Kestrel Swift
@kestrelswift.bsky.social
Reviewer and writer for Fandom Post, podcaster for Fandom Post Radio, software engineer for Fandango
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Kestrel Swift
@kestrelswift.bsky.social
· Nov 26
One year after its premiere and one day after its season 2 announcement, here's my review of #frieren, 5000 words explaining how it became my new #1 anime of all time after 15 years. As it deserves, this is the most comprehensive review I've ever written.
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Episode 162
It's the most wonderful anime of the year, or at least the most festive. Sometimes the spirit of Christmas is represented no better than a homeless makeshift family, sometimes it's humanboarding and a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon. Happy Merry Christmas.
It's the most wonderful anime of the year, or at least the most festive. Sometimes the spirit of Christmas is represented no better than a homeless makeshift family, sometimes it's humanboarding and a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon. Happy Merry Christmas.
November 29, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Episode 162
It's the most wonderful anime of the year, or at least the most festive. Sometimes the spirit of Christmas is represented no better than a homeless makeshift family, sometimes it's humanboarding and a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon. Happy Merry Christmas.
It's the most wonderful anime of the year, or at least the most festive. Sometimes the spirit of Christmas is represented no better than a homeless makeshift family, sometimes it's humanboarding and a Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon. Happy Merry Christmas.
No more deaths of legendary Japanese entertainers named Tatsuya Na- this week please.
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
No more deaths of legendary Japanese entertainers named Tatsuya Na- this week please.
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Episode 161
A new season is here, and #OnePunchMan is sliding right down that hill of quality for its third outing. As one superhero anime is worse than another, another is better than ever, with #myheroacademia's final season. Plus, a new #gintama spinoff, and much, much more.
A new season is here, and #OnePunchMan is sliding right down that hill of quality for its third outing. As one superhero anime is worse than another, another is better than ever, with #myheroacademia's final season. Plus, a new #gintama spinoff, and much, much more.
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Episode 161
A new season is here, and #OnePunchMan is sliding right down that hill of quality for its third outing. As one superhero anime is worse than another, another is better than ever, with #myheroacademia's final season. Plus, a new #gintama spinoff, and much, much more.
A new season is here, and #OnePunchMan is sliding right down that hill of quality for its third outing. As one superhero anime is worse than another, another is better than ever, with #myheroacademia's final season. Plus, a new #gintama spinoff, and much, much more.
My final piece of coverage for @animationisfilm.bsky.social this year is an in-depth panel on the production of @sonyanimation.tumblr.com.web.brid.gy and @netflix.com smash hit of the year, #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS. As a casual fan, it gave me infinitely more appreciation of the film. Give it a look.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
My final piece of coverage for @animationisfilm.bsky.social this year is an in-depth panel on the production of @sonyanimation.tumblr.com.web.brid.gy and @netflix.com smash hit of the year, #KPOPDEMONHUNTERS. As a casual fan, it gave me infinitely more appreciation of the film. Give it a look.
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I still haven't seen this film, but @kestrelswift.bsky.social has stepped in with the latest from Animation is Film regarding this project.
Animation Is Film 2025: Filmmaker Panel: KPop Demon Hunters
Animation Is Film 2025: Filmmaker Panel: KPop Demon Hunters
It’s hard to be a casual fan of something that became such an instant phenomenon...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I still haven't seen this film, but @kestrelswift.bsky.social has stepped in with the latest from Animation is Film regarding this project.
My next article from @animationisfilm.bsky.social is for an early screening of the new anime film adaptation of All You Need Is Kill, best known to Americans as the source material of Edge of Tomorrow, before it's released in Japan, and by @gkids.com here next year.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My next article from @animationisfilm.bsky.social is for an early screening of the new anime film adaptation of All You Need Is Kill, best known to Americans as the source material of Edge of Tomorrow, before it's released in Japan, and by @gkids.com here next year.
Next up from @animationisfilm.bsky.social is the annual early look at the new Walt Disney Animation Studios film, this time the highly anticipated #Zootopia2. The original was one of my favorites, and we got to see a ton of the new movie. Check out my thoughts on this production.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Next up from @animationisfilm.bsky.social is the annual early look at the new Walt Disney Animation Studios film, this time the highly anticipated #Zootopia2. The original was one of my favorites, and we got to see a ton of the new movie. Check out my thoughts on this production.
Finally getting to some more of my @animationisfilm.bsky.social coverage with the opening night red carpet featuring my interview with Mamoru Hosoda, my history with his career, my early look at his new film #Scarlet, and some of his own commentary on its production.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Finally getting to some more of my @animationisfilm.bsky.social coverage with the opening night red carpet featuring my interview with Mamoru Hosoda, my history with his career, my early look at his new film #Scarlet, and some of his own commentary on its production.
