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For the past 25 years, filmmakers, reporters, critics and film fanatics in Tokyo have been setting aside a week in late October for the Tokyo International Film Festival, Japan’s biggest cinematic event. Though not quite as significant as festivals like Cannes or Sundance, Tokyo nonetheless …Read more »
Sitting in a theatre full of people wearing 3D glasses, watching stock characters spouting clunky dialogue with the most wooden delivery imaginable, while a nonsensical jumble of third rate science fiction/war movie/zombie horror clichés simply occurs at you with merciless disregard for motivation, plot development …Read more »
Humanity Has Declined ( Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita )—based on a series of light novels by Romeo Tanaka—has a title that's much more dire than its subject matter. What sounds like a post-apocalyptic pity party is really a somewhat nonsensical comedy with a bright color …Read more »
The weather's finally warming up around here – spring is in the air! That means it's time to do some spring cleaning and in my home that means going through the manga bookshelves and doing some much needed pruning. Someday I'd love to live somewhere …Read more »
It's a good thing that buying manga is easier than trying to figure out when it's going to come out. Publisher websites say one thing, online retail sites another and then there's the shipping manifests from distributors which vary even more. This is why there's …Read more »
Well after having finished Velveteen & Mandala , the English-language debut of mangaka Jiro Matsumoto ( Freesia ), I can't shake the memories of Makoto Aida's Mutant Hanako . Maybe it's some strange trigger caused by Matsumoto's sketchy-detailed art style, though the two aren't really …Read more »
“The next Miyazaki.” In an industry seen as slowly drying of talent, perhaps no other person in anime has had this label applied to them more than Makoto Shinkai. This might owe more to his staunchly self-driven, independent approach to animation than to his actual …Read more »
One of the best things about going to cons—you know, besides the dealers hall and industry panels and crazy costumes—is catching premiere screenings. Otakon's most recent announcement concerns just that, as they'll be premiering the latest from directo Makoto Shinkai ( Voices of a Distant …Read more »
Download it here! Subscribe to us via iTunes! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!! For the penultimate episode of Friday ACE, Mike resurrects the J-Indies Spotlight! SHOW NOTES: This week's Opening Theme: "You Bet" by Kaela Kimura Highlight Reel: Kodansha USA Republishes SAILOR MOON, CODENAME: SAILOR V …Read more »
Man, does this flick look beautiful or what? Director Makoto Shinkai ( 5 Centimeters Per Second , Voices of a Distant Star ) looks to have really outdone himself with his latest effort, Children Who Chase Lost Voices , and what was once only teased …Read more »
This coming weekend marks a very special event coming from the folks at Crunchyroll. It is, for those of you just joining the festivities, the "Third Annual Global Shinkai Day." So what does that mean? It means from March 11-13 Crunchyroll will be streaming three …Read more »
"What are you doing here? Sightseeing?" "I'm here to see the Pedestrian Paradise re-opening." "Oh, it's just the street closed off, it's gonna be pretty boring. Why not come with me instead?" She had just passed me a flyer for one of those maid escort …Read more »
“Congratulations! You’ve won our lottery! You may be one who died with a great sin, BUT, we’re going to give you a second chance, you lucky soul!” Thus begins Colorful , a new film based on an award-winning 1999 novel and directed by Keiichi Hara, …Read more »
Anime fans based in or around San Francisco have something new to get pumped about, because Anime Night at the 2010 J-Pop Summit is on its way. Hosted by Crunchyroll, Anime Night will feature two screenings of a newly remastered version of Makoto Shinkai's 5 …Read more »
Crunchyroll CEO, Kun Gao, appeared as a guest on the latest ANNCast, where he made an announcement regarding his company's latest endeavor: DVDs. Primarily known for streaming, Crunchyroll is branching out with their first DVD release, 5 Centimeters Per Second , the 2007 film by …Read more »
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