Tag: anime

April 1, 2024 · 0 comments

By Zoe Crombie. Anime has taken inspiration from Western cultures throughout much of its history, from Astro Boy’s Disney-inspired aesthetics to the gorgeous European locales of films like Howl’s Moving Castle, and one of the most important productions in this vein is the World Masterpiece Theater series of adaptations of Western children’s books. Bringing new […]

March 20, 2024 · 0 comments

By Zoe Crombie. Genius detective Sakurako Kujo is constantly surrounded by death, regularly finding the bones of murder victims that aid her constant study of skeletons and forensics. Accompanying Sakurako on her deadly excursions is high school student Shotaro Tatewaki, a grounding influence who keeps some of Sakurako’s more questionable impulses in check. Together, the […]

March 17, 2024 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Early in Lupin the Third Part 6, there’s an appearance of a bridge which Londoners will find familiar. Hungerford Bridge is one of the capital’s less showy landmarks, crossing the Thames between the South Bank and Charing Cross Station. There’s a central railway bridge and two wide footbridges either side – the […]

March 14, 2024 · 0 comments

By Zoe Crombie. Banri Tada is a bright young student at a private law school who has just finished convalescing from a fall he experienced after his high school graduation that left him with no memory of his life or relationships from before that moment. Fortunately, he finds a friend in fellow first-year student Mitsuo […]

March 11, 2024 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Hooray, The Boy and the Heron has won! When it snagged the Best Animated Feature Oscar last night (sorry, Spider-Verse fans), it marked only the second Oscar victory for an anime feature film. The first time was twenty-one years ago, when Spirited Away, also directed by Hayao Miyazaki, won Best Animated Feature […]