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...
A Heartwarming Anime Romance And Effective Exploration of Disability
DIRECTED BY: KOTARO TAMURA/2020
What would it be like for a mermaid born on land...
A Quality Release Can't Save Rankin/Bass's Frustrating Fantasy Musical
DIRECTED BY JULES BASS AND TADAHITO MOCHINAGA/1966
BLU-RAY STREET DATE: MAY 18, 20...
The Conclusion to KyoAni's 2018 Tearjerker Is Sure To Satisfy Fans
DIRECTED BY TAICHI ISHIDATE/2020
“I love you” is perhaps the perfect statement to ...
An Engaging Look At A Cartoon Favorite And Its Creator That Doesn't Measure Up To Its Potential
DIRECTED BY KIMO EASTERWOOD AND RON CICERO/2020
DVD STREE...
When New Movies Were Scarce, We Turned to the Classics
With the announcement of the Golden Globes nominations this week, the 2020 awards season is in full s...
Czech Stop-motion Animation Legend Jan Švankmajer’s Off-kilter Version of the Classic Myth Returns to Virtual Cinemas.
JAN ŠVANKMAJER/1994
Undulating...
A Mythic Classic of Hungarian Animation Returns
MARCELL JANKOVICS/HUNGARIAN/1981
“Once upon a time…” says the mare to her child, the first lines utte...
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.
