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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… -
Miss Hokusai
(Sight & Sound Magazine, BFI) In recent years, the Japanese animated films which have reached British cinemas have tended to be Studio Ghibli products or films like them, such as The Wolf Children (2013) and Giovanni’s Island (2014)…. -
Angel Beats
(SFX Magazine, Future Publishing – there are also further reflections on the series in an article I wrote for the MangaUK blog.) Oh, you’re awake. Lie there on the ground for a moment, and listen to me. Welcome to the Afterlife Battlefro…
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Rise of the Planet of the Apes reflects the human/sentient ape condition by being both ingenious and dumb, sometimes at the… -
Hugo
(Sight & Sound, BFI) This review reveals important plot points. In Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film, Hugo’s title character is an orphan boy, living in t… -
Retrospective: The Company of Wolves
(SFX Magazine, Future Publishing) The sign on the soundstage door warns, “Wolves on set.” Within, the fairy-tale forest is darkened. This is a night scene, i…
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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… -
A Town Called Panic
(Sight and Sound Magazine, BFI) The recent Toy Story 3 featured an opening fantasy sequence in which various oddly assorted toys starred in a madcap adventur… -
Obituary: Richard Williams
My obituary of the Roger Rabbit animation director Richard Williams is on the Sight and Sound magazine website here.
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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…