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March 16, 2017 · 6 comments
Living Life Live
By Andrew Osmond. This month, nostalgia’s really not what it used to be; it’s been tweaked. Two huge Hollywood movies are rolling out with lavish effects and female stars (Scarlett Johansson, Emma Watson). Both are remakes of 1990s films that gained iconic stature. In particular, the trailers for both new films feature numerous shot-for-shot recreations […]
March 13, 2017 · 3 comments
A Silent Voice: Anime vs Manga
By Andrew Osmond. Kyoto Animation’s film A Silent Voice comes to British cinemas this week; to learn about its story and characters, see our previous article. However, you don’t need to have seen the film to know the story. At the British premiere at Scotland Loves Anime, the audience was asked how many had read […]
March 10, 2017 · 1 comment
Wixoss Music: Kanon Wakeshima
Tom Smith doesn’t forget the joker. Anime Limited come up trumps again with selector infected WIXOSS, a series from Steins;Gate director Takuya Satou and Fate/Stay Night writer Mari Okada that’s based around a fictional card game craze with a twist. Like all good card games, WIXOSS packs its fair share of rarities. Yet, unlike a £7.5k […]
March 8, 2017 · 0 comments
Books: Media Theory in Japan
By Jonathan Clements. Takashi Tsumura saw it coming. He suggested that the “computer line” and the television might one day be combined. Moreover, in a “somewhat radical hypothesis” that the Japanese broadcast and phone companies might also combine, he suggested the “net” such a merger produced would have all the power and invasive persuasion of […]
March 7, 2017 · 0 comments
Psycho-Pass: Mandatory Happiness
By Andy Hanley. Over the course of two TV anime series and one movie, Psycho-Pass has done plenty to explore its imagined dystopian future where the Japanese populace’s mental state is constantly monitored and checked for the slightest hint of criminality. But, for all of its efforts, there is still no shortage of other elements […]
March 4, 2017 · 1 comment
Sakuga Wars
By Andrew Osmond. If you have Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away to hand, look at a bit of the film about twenty minutes in. It’s after Chihiro has lost her parents, been saved and abandoned by Haku, and is descending to the bathhouse to look for the spider man Kamaji. You may remember the funny-scary scene […]