Tag: Roxy Simons

February 5, 2018 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. The Shinsengumi are one of those groups in history that lend themselves to multiple depictions, especially in anime. With their bloody five-year history, indisputable sword skills, and fierce loyalty to their rulers, it’s no wonder that people want to revisit their story. A group of militia who fought and died protecting the […]

December 31, 2017 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. “I don’t want to have any regrets when I die,” Japanese singer Fuki says backstage after finishing her last performance at Hyper Japan. The 30-year-old singer beams as she says this, still dressed in her Lolita-inspired black and red dress that she performed in earlier on. This may seem cliché, but Fuki […]

April 6, 2017 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. In a similar fashion to Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, it’s the violence that does most of the talking in Tetsuya Mariko’s Destruction Babies. With no clearly defined narrative, the film goes from one fight to the next, with each proving to be more aggressive than the last. It gives the film a […]

March 1, 2017 · 0 comments

By Roxy Simons. Ichie Minami (Miki Nakatani) doesn’t want anything to change. She’s determined to keep everything in her grandmother’s dress shop the way it was when the old lady was alive. The room looks the same, the clothes are all made from designs made years before, and she still uses the traditional pedal sewing […]