kambole campbell
@kambole.bsky.social
critic @ Vulture, Polygon, Cartoon Brew, Animation Magazine, Empire, Little White Lies, i-D, IndieWire, others.
1/3 of the animation newsletter re:frame: http://reframenewsletter.online/
help me out here if you’d like: https://ko-fi.com/kambole/
1/3 of the animation newsletter re:frame: http://reframenewsletter.online/
help me out here if you’d like: https://ko-fi.com/kambole/
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Normally, we do smaller sends on Tuesdays, but we made an exception for @kambole.bsky.social's exceptional review of the Chainsaw Man movie.
re:frame #26, out now:
re:frame #26, out now:
Love is a dog from hell
We review Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc, a dazzling feature which is at its most spectacular at its quietest.
buttondown.com
yapped so much about this, a series I love, that this is the first week we didn't do Out of Frame lol
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for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
An inhuman appetite
We peel back the skin and sink our teeth into the gorgeous gothic fantasy short, Vorace.
buttondown.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
An inhuman appetite
We peel back the skin and sink our teeth into the gorgeous gothic fantasy short, Vorace.
buttondown.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
for re:frame #30, @thesaintoftous.bsky.social interviewed the creators of VORACE, a gothic fantasy short made by artists who worked on Scavengers Reign and Arcane. it's a great one, give it a read! buttondown.com/reframe/arch...
was just a couple of months ago that an animation director said to me how this exact sequence inspired the characterisation on their own project (Hades 2 trailer). considering Nagamine's work in the most influential anime series of the past couple decades, probably much more where that came from
awful to hear that Tatsuya Nagamine has passed away at 53. this is perhaps narrowing a pretty broad filmography but man, did his work as director on Dragon Ball Super: Broly reignite a love of that series to a level I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. RIP
a cartoon of a man in a dragon ball outfit jumping in the air
Alt: Goku warming up in DB Super: Broly
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
was just a couple of months ago that an animation director said to me how this exact sequence inspired the characterisation on their own project (Hades 2 trailer). considering Nagamine's work in the most influential anime series of the past couple decades, probably much more where that came from
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RIP to anime director Tatsuya Nagamine. One of the finest adventure anime directors of the modern era. He helped breath new life into long-running series and made them feel altogether vital again. The current One Piece boom wouldn't have been possible in the same way without him.
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
RIP to anime director Tatsuya Nagamine. One of the finest adventure anime directors of the modern era. He helped breath new life into long-running series and made them feel altogether vital again. The current One Piece boom wouldn't have been possible in the same way without him.
awful to hear that Tatsuya Nagamine has passed away at 53. this is perhaps narrowing a pretty broad filmography but man, did his work as director on Dragon Ball Super: Broly reignite a love of that series to a level I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. RIP
a cartoon of a man in a dragon ball outfit jumping in the air
Alt: Goku warming up in DB Super: Broly
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
awful to hear that Tatsuya Nagamine has passed away at 53. this is perhaps narrowing a pretty broad filmography but man, did his work as director on Dragon Ball Super: Broly reignite a love of that series to a level I hadn’t felt since I was a kid. RIP
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Deeply heartbreaking expression of what's happening, crafted with a great deal of care:
youtu.be/CsBa8HbMgh8?...
youtu.be/CsBa8HbMgh8?...
GAUZE - Animation Short Film 2025 - GOBELINS
YouTube video by GOBELINS Paris
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Deeply heartbreaking expression of what's happening, crafted with a great deal of care:
youtu.be/CsBa8HbMgh8?...
youtu.be/CsBa8HbMgh8?...
just did GOLGO 13. found out that at least a dozen people in the audience have been to all three of my screenings so far which is a very nice feeling indeed
*a quick aside: I'm in Edinburgh for Scotland Loves Anime, introducing a strand of films I curated (I also did one in London): www.lovesanimation.com/cinema/edinb...
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
just did GOLGO 13. found out that at least a dozen people in the audience have been to all three of my screenings so far which is a very nice feeling indeed
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Hello. I am on parental leave but the shop will stay open!
Hello new followers I am Sonny Ross. Commercial illustrator, art director and good hair haver.
