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The Red Turtle
By Andrew Osmond. Here’s a paradox. Even as When Marnie Was There, Studio Ghibli’s Last Feature Film (Probably), plays in British cinemas, a new animated feature bearing Ghibli’s logo opens in the festival circuit. This is The Red Turtle, directed by Michael Dudok de Wit, which debuted at Cannes before playing at another French event, […]
TEKKONKINKREET TURNS TEN
By Jasper Sharp. At a time when digital releases from Pixar and DreamWorks had become the new monolithic style for American animation, the use of computers on such landmark titles from Japan as Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Mind Game, Appleseed (2004) and Howl’s Moving Castle was still very much in service of an instantly […]
Anime Streaming Guide 2016
By Chris Perkins. The world of streaming anime is a fast-moving one. So much so, that rather a lot has changed since we published our original Anime Streaming Guide last summer. We’ve seen whole new seasons of anime launch, and a new player enter the UK arena with the launch of Funimation Now. So it’s […]
Ratchet & Clank
By Hugh David. Chairman Drek is hell-bent on destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. Nobody can stop him… except maybe two incredibly unlikely heroes: a cat-like Lombax and Clank, a robot assembled by mistake. Luckily them, or possibly unluckily for everybody else, they’ve somehow acquired a planet-destroying weapon of their own, joining forces with […]
Toonz, Toon Shaders and Studio Ghibli
Jasper Sharp investigates the hype over “free” animation software. Last month, a press release went out under the heading ‘TOONZ goes Open Source!’ The revolutionary 2-D animation software, developed for the professional market by the Rome-based company Digital Video in 1993 and originally distributed by Softimage as Creative Toonz, has now been placed freely within […]