To kick off my @animationisfilm.bsky.social coverage this year, here's my review of the #chainsawman movie just before its US release from @crunchyroll.com. A powerful film with poignant character drama and spectacular action. Plus we all got Pochita plushes. @mappainfo.bsky.social
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October 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
To kick off my @animationisfilm.bsky.social coverage this year, here's my review of the #chainsawman movie just before its US release from @crunchyroll.com. A powerful film with poignant character drama and spectacular action. Plus we all got Pochita plushes. @mappainfo.bsky.social
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Huge shout out to @kestrelswift.bsky.social for this new piece today about the Chainsaw Man anime.
Animation Is Film 2025: #ChainsawMan – The Movie: Reze Arc Review
Animation Is Film 2025: #ChainsawMan – The Movie: Reze Arc Review
One movie out of ten might change your life forever. What They Say: For the...
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October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Huge shout out to @kestrelswift.bsky.social for this new piece today about the Chainsaw Man anime.
10 months later, so worth the wait. Thank you for giving #frieren the treatment it deserves, @crunchyroll.com. Exactly the kind of release I want for this masterpiece. Yes, it's Frieren's suitcase, and that grimoire is 200 pages of art, interviews, etc.
More pictures in the replies.
More pictures in the replies.
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
10 months later, so worth the wait. Thank you for giving #frieren the treatment it deserves, @crunchyroll.com. Exactly the kind of release I want for this masterpiece. Yes, it's Frieren's suitcase, and that grimoire is 200 pages of art, interviews, etc.
More pictures in the replies.
More pictures in the replies.
#OnePunchMan was the biggest anime a decade ago, but in the ten years since, the most exciting things to come out of it have been the paths of its team working on other projects, rather than future seasons of the series itself. Check out my retrospective.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#OnePunchMan was the biggest anime a decade ago, but in the ten years since, the most exciting things to come out of it have been the paths of its team working on other projects, rather than future seasons of the series itself. Check out my retrospective.
I interviewed the director and producer of #takopisoriginalsin at @animenyc.bsky.social. Time for each outlet was limited and I had to submit my questions halfway through the series, so I didn't ask much about its plot, themes, or philosophy, but better than nothing!
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October 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I interviewed the director and producer of #takopisoriginalsin at @animenyc.bsky.social. Time for each outlet was limited and I had to submit my questions halfway through the series, so I didn't ask much about its plot, themes, or philosophy, but better than nothing!
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Episode 160
A huge season has wrapped up. #fragrantflower is just starting for us, but there's plenty to say about the fascinatingly experimental #TOBEHEROX, the always degenerate #grandblue, and many more. Plus, we check in on some of the records #DemonSlayer has been breaking.
A huge season has wrapped up. #fragrantflower is just starting for us, but there's plenty to say about the fascinatingly experimental #TOBEHEROX, the always degenerate #grandblue, and many more. Plus, we check in on some of the records #DemonSlayer has been breaking.
October 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Episode 160
A huge season has wrapped up. #fragrantflower is just starting for us, but there's plenty to say about the fascinatingly experimental #TOBEHEROX, the always degenerate #grandblue, and many more. Plus, we check in on some of the records #DemonSlayer has been breaking.
A huge season has wrapped up. #fragrantflower is just starting for us, but there's plenty to say about the fascinatingly experimental #TOBEHEROX, the always degenerate #grandblue, and many more. Plus, we check in on some of the records #DemonSlayer has been breaking.
I got to interview #StarWarsVisions producer and @lucasfilm.bsky.social SVP of franchise content James Waugh at @animenyc.bsky.social about some of the unique approaches the anime anthology has taken compared to the rest of #StarWars, right before watching an upcoming episode.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I got to interview #StarWarsVisions producer and @lucasfilm.bsky.social SVP of franchise content James Waugh at @animenyc.bsky.social about some of the unique approaches the anime anthology has taken compared to the rest of #StarWars, right before watching an upcoming episode.
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Episode 159
Weekly Shonen Jump has been the source of the biggest manga and anime hits for decades, but with all of its long-running series not called One Piece ending recently, is it still the juggernaut it has been for so long? Join us as we dig into these essential questions.
Weekly Shonen Jump has been the source of the biggest manga and anime hits for decades, but with all of its long-running series not called One Piece ending recently, is it still the juggernaut it has been for so long? Join us as we dig into these essential questions.
August 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Episode 159
Weekly Shonen Jump has been the source of the biggest manga and anime hits for decades, but with all of its long-running series not called One Piece ending recently, is it still the juggernaut it has been for so long? Join us as we dig into these essential questions.
Weekly Shonen Jump has been the source of the biggest manga and anime hits for decades, but with all of its long-running series not called One Piece ending recently, is it still the juggernaut it has been for so long? Join us as we dig into these essential questions.
Thanks for the masterpiece @milanrecords.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Thanks for the masterpiece @milanrecords.bsky.social
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Episode 158
It's a packed summer season, with already-completed masterpiece #TakopisOriginalSin, seasonally-appropriate #thesummerhikarudied, new seasons of #Dandadan and #grandblue, and a couple of the greatest episodes of #ONEPIECE of all time. Plus news, recommendations, etc.
It's a packed summer season, with already-completed masterpiece #TakopisOriginalSin, seasonally-appropriate #thesummerhikarudied, new seasons of #Dandadan and #grandblue, and a couple of the greatest episodes of #ONEPIECE of all time. Plus news, recommendations, etc.
