Tag: Japan

April 2, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. In a memorable podcast by the BBFC from a few years ago, examiner Emily Fussell complained that anime could be deceptive. “Sometimes you are thrown complete curveballs. So you will think that you are watching a series about a bunch of schoolchildren fighting aliens… and then one of them will stick their […]

March 30, 2018 · 0 comments

By Jonathan Clements. In The Anime Boom in the United States, Michal Daliot-Bul and Nissim Otmazgin summarise several key issues in modern anime, including an overview of its entrepreneurs, the long-term influence of Japanese governmental cultural policies, and the effects of anime stylistics on contemporary American cartoons. They promise a “top-down” perspective on the business […]

March 28, 2018 · 0 comments

by Jeremy Clarke. Three recent Hirokazu Kore-eda movies I Wish (2011), Like Father, Like Son (2013) and After the Storm (2016) finally arrive on UK BD/DVD. Most of his art-house feature work has secured a release here, much of it (including these three titles) initially in cinemas. Kore-eda has been described as one of the […]

March 19, 2018 · 0 comments

By Meghan Ellis. “A traveller’s purpose in life is to travel.” So begins Kino’s Journey, a homage to wanderlust without purpose, directed by the late Ryutaro Nakamura and adapted from the books of the same name by Keiichi Sigsawa. Kino and the talking bike Hermes – an incredible rendition of the legendary Brough Superior SS100 […]

March 16, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Following last month’s Titan spectacle, Anime Limited is releasing another cinema edition of a much-loved TV epic. On Wednesday 21st March, there will be nationwide screenings of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Revolution I – Initiation, and you can find the venue details and booking links here. If you know Code Geass […]