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June 3, 2020 · 0 comments

Shinkai the Ad Man

Shinkai the Ad Man

By Andrew Osmond. Makoto Shinkai’s visual style is a commercial in its own right, maybe the most lucrative brand in anime today. So it’s fitting that Shinkai’s work has been bound up with advertising for more than a decade. Think of the lightning editing in Shinkai’s films, allowing for super-compressed story points, absolutely ideal for […]

May 25, 2020 · 0 comments

Books: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli

Books: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli

By Jonathan Clements. “Asked to be the voice of an angry 900-pound, twelve-foot-tall wolf god, Gillian Anderson did pretty well and handled the recording session with considerable grace.” It’s all in a day’s work for Steve Alpert, the American executive hired to sell Studio Ghibli to the world. Originally part-released as a long-gone online diary, […]

May 19, 2020 · 0 comments

Toei Tokusatsu Anime

Toei Tokusatsu Anime

By Shelley Pallis. Fans of Japanese sci-fi TV were in for a lockdown treat when the Toei company announced a new channel on Youtube, posting 70 different shows from several decades, ranging from the early black-and-white super-hero show National Kid (1960) to the robo-cop insanity of Winspector (1990). As the title of this article reflects, […]

May 15, 2020 · 2 comments

Books: Japanese Cinema

Books: Japanese Cinema

By Jonathan Clements. It’s not hard to see what Bloomsbury are up to with their Japanese Cinema Book. Assembling a who’s-who of big names in Japanese film criticism, editors Hideaki Fujiki and Alastair Phillips have come up with a chunky introduction to multiple aspects of an entire national cinema, ready not only for the Olympics […]

May 13, 2020 · 0 comments

From Gurren Lagann to Promare

From Gurren Lagann to Promare

By Andrew Osmond. Gurren Lagann, available to watch on Blu-ray and All4, and Promare, also available on home video formats, both share a love of Big Dumb Anime Action. Mecha-riding heroes punch through frames at lightning speed while the world swivels and curly-wurlys to keep up. They also share a history and director: Hiroyuki Imaishi. […]

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