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A Silent Voice
I wrote an article comparing the anime and manga versions of A Silent Voice for the AllTheAnime blog, while the following review was published in the BFI’s Sight & Sound. Even more than last year’s blockbuster Your Name, the Japan-an… -
Article: Hayao Miyazaki Vs Alan Moore
My article on ‘Hayao Miyazaki Vs. Alan Moore’ is on the ManagaUK website. -
Parasyte: The Maxim
(Neo, Uncooked Media – I also wrote a review of the first live-action Parasyte film for the MangaUK website.) (Volume 1) Parasyte starts with its money shot. A middle-aged husband and wife face each other in a dimmed room; then the man’s…
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Frozen (horror film)
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Director Adam Green previously made the outrageous slasher film Hatchet, whose style is in stark contrast to his new film F… -
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(Sight & Sound, BFI) The new Indiana Jones film starts in a veritable museum to modern myth. It’s a military warehouse in Area 51, hallowed ground for UF… -
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Berlin, the 1940s. Eight year-old Bruno is the son of a German officer. Bruno’s father is promoted and takes his family to a forbidd…
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Jungle Book (2016)
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Disney’s new version of The Jungle Book remakes a 49 year-old cartoon – the 1967 Jungle Book – using post-Avatar technology. Directe… -
Obituary: Richard Williams
My obituary of the Roger Rabbit animation director Richard Williams is on the Sight and Sound magazine website here. -
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…