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March 1, 2016 · 0 comments
Manga: Kill la Kill
by Chris Perkins. Anime and manga have always had an extremely close relationship. Despite a recent increase in those based on light novels and videogames, a sizeable proportion of anime today are still adapted from manga, or at least conceived simultaneously. But what about those manga adapted from properties that started life as anime? It’s […]
February 27, 2016 · 0 comments
Books: China Goes Global
By Jonathan Clements. At the turn of the 21st century, Lotus Lantern was the great hope of the Chinese animation industry, a lavish, big-budget musical conceived in blatant imitation of a Disney blockbuster. Needless to say, it was written off in Schoolgirl Milky Crisis as “a mess from start to finish,” although Chinese TV media […]
February 23, 2016 · 0 comments
Newswire #59 & #60 – 23rd Feb 2016
After a week off due to it being a very busy week at Anime Limited HQ we are back with a double packed edition of our Newswire! Bringing you up to speed on all-things Anime Limited. ANIME LIMITED UPDATES First of all a reminder that our next release is the film Fusé: Memoirs of the […]
February 21, 2016 · 0 comments
The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman
By Andrew Osmond. The Elegant Life of Mr Everyman is one of the oldest films screening in the current Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme; it was released back in 1963. Directed by Kihachi Okamoto, it’s an observational comedy, voicing the frustrations and neuroses of the ordinary working man when the shade of World War II […]
February 18, 2016 · 4 comments
Tony Luke 1970-2016
Jonathan Clements remembers the creator of Dominator A memorial to Tony Luke, who died yesterday, inevitably must be a collage, like much of his artwork. This is not because of his particular hybrid rock-and-roll style, but because of his undeniable achievements as a self-publicist. Tony knew that he was dying for some time, and took […]
February 17, 2016 · 0 comments
Japan Box Office Report 2015
Jasper Sharp on the state of the cinema arts Yes, it’s that time again when the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (better known by the abbreviated Japanese name of Eiren) releases its box office figures for the previous year. I’ve already put down my analyses and thoughts about what kind of barometer these provide […]