Masaaki Yuasa Rocks the Muromachi
DIRECTED BY: MASAAKI YUASA/2021
Masaaki Yuasa is the most compelling director working in mainstream anime today. Co...
An Uneven Slice-of-Life That's Still Worth A Bite
DIRECTED BY: AYUMU WATANABE/2021
The latest feature from Ayumu Watanabe and Studio 4°C, following ...
A Sugary And Sincere Anime Ode to Filmmaking
DIRECTED BY: TAKAYUKI HIRAO/2021
Films about filmmaking always have to straddle a certain line, making s...
Gorgeous UI, Poor Programming In Hosoda's Latest Feature
DIRECTED BY MAMORU HOSODA/2021
One of the best known anime directors, arguably second only t...
Ralph Bakshi Pushes Boundaries in Landmark X-Rated and Animated Debut
DIRECTED BY: RALPH BAKSHI/1972
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2021/KL STUDIO CLAS...
Osamu Tezuka's Sci-Fi Historical Epic Mash-Up is an Ambitious, Disjointed Disaster
DIRECTED BY: OSAMU TEZUKA AND EIICHI YAMAMOTO/1970
BLU-RAY STREET DATE...
Adult Animation Makes a Wild and Wonderful Debut in Anime Rendition of Arabian Nights
DIRECTED BY: EIICHI YAMAMOTO/1969
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 24...
Ethan Halker enjoys cartoons. As an animator and lecturer he’s perpetually in some stage of watching, reading about, shouting endlessly about, and/or making cartoons. He’s opted to add “writing about” to that list in the desperate hope of curtailing “shouting endlessly about”. Chances of success are slim to nil.