’s not exactly your traditional fare, being done primarily through claymation. It’s also a fairly short OVA, covering three Lovecraft stories in about 45 minutes.

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