All Posts: Page 63
November 24, 2021 · 0 comments
Penguindrum
By Andrew Osmond. In Penguindrum, a dorky penguin hat – that’s a hat that looks like a penguin, not one made out of penguins – brings a beautiful girl back to life. This miracle starts an adventure that’s insanely odd even by the standards of anime. The girl is Himari Takakura, the angelic sister of […]
November 23, 2021 · 0 comments
Anime Limited to release Godzilla Singular Point Original Soundtrack
Anime Limited is pleased to present the digital release of the GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT Original Soundtrack in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand! GLASGOW, NOVEMBER 23, 2021 – Anime Limited is pleased to announce the digital release of the original soundtrack for the hit Netflix anime series Godzilla Singular Point across North America, Europe, […]
November 21, 2021 · 0 comments
Books: Behind the Kaiju Curtain
By Jonathan Clements. Despite the title, which immediately and perhaps unjustly evokes Jasper Sharp’s magisterial Behind the Pink Curtain, Norman England’s Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey onto Japan’s Biggest Film Sets is not an exhaustive account of an entire genre. Instead, it is a very personal snapshot of one man’s interaction with the Japanese […]
November 18, 2021 · 0 comments
Hellbound
by Jeremy Clarke. Angels tell people the date and time of their death, then demons come and cart people off to Hell, generating a circus of fundamentalist, religious activity. The new six-part Netflix series Hellbound (2021) from South Korea’s Yeon Sang-ho, creator of zombie outings Seoul Station (2016) and Train to Busan (2016), began life […]
November 15, 2021 · 0 comments
Climbing
By Andrew Osmond. Fans of Perfect Blue are recommended to catch a new animated psycho-drama feature, Climbing, that is screening on 18th November as part of the London Korean Film Festival. Like Perfect Blue, Climbing is about a young woman for whom reality starts to skew. Se-hyeon is a dedicated sports climber, intent on glory… […]
November 11, 2021 · 0 comments
Cloud Matsuri returns – 15th-19th November
Believe it or not it’s been almost an entire year since our last Cloud Matsuri event in November 2020 – at the time we promised that it would return, albeit most likely in a slightly different format, and so today we’re here to confirm the return of this event next week, from November 15th-19th 2021. […]