Category: Features

March 15, 2020 · 2 comments

The Vision of Escaflowne

The Vision of Escaflowne

By Andrew Osmond. Thirteen years ago, when I was writing about Vision of Escaflowne for a non-specialist magazine, I claimed, “The best way to describe Escaflowne is as the closest thing to a ten-hour Hayao Miyazaki film.” As crude as that description is – and Escaflowne is no mere Miyazaki imitator – it still holds […]

March 12, 2020 · 0 comments

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz

By Andrew Osmond. This is not the place to start for any newcomers to Gundam Wing. Endless Waltz is the last chapter of the Gundam Wing story, following on directly from the final TV episode (part 49). The TV series is already available from Anime Limited, and we wrote it up here. The TV Gundam […]

March 9, 2020 · 1 comment

Char’s Counter Attack

Char’s Counter Attack

By Andrew Osmond. That the first “original” cinema film in the Gundam franchise contains the word “counterattack” suggests two things. First, that someone at the Sunrise studio was thinking of a certain other 1980s film with spaceships and epic duels; and second, that it’s warning the audience that the film is a sequel. Which Char’s […]

March 6, 2020 · 0 comments

Pixar’s Onward

Pixar’s Onward

By Andrew Osmond. Onward is Pixar’s twenty-second feature animation and the studio’s fourteenth original film – neither sequel nor prequel – and it officially opens in cinemas today after sneak previews last week. Like an earlier piece I wrote on Pixar’s Inside Out, this article isn’t a review, but more an “anime eye” on a […]

March 3, 2020 · 0 comments

Never-Ending Man

Never-Ending Man

By Andrew Osmond. Never-Ending Man is a live-action documentary film about Hayao Miyazaki, and it starts with his “retirement” announcement in September 2013, after his “final” film, The Wind Rises. Those quote marks suggest how well he stuck to his word. “I’ve caused quite a stir before by saying I’m quitting,” Miyazaki said, “so people […]

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