Tag: Japan
May 19, 2020 · 0 comments
Toei Tokusatsu Anime
By Shelley Pallis. Fans of Japanese sci-fi TV were in for a lockdown treat when the Toei company announced a new channel on Youtube, posting 70 different shows from several decades, ranging from the early black-and-white super-hero show National Kid (1960) to the robo-cop insanity of Winspector (1990). As the title of this article reflects, […]
May 15, 2020 · 2 comments
Books: Japanese Cinema
By Jonathan Clements. It’s not hard to see what Bloomsbury are up to with their Japanese Cinema Book. Assembling a who’s-who of big names in Japanese film criticism, editors Hideaki Fujiki and Alastair Phillips have come up with a chunky introduction to multiple aspects of an entire national cinema, ready not only for the Olympics […]
May 13, 2020 · 0 comments
From Gurren Lagann to Promare
By Andrew Osmond. Gurren Lagann, available to watch on Blu-ray and All4, and Promare, also available on home video formats, both share a love of Big Dumb Anime Action. Mecha-riding heroes punch through frames at lightning speed while the world swivels and curly-wurlys to keep up. They also share a history and director: Hiroyuki Imaishi. […]
May 10, 2020 · 0 comments
Kwaidan
By Jasper Sharp. Kwaidan, Masaki Kobayashi’s classic compendium of ghostly Japanese folktales has just been given the Blu-ray treatment for UK audiences, with a bumper new package released on Eureka’s Masters of Cinema label, following Criterion’s high-definition US release in 2015.
May 7, 2020 · 0 comments
Welcome to the Ballroom 2
By Andrew Osmond. You can see the second volume of Welcome to the Ballroom (eps 13-24) as one long arc in which the young dancing hero Tatara must learn about going steady. Desperate to advance his dancing, and desolate about how far his peers are above him, Tatara is presented with a new potential dancing […]