All Posts: Page 48
July 26, 2022 · 0 comments
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
By Tom Wilmot. Nearly fifty years after he re-emerged from the jungle, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda remains a fascinating and controversial figure. The World War II soldier famously surrendered in 1974, having held out on the small Filipino island of Lubang for the better part of thirty years, convinced that Japan’s conflict with the Allies was […]
July 23, 2022 · 2 comments
Voicing Violet Evergarden
By Andrew Osmond. American voice actress Erika Harlacher has had a multi-faceted career through the last decade, including a host of game roles: Ann Takami in Persona 5 and the bard Venti in Genshin Impact. In anime, her major parts include the vengeful boy Kurapika in Hunter x Hunter (the 2011 TV series); Shinobu in […]
July 22, 2022 · 3 comments
ITV Signs Landmark Partnership Deals for over 400 Hours of Content for ITVX from Anime Ltd
ITV has signed an agreement with Glaswegian-based Anime Ltd, the largest independent anime licensor in the UK. This agreement will make ITVX the free-to-air home of a unique selection of anime television series and films which extends to over 500 episodes and 200 hours. This agreement also marks the first advertising revenue sharing deals for ITVX; a […]
July 20, 2022 · 0 comments
Red Angel
by Jeremy Clarke. An army nurse is sent to China in director Yasuzo Masumura’s Red Angel (1966). Or as a slogan in one of the film’s trailers puts it, “on the battlefield where life and death is decided.” Jul 20, 2022Jonathan Clements
July 17, 2022 · 0 comments
The Deer King
By Jonathan Clements. Supposedly, life has returned to normal in the lands of Aquafa, but there are still unwelcome echoes of the past. The Empire of Zol maintains garrisons of soldiers on Aquafan territory, and plunders the nation’s riches for its own ends. But a new threat arises, fighting the Zolians on an unexpected front. […]
July 14, 2022 · 1 comment
Books: 100 Animated Feature Films
By Jonathan Clements. Twelve years after its first publication, the British Film Institute’s 100 Animated Feature Films gets burnished and buffed up by its original author, Andrew Osmond, in a new edition. This 2022 incarnation features a continuing decline from an America-centric cartoon view of the world, with American films still in the mix, but […]