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August 16, 2023 · 0 comments
Garden of Words onstage
By Andrew Osmond. Makoto Shinkai’s original Garden of Words was about no-touch intimacy, as a schoolboy and a woman met in a Tokyo park awning to shelter from the rain. The ingenious new London stage version of Garden of Words has its own strong intimacy, by virtue of its venue. That’s the Park Theatre, two […]
August 15, 2023 · 0 comments
Over the Sky
By Andrew Osmond. Over The Sky, a cinema fantasy adventure, is a close relative to Keiichi Hara’s 2019 film Birthday Wonderand. They’re both family-friendly anime, without violence or vulgarity, though Over the Sky has threats and even anguish in its closing stretch. Aug 15, 2023Jonathan Clements
August 12, 2023 · 0 comments
Gunbuster Files: Shattered Jewels
By Jonathan Clements. The title of the fifth episode of Gunbuster derives directly from Robert Heinlein’s 1973 novel Time Enough for Love, which ironically had very little to do with time dilation. It was, in fact an exploration of, among other things, immortality, longevity, incest, polyamory and time travel, but ultimately kept returning to romance […]
August 9, 2023 · 0 comments
Katsuhito Ishii as Animator
By Tom Wilmot. For those clued up on modern Japanese cinema, the name Katsuhito Ishii is sure to ring a bell. Renowned for his surreal imagery and off-kilter comedy, Ishii’s films range from the violent and zany to the soft and serene. However, while the director is most widely recognised for his work in live-action, […]
August 6, 2023 · 1 comment
Gunbuster Files: Strike a Pose
By Jonathan Clements. There’s a moment in Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle (2021), early in the film, where his heroine is standing on a giant floating whale loaded with huge speakers, belting out a song as she drifts through a future city. It looks suitably iconic, and I was sure that it was a reference to Macross: […]
August 5, 2023 · 0 comments
Anime Limited releases “Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory/Premature Death” Original Soundtrack simultaneously with Japan
Anime Limited is pleased to present the digital release of the “Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory/Premature Death” Original Soundtrack in North America, Europe and Oceania, day and date with Japan! GLASGOW, AUGUST 5TH 2023 – Anime Limited is pleased to announce the digital release of the original soundtrack for the second season of the hit anime […]