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Anime Limited acquires “Promare”
A film generating a lot of a buzz at the moment is the first theatrical outing from Studio Trigger, Promare, the same studio that brought you the very popular TV series Kill la Kill that was founded by members of GAINAX (Gurren Lagann). Since the recent announcement that the film would be receiving UK Premiere screenings as part of […]
Anime Limited acquires “Weathering With You” in UK & Ireland
Glasgow (September 4, 2019) – Anime Limited, the UK’s leading independent distributor of anime, is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the distribution rights to the UK and Ireland of the much anticipated animated feature WEATHERING WITH YOU, the latest film from Makoto Shinkai, the director of 2016’s international hit Your Name. Anime Limited will […]
Akio Jissoji: The Buddhist Trilogy
By Jasper Sharp. It is a ballsy act for a company to put out a four-film box set of titles made almost half a century ago that have never had any form of home video release outside Japan, all made by a director whose name is unknown outside the rarefied circles of Japanese film specialism. […]
Of Flesh and Blood
By Jeremy Clarke. In the West, Hirokazu Koreeda remains Japan’s highest-profile, living, live-action film director. Shoplifters (2018) picked up over eighty awards nominations this year including the Best Foreign-Language Picture Golden Globe and Oscar. A Blu-ray box set of four key films, each with a new commentary, plus some excellent extras and a useful book […]
Inuyashiki
By Roxy Simons. Ichiro Inuyashiki has it tough; he has no friends, he’s shamed publicly at work on a regular basis, and even his family despise him. His only source of solace is a stray dog named Hanako, but, despite how the world treats him, this middle-aged loser still wants to be a good person. So, […]