We're just over halfway into the year, so I thought it was the right time to bring back the Get In The Mecha Mid-Year Review, the annual episode of the podcast where I reflect on what I've taken away from anime this year so far. This time around, I have gathered a few insights from watching anime films in the cinema and I also spent time thinking about some of the smaller visual elements that uplift the TV Anime experience. Video Version of this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVdMPCpZ_E4 Show Notes: https://getinthemecha.home.blog/2022/07/17/what-ive-learnt-about-anime-the-2022-mid-year-review-gitm-podcast-ep-115/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:27 - Context 2:07 - Watching Anime Films In The Cinema 3:59 - 21:9, Inu-Oh & Jujutsu Kaisen 0 6:08 - Perfect Blue (In The Cinema) 9:48 - 'Small' Things Go A Long Way 11:24 - Saito & The Executioner And Her Way Of Life 13:12 - Ishii & 86 Eighty-Six 14:50 - Final Thought 16:00 - Outro + Credits Staff Mentioned / Referenced: Masaaki Yuasa, Sunghoo Park, Satoshi Kon, Shinji Hashimoto, Keiichiro Saito, Shingo Natsume, Toshimasa Ishii, Tomohiko Ito Anime Mentioned: Inu-Oh, Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Perfect Blue, The Executioner And Her Way Of Life, Sonny Boy, 86 Eighty-Six, Erased Leave a 5-Star Review on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/get-in-the-mecha/id1477541787 Leave a 5-star rating on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZghO2lsctQguZaIanwXWg Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GetInTheMecha Questions, corrections, complaints: getinthemecha@gmail.com All Links: https://linktr.ee/getinthemecha Music In This Episode: Synth Wave by Alex by Alex McCulloch https://opengameart.org/content/synth-wave-by-alex Chill by Alex McCulloch https://opengameart.org/content/chill-1 On The Road Again by Alex McCulloch https://opengameart.org/content/on-a-monday-night Adventure Time https://opengameart.org/content/adventure-time-revised