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January 24, 2021 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. The ongoing Coronavirus crisis may have disrupted many aspects of the cultural calendar, but it is heartening to report that one the Japan Foundation UK Touring Film Programme is still pushing ahead. Its 18-film line-up for 2021 is organised under the theme “This is My Place: Carving out a sense of existence […]

January 22, 2021 · 1 comment

(This was published on 22nd January 2021) This is a brief update on the status of our Violet Evergarden release – which has been delayed while we looked into video quality issues that were brought our attention late last year; just before Christmas. WHAT’S THE LATEST UPDATE?

January 21, 2021 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. “The story of a legendary actress talking about her life. Confusion clouds her memory and her old roles come into play to create an eventful tale.” According to the official Japanese tie-in book to Millennium Actress, Chiyoko Millennial Actress, from which much of the information below is taken, this was the original […]

January 18, 2021 · 3 comments

By Andrew Osmond. The beginning of 2021 sees Anime Limited release the film Gundam NT and the second half of the series Turn A Gundam. These anime were made nearly two decades apart, but they have similar agendas. Both set out to consolidate the complex Gundam franchise, but in drastically different ways. So, it’s a […]

January 15, 2021 · 3 comments

By Andrew Osmond. While the score for the Japanese release of Cyber City Oedo 808 (included on the subtitled version of the film) was composed by Kazuhiko “Kazz” Toyama, it was replaced completely on the English-dubbed version. Andrew Osmond talks to Rory McFarlane about how he composed the new score.