📧 sonnyrossillustration@gmail.com
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📧 sonnyrossillustration@gmail.com
🖥️ www.sonnyross.com
🖼️ www.sonnyross.com/shop
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Hello. I am on parental leave but the shop will stay open!
as well as this being a grim acceleration of apparatus for a surveillance state... man it's really like every day Labour are trying to make us hate them more
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
as well as this being a grim acceleration of apparatus for a surveillance state... man it's really like every day Labour are trying to make us hate them more
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Hi there! 👋🏾
I'm really excited to finally share what I've been working on these past couple of months! I'm putting a lot of time and energy into crafting a definitive behind-the-scenes breakdown of all the Amnesia games for fans and newcomers alike.
Feel free to preorder if you're interested! 🕯️
I'm really excited to finally share what I've been working on these past couple of months! I'm putting a lot of time and energy into crafting a definitive behind-the-scenes breakdown of all the Amnesia games for fans and newcomers alike.
Feel free to preorder if you're interested! 🕯️
Written by Toussaint Egan (@thesaintoftous.bsky.social) and designed by Callin Mackintosh, Amnesia: Design Works comes in both Standard and Deluxe Editions with around 200 pages of fascinating/frightening new secrets and behind-the-scenes concept art.
lostincult.co.uk/amnesia
lostincult.co.uk/amnesia
Amnesia: Design Works — Lost In Cult
Featuring anecdotes and insights gathered from interviews with key franchise figures – including Frictional Games co-founder Thomas Grip, Fredrik Olsson, Dan Pinchbeck, Jessica Curry, Rasmus…
lostincult.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hi there! 👋🏾
I'm really excited to finally share what I've been working on these past couple of months! I'm putting a lot of time and energy into crafting a definitive behind-the-scenes breakdown of all the Amnesia games for fans and newcomers alike.
Feel free to preorder if you're interested! 🕯️
I'm really excited to finally share what I've been working on these past couple of months! I'm putting a lot of time and energy into crafting a definitive behind-the-scenes breakdown of all the Amnesia games for fans and newcomers alike.
Feel free to preorder if you're interested! 🕯️
THAT'S MY BOYYY
Written by Toussaint Egan (@thesaintoftous.bsky.social) and designed by Callin Mackintosh, Amnesia: Design Works comes in both Standard and Deluxe Editions with around 200 pages of fascinating/frightening new secrets and behind-the-scenes concept art.
lostincult.co.uk/amnesia
lostincult.co.uk/amnesia
Amnesia: Design Works — Lost In Cult
Featuring anecdotes and insights gathered from interviews with key franchise figures – including Frictional Games co-founder Thomas Grip, Fredrik Olsson, Dan Pinchbeck, Jessica Curry, Rasmus…
lostincult.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
THAT'S MY BOYYY
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Me, @kambole.bsky.social, and @thesaintoftous.bsky.social have been at this newsletter thing twice a week, nonstop, since the beginning of August.
So, this Tuesday, we've gone fishin' in re:frame #29.5:
So, this Tuesday, we've gone fishin' in re:frame #29.5:
Gone fishin'
We're taking a day off, which in our case means we're only writing a few hundred words as opposed to triple that.
buttondown.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Me, @kambole.bsky.social, and @thesaintoftous.bsky.social have been at this newsletter thing twice a week, nonstop, since the beginning of August.
So, this Tuesday, we've gone fishin' in re:frame #29.5:
So, this Tuesday, we've gone fishin' in re:frame #29.5:
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
Danny Brown’s new album is incredible, genre fusion bolstered by a guy who clearly has a new lease on life, which comes with renewed experimental ambition. The End might be one of the best tracks he’s ever made
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Danny Brown’s new album is incredible, genre fusion bolstered by a guy who clearly has a new lease on life, which comes with renewed experimental ambition. The End might be one of the best tracks he’s ever made
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
ngl biggest thing to happen to me all week was stumbling across a Moon Gundam kit - for a normal price - in the Mandarake in Nakano Broadway
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
ngl biggest thing to happen to me all week was stumbling across a Moon Gundam kit - for a normal price - in the Mandarake in Nakano Broadway
wrote some reviews for Indiewire at the Tokyo IFF. first of those is on LOST LAND, a feature synthesised from stories relayed to director Akio Fujimoto by Rohingya refugees over many years: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
‘Lost Land’ Review: The First Movie Shot in the Rohingya Language Is a Powerful and Unflinching Story of Displacement
Focused on the vulnerability of refugees, Akio Fujimoto turns his attention to a family as they make a dangerous journey from Bangladesh to Malaysia.
