March 3, 2020 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Never-Ending Man is a live-action documentary film about Hayao Miyazaki, and it starts with his “retirement” announcement in September 2013, after his “final” film, The Wind Rises. Those quote marks suggest how well he stuck to his word. “I’ve caused quite a stir before by saying I’m quitting,” Miyazaki said, “so people […]

March 1, 2020 · 0 comments

By Helen McCarthy. The Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition is impressive – so impressive that since I left the Victoria and Albert Museum I’ve worn nothing but kimono. I’m writing about it, right now, dressed entirely in kimono. Of course that’s nothing new. My crew-neck knit kimono and my straight leg Levi’s stonewash kimono are […]

February 29, 2020 · 1 comment

Kazuya Tsurumaki on his film. Kazuya Tsurumaki is known for FLCL, Gunbuster 2, and the Rebuild of Evangelion series, among others. He got involved with The Dragon Dentist (streaming now on All4) after meeting the original writer Otaro Maijo on Japan Animator Expo in 2014. Using the short pilot film screened at that time, this […]

February 28, 2020 · 0 comments

It’s (just over) SEVEN! weeks – see what we did there, Strictly fans 😉 – until our release of Welcome to the Ballroom: Part 2 struts it way onto Blu-ray! Admittedly this release has been in the works for a while, but it’s nearly here and we’ve got all the details about what to expect from this release […]

February 28, 2020 · 0 comments

Can you believe we’re already nearly in the month of March?! Where is the time going? But what that does mean is that we’re getting closer to the release of a film that we know a lot of people are excited to have in their collection, Penguin Highway! The film will be available to add to […]

February 27, 2020 · 0 comments

We know some of you have been patiently waiting for it, and now the series Plastic Memories is finally arriving on Blu-ray, with Part 1 available now and Part 2 following this coming Monday (2nd March). Today we’ll be taking a look at both parts of the series! Don’t worry though, if you’re not familiar with the […]