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April 5, 2017 · 0 comments
Books: Videosyncratic
By Jonathan Clements. “When you love film,” writes Jon Spira in his Kickstarted book Videosyncratic, “it doesn’t just transport you to another world. It transports you back to where you were, who you were, when you first saw it. Hours sat with friends now missing or lost. Sunday afternoons on the sofa with your family. […]
April 5, 2017 · 0 comments
Anime Limited to screen ‘Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution’ movies in cinemas
We know many of you out there have a lot of love for the classic series and were delighted when we announced we would be bringing that classic series to Blu-ray in the future. Our plan to release the series is still very much in the works behind-the-scenes here at AllTheAnime HQ, we still can’t […]
April 3, 2017 · 0 comments
Seoul Station
By Andrew Osmond. It’s not unknown for live-action films to have “companion” films in animation, usually made as spin-offs. The classic case is The Animatrix, a Japanese-Korean anthology made to tie in with The Matrix Reloaded, and the better of the two. Another anime anthology, Batman: Gotham Knight was theoretically tied in with The Dark […]
April 1, 2017 · 0 comments
Scarjo Receives Japanese Passport
In a hastily-convened ceremony at LA’s Japanese consulate this morning, Manhattan-born celebrity Scarlett Johansson accepted a Japanese passport, and the citizenship that comes along with it. According to a consular press release, she is “hopefully the first of many migrant workers” to participate in a new fast-track programme that awards Japanese passports to anyone who […]
March 31, 2017 · 0 comments
Lone Wolf and Cub
By Jeremy Clarke. The Lone Wolf and Cub franchise began life as a manga in 1970 by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima. It proved hugely popular in Japan, where in 1972 the first four of six films appeared. Two more followed in 1973 and 1974. Criterion’s new three-disc Blu-ray release collects together all […]
March 29, 2017 · 0 comments
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
by Jeremy Clarke. Major (Scarlett Johansson) is the first of her kind – rescued from a refugee boat many years ago and cyber-enhanced to be the perfect soldier. Only her mind remains; the rest of her is artificial, putting her in a unique position as society faces a new threat. Cyber warfare has evolved to […]