August 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Episode 158
It's a packed summer season, with already-completed masterpiece #TakopisOriginalSin, seasonally-appropriate #thesummerhikarudied, new seasons of #Dandadan and #grandblue, and a couple of the greatest episodes of #ONEPIECE of all time. Plus news, recommendations, etc.
It's a packed summer season, with already-completed masterpiece #TakopisOriginalSin, seasonally-appropriate #thesummerhikarudied, new seasons of #Dandadan and #grandblue, and a couple of the greatest episodes of #ONEPIECE of all time. Plus news, recommendations, etc.
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Episode 157
Somehow, #AnimeExpo returned. Is it Hideaki Anno's fault? It doesn't have "Shin" in the title, so probably not. What do these topics have to do with each other? Probably nothing. It's just a big old news episode complemented by plenty of AX anecdotes and hot takes.
Somehow, #AnimeExpo returned. Is it Hideaki Anno's fault? It doesn't have "Shin" in the title, so probably not. What do these topics have to do with each other? Probably nothing. It's just a big old news episode complemented by plenty of AX anecdotes and hot takes.
July 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Episode 157
Somehow, #AnimeExpo returned. Is it Hideaki Anno's fault? It doesn't have "Shin" in the title, so probably not. What do these topics have to do with each other? Probably nothing. It's just a big old news episode complemented by plenty of AX anecdotes and hot takes.
Somehow, #AnimeExpo returned. Is it Hideaki Anno's fault? It doesn't have "Shin" in the title, so probably not. What do these topics have to do with each other? Probably nothing. It's just a big old news episode complemented by plenty of AX anecdotes and hot takes.
#Pantyandstocking is back after a decade and a half, and there could be nothing more off the rails than Trigger getting a massive venue to show off the questionable return of their self-proclaimed "piece of garbage." It's the most Trigger experience.
#Anime Expo 2025: TRIGGER Presents: World Premiere of New #PANTYSTOCKING with GARTERBELT
#Anime Expo 2025: TRIGGER Presents: World Premiere of New #PANTYSTOCKING with GARTERBELT
Any TRIGGER event is worthwhile. When it’s a world premiere (which #Anime Expo has consistently...
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July 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#Pantyandstocking is back after a decade and a half, and there could be nothing more off the rails than Trigger getting a massive venue to show off the questionable return of their self-proclaimed "piece of garbage." It's the most Trigger experience.
One more @crunchyroll.com panel at #AnimeExpo, specifically THE Crunchyroll panel. While less exciting than their series-focused offerings, it did provide some major news, including a Bones adaptation of a new Hiromu Arakawa manga, plus other welcome updates.
July 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One more @crunchyroll.com panel at #AnimeExpo, specifically THE Crunchyroll panel. While less exciting than their series-focused offerings, it did provide some major news, including a Bones adaptation of a new Hiromu Arakawa manga, plus other welcome updates.
@crunchyroll.com brought Yuki Aoi and Seto Asami to #AnimeExpo to relive key moments from throughout the second season of #TheApothecaryDiaries, along with some earlier iconic scenes and discussions of their characters' unique facets and relationship.
#Anime Expo 2025: The #ApothecaryDiaries Guest Panel ft. Yuki Aoi and Seto Asami
#Anime Expo 2025: The #ApothecaryDiaries Guest Panel ft. Yuki Aoi and Seto Asami
I feel bad for The #ApothecaryDiaries. It’s one of the greatest #anime of all...
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July 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@crunchyroll.com brought Yuki Aoi and Seto Asami to #AnimeExpo to relive key moments from throughout the second season of #TheApothecaryDiaries, along with some earlier iconic scenes and discussions of their characters' unique facets and relationship.
The @crunchyroll.com #frieren panel was the highlight of #AnimeExpo2025 for me, featuring the phenomenal composer Evan Call, Stark seiyuu Chiaki Kobayashi, and Madhouse producer Yuichiro Fukushi, plus the world premiere of its new trailer and staff reveal!
July 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The @crunchyroll.com #frieren panel was the highlight of #AnimeExpo2025 for me, featuring the phenomenal composer Evan Call, Stark seiyuu Chiaki Kobayashi, and Madhouse producer Yuichiro Fukushi, plus the world premiere of its new trailer and staff reveal!
Just as the second season of #Dandadan is underway, I got to talk to its director Fuga Yamashiro at #AnimeExpo2025 thanks to @gkids.com.
As expected from the dynamism of his work and the insight he shared in the theatrical releases, he has a ton to say!
As expected from the dynamism of his work and the insight he shared in the theatrical releases, he has a ton to say!
July 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just as the second season of #Dandadan is underway, I got to talk to its director Fuga Yamashiro at #AnimeExpo2025 thanks to @gkids.com.
As expected from the dynamism of his work and the insight he shared in the theatrical releases, he has a ton to say!
As expected from the dynamism of his work and the insight he shared in the theatrical releases, he has a ton to say!