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Great East Japan Earthquake Aftermath on Film
I remember the morning of the Great East Japan Earthquake quite vividly. I finished work early and watched the unfolding disaster online. It was terrifying and it was bewildering and it seemed so...
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Platina Data, Flower of Absolution, Bozo, Case of High Treason (Echo) is a...
The week started off with March 11th, a date which will be forever associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which hit eastern Japan back in 2011. I posted about Third Window Films...
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xxxHOLiC First Impression
xxxHOLiC Japanese Title: ホリック xxxHOLiC Romaji: Horikku xxxHOLiC Duration: 8 Episodes Director: Keisuke Toyoshima Writer: Jun Tsugita (Screenplay), CLAMP (Original Manga) Starring: Anne Watanabe, Shota...
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Film4 Gives the UK a Studio Ghibli Easter
Sometimes Film4 does magical things. It is a major part of UK film production and it helped bring about the magic of great films like Shame, Submarine, Berberian Sound Studio and Attack the Block… Well...
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Child Police, Extend Hands From Darkness, Aibou Series X DAY, Nobody’s...
Ah, I started the week with a first-impression post on xxxHOLiC. I followed it up by watching the anime Level E and engaging on a new simulwatch over at Anime UK News with Serial Experiment’s Lain. I...
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Detroit Metal City
Detroit Metal City Japanese Title: デトロイト メタル シテイ Romaji: Detoroito Metaru Shiti Release Date: August 23rd, 2008 (Japan) Running Time: 104 mins. Director:...
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Sion Sono’s Latest Film: Tokyo Tribes
Sion Sono is a favoured director on this blog. Two seasons and a whole load of reviews testify to that. I’ll admit that it’s primarily his horror films like Suicide Circle and Strange Circus that I...
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Hanasaku Iroha: Home Sweet Home, Let’s Dig for Dinosaurs, Dragon Ball Z:...
We are in the middle of Studio Ghibli Season here in the UK and I have managed to watch Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke and The Cat Returns and a little of Kiki’s Delivery Service. My Neighbour Totoro...
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Vulgaria
Vulgaria Release Date: August 09th, 2012 (Hong Kong) UK DVD Release Date: April 15th, 2013 UK Distributor: Third Window Films Running...
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Genkina Hito and the LAMMY Awards 2013
I joined the LAMB (Large Association of Movie Bloggers) nearly two years ago (around the time I was playing The Last Window: Secret of Cape West!) with the intention of bringing a greater focus to...
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Orpheus’ Lyre, The Rakugo Movie, The Last Scene You Were Loved, Sweet...
Ha! Potential anime overload? I have watched more anime this week than ever before. Even when anime was on the Sci-Fi channel and Toonami. The Studio Ghibli season continues unabated in the UK. I...
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Trailer for Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Latest Film Real
Real Japanese Title: リアル 完全なる首長 竜の日 Romaji: Riaru Kanzen’naru Shuchou Ryuu no Hi Release Date: June 01st, 2013 (Japan)...
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Mushishi
Mushishi Japanese Title: 蟲師 Romaji: Mushishi Release Date: March 24th, 2007 (Japan) Running Time: 131 mins. Director: Katsuhiro Otomo...
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Cold Bloom, The Great Passage, HK Hentai Kamen, Travellers: Dimensional...
Another week stuffed full of anime as I try and finish off the winter season and get into my first impressions of the spring selections I made. That written I did write about films! I made a longer...
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Abara: Decay and Rebirth
Abara means rib in Japanese. It is drawn from the fact that the characters with special powers, Gaunas, can shape bone like armour and weaponry through altering their physical structure at will,...
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Clips for Sion Sono’s TV Dorama All Esper Dayo!
All Esper Dayo! Japanese Title: みんな！ エスパーだよ！ Romaji: Minna! Esupa-Dayo! Release Date: April 12th, 2013 (TV Tokyo Japan) Running Time: N/A Director: Sion Sono Writer: Kiminori...
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Steins;Gate The Movie, Petal Dance, Crayon Shin Chan! Gourmet Food Survival,...
This week I posted a tribute to Abara, a manga full of awesome images which reminded me of why I love reading Tsutomu Nihei’s works, and clips of Sion Sono’s currently airing dorama All Esper Dayo! As...
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Japanese Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2013
The 66th Cannes Film Festival is taking place from May 15th to the 26th and its line-up of films was announced earlier this week and the line-up looks very promising. The festival opens with Baz...
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Attack on Titan First Impression
Attack on Titan Director: Tetsuro Araki, Series Composition: Yasuko Kobayashi, Original Manga: Hajime Isayama Voice Actors: Yuuki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Hiro Shimono, Yu Kobayashi Studio:...
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My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected First Impressions
My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected Director: Ai Yoshimura, Series Composition: Shotaro Suga, Character Designer: Yuu Shindou, Original Creator: Wataru Watari Voice Actors: Takuya Eguchi,...
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