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Millennium Actress
By Jasper Sharp. Satoshi Kon’s Millennium Actress (2001), uses its heroine to explore themes of subjectivity and spectatorship, with a topic that might at first seem better suited to live action. In all those elements, it bears some similarities with his debut feature Perfect Blue (1997), which pitched the viewer into the fragmenting worldview of […]
Books: Perfect Blue
By Andrew Osmond. It’s said that bad books make good films (and vice versa). Perfect Blue makes that case forcibly. Satoshi Kon’s film version is a landmark in animated horror, subjecting a vividly sympathetic protagonist to fiendish mind-games. But the source book is plain bad, descending into infantile guignol that’s less perverted than pre-potty trained. […]
MCM London Comic Con May 2018 Newswire #2 – Sunday news round-up
So, here we are again… at the time of publishing this, our second and final Anime Limited panel at MCM London Comic Con took place yesterday, bringing with it another host of announcements in addition to those that we revealed to you on Friday, which you can catch up on over here at this blog […]
Interview: Satoshi Kon
Minor-league pop idol Mima ditches her girl group to become a solo artist and serious actress. When her managers push her towards sleazy “grown-up” roles, one self-styled avid fan exacts deadly retribution for the loss of her schoolgirl image, in a tense drama of suspense and murder. A fierce spotlight turned on the world of […]
New Releases: 16th October 2017
It’s a new week and that means there are new releases to add to your anime collection! Today it’s time to add another element to your Gundam collection, as the first-part of another series from the historic franchise sees its release for the first-time ever in the UK! NEW RELEASES FOR WEEK COMMENCING: 16th october 2017 Mobile […]