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Genius Party & Beyond
(Neo, Uncooked Media – I also add further observations in an article on the AllTheAnime website.) How many anime fans are fans of animation – animation as a medium, whether it’s anime or not? There are some (just google “sakuga”), but pe… -
Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions (S1)
(Neo, Uncooked Media) Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions is an excellent teen comedy-drama – a label that fits a show that’s broad comedy for the first half and urgent drama for the second. It’s by the studio (Kyoto Animation) and director… -
Masaaki Yuasa Interview
(Neo, Uncooked Media) The director Masaaki Yuasa has long been a hero to fans of maverick, free-spirited anime. He’s had a following since his first movie, the extraordinary fantasia Mind Game (2004), which has had one-off screenings ove…
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Avatar
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Last August, IMAX cinemas around the world screened a special preview of Avatar, James Cameron’s first narrative film since Titanic … -
Retrospective: Godzilla (1954)
My article on the original Japanese Godzilla is on the MangaUK blog. https://youtu.be/KNDH2mX8wf4 [amazon_link asins=’B000CFX5M8′ template=’ProductAd’ store=… -
Vinyan
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Phuket, six months after the Asian tsunami. A couple, Paul and Jeanne, are devastated by the disappearance of their young son, Joshu…
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Kung Fu Panda 3
[Whereas I have an entry on the original Kung Fu Panda film in my 100 Animated Feature Films book, here’s my review of the third film for Sight & Sound m… -
Beowulf
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Denmark, AD 507. The ageing Norse King Hrothgar holds debauched revels in his drinking hall. These disturb a monstrous giant in the … -
Song of the Sea
(SFX Magazine, Future Publishing) Song of the Sea was among the contenders for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars this February. It didn’t win, but now we c…
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My Neighbor Andrew Turned Out to Be the Real Totoro—A Trek Through the Sayama Woods
You have been doing a lot of research recently about Hayao Miyazaki’s film ‘My Neighbor Totoro.’ That’s right. Are you interested in where Director Miyazaki … -
I Boarded the Galaxy Express with a British Friend and Ended Up Debating the Soul of Leiji Matsumoto world.
We’ve been to the Leiji Matsumoto 50th anniversary exhibition in Roppongi, which Andrew wrote up as a report for Animation World Network, illustrated by Carl… -
From Heidi to Kaguya: Our Visit to the Takahata Exhibit
We recently went to the Isao Takahata Exhibition in Tokyo to report on it for Animation World Network (our report is here). As fans of Takahata’s work, we ha…