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Rurouni Kenshin (2012)
Rurouni Kenshin Romaji: Rurouni Kenshin Japanese Title: るろうに剣心 Release Date: August, 25th 2012 (Japan) UK Release Date: August 2013 (UK) Running Time: 134...
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Wake Up, Girls!, Neo Ultra Q Special Screening Part III, Golden Time, Tap-kun...
The first of the double-trailer posts for 2014! There are a lot of Japanese films getting released this weekend but the releases started on January 09th with the continued Neo Ultra Q screenings. Today...
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Idol is Dead: Non-chan’s Propaganda Major War, Judge (2014), Seventh Code,...
Hello the first full week of 2014. It has been packed with lots anime as I got started with the 2013/14 winter season. Nobunaga the Fool was cool and Nobunagun was LOTS of fun but my highlight so far...
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Best Anime of 2013
One of my new year’s resolutions for 2013 was to review more anime and I have done that. By combining my writing for Anime UK News with my blog and by carving out 30 minutes a day for viewing titles I...
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Winter 2014 First Impressions Nobunaga the Fool
Nobunaga the Fool Director: Hidekazu Sato, Series Composition/Original Creator/Main Mecha Design: Shoji Kawamori, Character Designer: Yone Kazuki Voice Actors: Yoko Hikasa (Jeanne Kaguya d’Arc),...
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Winter 2014 First Impressions Nobunagun
Nobunagun Director: Nobuhiro Kondo, Original Creator: Masato Hisa, Series Composition: Hiroshi Yamaguchi,Character Design: Hiromi Matsushita, KAZZ T, Mechanical Design: Hirofumi Nakata, Kenichi...
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Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2014
The 43rd International Film Festival Rotterdam launches on January 22nd and finishes on February 02nd. The line-up of Asian films has been revealed and there are strong titles from Japan. A lot of...
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Au revoir l’ete, Black Butler, The Story of CNBlue Never Stop, Message from...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts to cover a weekend where there are about thirteen new Japanese films released. I’ve mixed the films up about to place the low-budget dramas, documentaries and...
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Bilocation, Futaridetsukuru, The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai, Plastic...
Ah, I hope everybody reading this is in good health! The week for me has seen me say goodbye to a Japanese friend as he returns home but we will keep in touch. On a more positive note my Japanese...
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Pupa Winter 2014 First Impressions
Pupa Staff: Director: Tomomi Mochizuki, Original Creator: Sayaka Mogi, Character Designer: Maki Fujii Voice Actors: Ibuki Kido (Yume Hasegawa), Nobunaga Shimazaki (Utsutsu Hasegawa), Kyoko...
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Wooser’s Hand to Mouth Life Season 2 Winter 2014 First Impressions
Wooser no Sono Higurashi 2 Kakusei-hen Director: Toyonori Yamada, Original Creator/Character Designer: Yoshiki Usa, Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu, Character Design: Tomoko Fujinoki, Voice...
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World Conquest: Stratagem Star (Sekai Seifuku – Bouryaku no Zvezda) Winter...
World Conquest: Stratagem Star (Sekai Seifuku – Bouryaku no Zvezda) Director/Series Composition: Tensai Okamura, Series Composition/Script: Meteor Hoshizora, Original Character Designer: Kouhaku...
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Genome Hazard, Little House, Fireworks Ideas, My Father Iemoto, THE...
There are seven Japanese films released this weekend but I’m still splitting them up into two posts. This weekend’s lack of quantity sees an upsurge in quality as the dramas, action adventures and...
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Kanagawa University of Fine Arts, Office of Film Research, Chiisana Akari,...
Well, less than a week to go before I head off to the Japan Foundation’s Touring Film Programme and I’ve got everything booked and ready to go. I’ll be spending a few days in London and then on the...
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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2014 Line-Up
Reblogged from Genkinahito's Blog:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVY0w2Saa04&w=640&h=390] The Japan Foundation have announced their Touring Film Programme for 2014 and it goes under...
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Galilei Donna
Galilei Donna – Storia di tre sorelle a caccia di un mistero Director/Original Creator: Yasuomi Umetsu, Scripts: Atsushi Oka, Hideyuki Kurata, Jun Kumagai, Touko Machida, Character Designer/Chief...
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Coppelion
Coppelion Original Manga Creator: Tomonori Inoue, Director/ Character Designer: Shingo Suzuki, Series Composition: Makoto Nakamura, Scripts: N/A, Chief Animation Director: Makoto Furuta...
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Dakishimetai – Shinjitsu no Monogatari, I Don’t Have Many Friends, Killers,...
Only one trailer post this week because there aren’t that many films and by the time you read this I’ll probably be in London collecting my tickets for the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme. I...
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The Ravine of Goodbye
The Ravine of Goodbye Japanese Title: さよなら渓谷 Romaji: Sayonara Keikoku Release Date: June 22nd, 2013 (Japan) Seen at the BFI London Film Festival 2013 Running Time: 117 mins. Director:...
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Our Sunhi
Our Sunhi Release Date: September, 12th 2013 (South Korea) Seen at the BFI London Film Festival Running Time: 88 mins. Director: Hong Sang-Soo Writer: Hong Sang-Soo (Screenplay) Starring: Jung...
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