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April 15, 2016 · 2 comments
Newswire #67.5 BONUS – 15th April 2016
It’s not often that we post a bonus Newswire, and usually when we do it’s to share some exciting news to from an event and such, unfortunately today we have to start the weekend by announcing that our release of Durarara!! x2 Shou is being delayed. We have not taken this decision without careful thought, […]
April 15, 2016 · 3 comments
The Cartoon Cutting Room
Andrew Osmond on what’s chopped and changed in international animation. Recently on this blog, we reported on how DreamWorks’ new film Kung Fu Panda 3 had been re-animated for China, lip-synching the characters to the Mandarin-speaking actors. It’s a reminder that animation isn’t an unchanging, iconic medium; it’s malleable and fluid. Of course, the same […]
April 12, 2016 · 0 comments
Newswire #66 & #67 – 12th April 2016
After an incredibly busy week behind-the-scenes at Anime Limited HQ today we bring you a double edition of the Newswire. There’s lots of notes to talk about so read below for the details. ~ First of all our new release this week is Sword Art Online II Part 3 on Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray/DVD and […]
April 12, 2016 · 0 comments
Books: Christ’s Samurai
Andrew Osmond on the true story of the Shimabara Rebellion. Christ’s Samurai by Jonathan Clements tells two stories, one enfolded within the other. The broader story is that of Christianity in Japan, beginning with the first missionaries to the country in the sixteenth century, their early success in winning converts (especially on the southern Japanese […]
April 10, 2016 · 0 comments
Hiroyuki Okiura: The Story So Far
Andy Hanley on the director of Letter to Momo. When it comes to well-known anime film directors, it’s easy to pigeon-hole them in the expectation that their works will adhere to a particular genre or style – mention Hayao Miyazaki, Mamoru Hosoda or Makoto Shinkai, and most fans of the medium will instantly be able […]
April 7, 2016 · 0 comments
The World of Japanese Girls’ Comics
Lee Brimmicombe-Wood looks for the mojo in shojo. The touring exhibition of shojo manga, which finishes its run at London’s House of Illustration in June, is not so much about comics as about the shojo aesthetic. The exhibition presents a world of slender, beautiful men, of flowers, of soft-edged pastels. If you knew nothing of […]