All Posts: Page 229
November 29, 2016 · 0 comments
Your Lie in April
By Andy Hanley. Just the opening notes of a song can put a smile on your face, while a few bars can similarly reduce you to tears. But when it comes to playing classical music at a competitive level, technical proficiency is just as important as recreating the emotional resonance of a piece. That, however, […]
November 26, 2016 · 2 comments
Tatami Galaxy
By Andrew Osmond. There are some anime whose best advert is their pedigree. Tatami Galaxy is a series by Masayuki Yuasa, the director of the extraordinary anime Ping Pong. It’s based on a novel by Tomihiko Morimi, whose delightful The Eccentric Family has inspired one anime series and will receive a sequel soon. Additionally, Tatami […]
November 25, 2016 · 1 comment
Newswire #95 – 25th Nov 2016
How’s it going everyone! I (Jeremy) am back from my travels so it’s time to wrap up your week with a Newswire bringing you up to speed on all things to do with Your Name in cinemas, along with AllTheAnime and Funimation titles. This is very much a quick catchup edition of the Newswire ahead […]
November 23, 2016 · 0 comments
Interview: Kohei Kawase
By Andrew Osmond. The Guest of Honour for the Edinburgh leg of this year’s Scotland Loves Anime was a specimen of professional who’s often overlooked by anime fans: the anime producer. Kohei Kawase hails from Warner Brothers Japan and was at Edinburgh to support Accel World: Infinite Burst, the film of the Accel World TV […]
November 20, 2016 · 0 comments
Approaching Shinkai
By Andrew Osmond. Your Name is the new animated film by director Makoto Shinkai. For some readers, the story of a Tokyo boy, a country girl, and what happens when they start to swap lives, will be their first taste of Shinkai – all Shinkai’s films are self-contained, and can be enjoyed in any order. […]
November 17, 2016 · 0 comments
Our Little Sister
By Roxy Simons. Let it not be said that Hirokazu Koreeda doesn’t know a thing or two about creating emotional family dramas. It’s a topic he has been fixated with for over 20 years and is a genre that he has proven time and time again to be the master of, and his latest project […]