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April 4, 2019 · 0 comments
The Day Anime Changed
By Jonathan Clements. He knew that there would be trouble when the 10,000 giveaway posters ran out. The crowd was already way too large to fit into the Shochiku Cinema, and risked spilling out into the street to block the traffic near Shinjuku station. One misplaced surge, thought Yoshiyuki Tomino, and the press would be […]
April 2, 2019 · 0 comments
New Releases: 2nd April 2019
We skipped out on our traditional new release post yesterday because… well, frankly, who was going to believe anything we write on April the 1st? But now it’s the 2nd of April, we can assuredly tell you about this week’s new release, and also remind you of a new Standard Edition title which surfaced last […]
April 1, 2019 · 0 comments
Testament of Sister New Devil BURST
By Shelley Pallis. Basara Tojo’s father is locked in a grim struggle with the new Demon Lord, and Basara is stuck with a sorcerous roommate and her succubus bodyguard… but, you know, school life goes on, and he hopes to get onto the festival committee and turn his homework in on time. Testament of Sister […]
March 28, 2019 · 0 comments
Books: Passionate Friendship
By Jonathan Clements. Deborah Shamoon’s Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan traces the development of a niche in entertainment that is barely a century old, and yet forms a crucial sector within modern media. She investigates a whole series of tropes and traditions, that themselves form the bedrock of today’s Japanese comics […]
March 25, 2019 · 0 comments
Perfect Blue: Deleted Scenes
By Andrew Osmond. Anime Limited is releasing Satoshi Kon’s classic Perfect Blue in a new “Ultimate” edition, with fresh revelations about the film’s genesis. Spoiler warning: this article assumes familiarity with the film; for an introduction to Perfect Blue, see here. Mar 25, 2019Jonathan Clements
March 22, 2019 · 1 comment
Ring Collection
by Jeremy Clarke. You watch a short, scary video on the VCR. Then your phone starts to ring… you have a week to show the video to someone else – or die! That’s the premise of Ring (1998), the horror film which took first Japan, then the world, by storm. It’s also the key title […]