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Birthday Wonderland
By Andrew Osmond. Keiichi Hara’s feature film Birthday Wonderland plays like a very traditional family fantasy, which seems to be part of its point. Given that the film tells the story of a Japanese girl travelling into a magic world, it inevitably raises thoughts of Spirited Away – which was, among other things, a plea […]
NEWSWIRE – October 2020 Releases Preview
It’s the return of our Newswire posts! Our aim is near the end of each month going forward to bring you a quick preview of forthcoming releases – with the idea being we’ll able to give you better visibility on what to expect from us in the months ahead. But before we get to the preview of […]
Podcast – 21st October 2019
ALL THE ANIME PODCAST – 21st October 2019 “Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival 2019 – Judges Deliberation Special” [RECORDED ON 20th October 2019] On this edition of the podcast continue our annual tradition of bringing you a special episode that brings you discussion on the Judges Award category of the Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival, which […]
Birthday Wonderland
By Jonathan Clements. Listless and depressed, and desperate to avoid the latest trend-conscious schoolgirl drama at school, Akane (Mayu Matsuoka) feigns an illness, which her mother Midori (Kumiko Aso) seems ready to indulge – it is going to be her birthday soon after all. Instead, she sends the pouting teenager over to Aunt Chii’s junk […]