Belladonna of Sadness is one of the most unique anime films out there—the erotic surrealist art film, released in 1973, is mostly “animated” with still paintings, making for a trippy visual experience. Now Kuni Fukai, the 89-year-old painter behind those visuals, is planning to crowdfund …Read more »
As announced during a Tokyo screening of 1973’s Belladonna of Sadness over the weekend, the anime film’s director, Eiichi Yamamoto, passed away due to heart failure on September 7. Yamamoto was 80 years old, and his close family held a funeral for him on September …Read more »
Even hardcore anime fans can be forgiven for not knowing of the existence of Osamu Tezuka’s Animerama. A trippy, LSD-bathed trilogy produced by the god of manga in the late 60s and early 70s, the Animerama films are definitely not kids’ stuff and have of …Read more »
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