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July 12, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. It’s been only months since the publication of Princess Mononoke: Understanding Studio Ghibli’s Monster Princess, an anthology of papers about Miyazaki’s fantasy blockbuster (reviewed here). Today Bloomsbury releases another Miyazaki book, Hayao Miyazaki: Exploring the Early Work of Japan’s Greatest Animator. This one’s by a solo writer, Raz Greenberg, who’s written on […]

July 9, 2018 · 0 comments

by Jeremy Clarke. A private eye gets caught in the middle of a Tokyo gang war, when two gun-running yakuza clans are ripped off by a third. Made by cult director Seijun Suzuki at Nikkatsu in 1963, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! was also his first to feature Jo Shishido in a leading […]

July 9, 2018 · 0 comments

It’s the start of a new week and that means there’s a new release to add to your collection! Today we delve back into the world of Tokyo Ghoul, but with a unique twist! Read on below for details. NEW RELEASES: 9th July 2018 Tokyo ghoul (live-action movie) FORMAT: Blu-ray, DVD BBFC CERT.: 15 SRP: Blu-ray – £19.99 | DVD – […]

July 6, 2018 · 0 comments

by Jeremy Clarke. Back on the big screen in a welcome one-day outing fifty years after its original 1968 release, The Beatles: Yellow Submarine remains one of the most remarkable animated feature films ever made. It turned the medium on its head in the English-speaking world, eschewing Disney’s dominant visual style and children’s audience for […]

July 3, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. First, this translated spin-off book is not a sequel to Makoto Shinkai’s blockbuster Your Name. Rather it’s an “alternative” retelling of parts of the story, complementing the straight novelisation, which we’ve reviewed elsewhere. Another Side: Earthbound presumes you’ve seen the film, as it leaves out large parts of its plot. The book’s […]