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July 6, 2020 · 0 comments
Nobuhiko Obayashi & Hanagatami
By Jasper Sharp. Hanagatami (2017) has to be among the most important Japanese films of the last 20 years. This sweeping, emotive and flamboyant tale of love and friendship among a group of six college-age teenagers whose lives are about to be changed irrevocably by WW2 is an undisputable masterpiece for Nobuhiko Obayashi, a filmmaker […]
July 3, 2020 · 1 comment
B: The Beginning Ultimate Edition Blu-ray coming in October
If you tuned in to the AllTheAnime panel during Cloud Matsuri you will have seen the details we shared regarding our upcoming release of the series B: The Beginning as an Ultimate Edition set that will be released not only here in the UK but will also be getting released in North America as well! Today we’re […]
July 3, 2020 · 0 comments
Books: Archiving Anime 2
By Jonathan Clements. Now available as a free PDF from the University of Niigata, the second volume of Minori Ishida and Kim Joon Yang’s Archiving Movements continues to assemble interesting articles about the world of Japanese animation – the editors are keen to stress that their journal is open to discussions of many forms of […]
July 1, 2020 · 0 comments
[UNBOXING] PROMARE
Since we screened it in cinemas late last year, people have been patiently waiting for our home video release of PROMARE, the first animated feature film by Studio Trigger. Well the time has come because it’s available now as a Blu-ray Ltd. Collector’s Edition set, as well as standard Blu-ray and DVD. To cut to […]
June 30, 2020 · 0 comments
Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
By Andrew Osmond. The first season of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, released as a Collectors Blu-ray set by Anime Limited, is a meeting of two formidable anime forces. One is the venerable Gundam giant robot franchise, which most readers of this blog will know – there’s a general intro here. In any case, Orphans, […]