www.indiewire.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
wrote some reviews for Indiewire at the Tokyo IFF. first of those is on LOST LAND, a feature synthesised from stories relayed to director Akio Fujimoto by Rohingya refugees over many years: www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
tackled this one out of Tokyo International Film Festival. Pretty pictures!
One of the year’s most unconventional animated features, 'ChaO' turns a mermaid romance into surreal comedy. At the Tokyo International Film Festival, director Yasuhiro Aoki explains how he built its bold visual world. (Lots of BTS artwork!)
Yasuhiro Aoki on the Layered, Comedic World Of 'ChaO'
Director Yasuhiro Aoki reflects on crafting humor, rhythm, and visual contrast in 'ChaO,' a futuristic love story between a human and a mermaid.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
tackled this one out of Tokyo International Film Festival. Pretty pictures!
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One of the year’s most unconventional animated features, 'ChaO' turns a mermaid romance into surreal comedy. At the Tokyo International Film Festival, director Yasuhiro Aoki explains how he built its bold visual world. (Lots of BTS artwork!)
Yasuhiro Aoki on the Layered, Comedic World Of 'ChaO'
Director Yasuhiro Aoki reflects on crafting humor, rhythm, and visual contrast in 'ChaO,' a futuristic love story between a human and a mermaid.
www.cartoonbrew.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One of the year’s most unconventional animated features, 'ChaO' turns a mermaid romance into surreal comedy. At the Tokyo International Film Festival, director Yasuhiro Aoki explains how he built its bold visual world. (Lots of BTS artwork!)
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Little Amélie' co-director Liane-Cho Han is developing an epic 2D animated series adaptation of Jean M. Auel’s prehistoric saga 'Earth’s Children.' Series details and tons of vis dev artwork here:
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
EXCLUSIVE: 'Little Amélie' co-director Liane-Cho Han is developing an epic 2D animated series adaptation of Jean M. Auel’s prehistoric saga 'Earth’s Children.' Series details and tons of vis dev artwork here:
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
www.cartoonbrew.com/series/liane...
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yapped so much about this, a series I love, that this is the first week we didn't do Out of Frame lol
Normally, we do smaller sends on Tuesdays, but we made an exception for @kambole.bsky.social's exceptional review of the Chainsaw Man movie.
re:frame #26, out now:
re:frame #26, out now:
Love is a dog from hell
We review Chainsaw Man: The Movie – Reze Arc, a dazzling feature which is at its most spectacular at its quietest.
buttondown.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
yapped so much about this, a series I love, that this is the first week we didn't do Out of Frame lol
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dunno if you heard that there's a CHAINSAW MAN movie out, but I wrote about the series as a whole: joysauce.com/why-you-shou...
Why you should be consuming ‘Chainsaw Man,’ in all of its forms
Whether it's the manga, anime series, or newly released film, the series pits man against demon, and materialism against self-respect.
joysauce.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
dunno if you heard that there's a CHAINSAW MAN movie out, but I wrote about the series as a whole: joysauce.com/why-you-shou...
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it might be asking too much but i'd really like the UK voting population who are still of sound mind to look at new york tonight and realise that we fucking CAN keep farage out of no. 10 and that labour and the tories are not a foregone conclusion. better options exist and they can become a reality!
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
it might be asking too much but i'd really like the UK voting population who are still of sound mind to look at new york tonight and realise that we fucking CAN keep farage out of no. 10 and that labour and the tories are not a foregone conclusion. better options exist and they can become a reality!
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Next Week's New Yorker cover, illustration by Edel Rodriguez.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Next Week's New Yorker cover, illustration by Edel Rodriguez.