Tag: masakisuda
THE BOY AND THE HERON Review: Culmination of a Life's Work
Hayao Miyazaki's new film.
Toronto 2023 Review: THE BOY AND THE HERON, Sumptuous Miyazaki-San, Studio Ghibli Career Retrospective
From the opening air raid sirens and fiery infernos of World War II Tokyo bombings to the bucolic countryside house and its magical surroundings, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli has come full circle in its 40 year history animated mastery....
Fantasia 2017 Review: TEIICHI: BATTLE OF SUPREME HIGH Mixes High School Politics With Hilarious Comedy
Kaitei College, once a naval academy, it now educates and trains the future leaders of the country. If you want a future in politics in the country of Japan then this is the school you must be at. Akaba...
Five Flavours 2015 Review: THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE Finds Hope In The Darkness
Sleepy Hokkaido sets the stage for an unusual friendship in The Light Shines Only There, in which a stoic young man holding on to a secret pain befriends a yellow-toothed, happy-go-lucky wastrel on parol. Destitution, emotional turmoil abound, yet this...
Director Mipo O. Speaks On Academy Awards Submission THE LIGHT SHINES ONLY THERE
With an April release here in Japan, director Mipo O's The Light Shines Only There had been and gone from cinema screens when a Best Director Award from the Montreal World Film Festival kick started a new wave of recognition. Now...
DVD Review: PRINCESS JELLYFISH Exhibits Other Kinds Of Otaku
(Me, I'm not an Otaku, I just collect stuff fanatically...) By now you just need to mention noitanimA and my ears will prick up. Over the past few years there have been so many interesting anime series aired in Fuji...