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January 13, 2022 · 0 comments
Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE comes to cinemas this February
FIND YOUR VOICE WITH MAMORU HOSODA’S DAZZLING BELLE IN CINEMAS THIS FEBRUARY Experience the Oscar®-nominated director’s latest animated sensation exclusively in cinemas from 4th February 2022 ★★★★★ Robbie Collin, The Daily Telegraph ★★★★★ Phil de Semlyen, Time Out ★★★★★ Stephen Kelly, SFX ★★★★★ Kevin Harley, Total Film ★★★★★ James Perkins, Starbust […]
January 13, 2022 · 0 comments
Books: Chinese Animation and Socialism
By Jonathan Clements. Daisy Yan Du’s newly published collection Chinese Animation and Socialism: From Animators’ Perspectives focuses inevitably on the rise and fall of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS), which might reliably be described as the beating heart of the Chinese animation community for much of the mid- to late twentieth century. Refreshingly, the […]
January 10, 2022 · 0 comments
Code Geass: The Movies
By Andrew Osmond. The four Code Geass feature films being released by Anime Limited amount to a hybrid, a kind of hybrid that’s common in anime, but with an unusual twist. Let me explain, although many Code Geass fans can skim the next few paragraphs. Jan 10, 2022Jonathan Clements
January 7, 2022 · 0 comments
Books: The Story of British Animation
By Andrew Osmond. Most people looking at this review will be anime fans. But what does “British animation” bring to your mind? Probably Wallace and Gromit and Aardman. Then children’s favourites, be it Peppa Pig for millennials or older staples: Postman Pat, Danger Mouse, The Snowman, Bagpuss, Ivor the Engine, Camberwick Green… Such children’s favourites […]
January 4, 2022 · 0 comments
Books: Tearmoon Empire
By Jonathan Clements. Then she woke up, and it was all a dream. Or was it? The teenage princess Mia Luna Tearmoon vividly recalls being eight years older, over-thrown in a revolution, enduring three years in prison and eventually being marched out to the scaffold, to be beheaded by a guillotine in front of a […]
January 1, 2022 · 2 comments
Anime Streaming Guide 2022
By Chris Perkins. In 2021, after years of intense competition, the two biggest names in anime streaming, Funimation and Crunchyroll, officially became part of the same company. The Funimation Group acquired Crunchyroll from WarnerMedia’s Elation in a deal valued over $1 billion. Parent company Sony Pictures Television now has quite the impressive anime portfolio that […]