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...
This time, our reviewers were hard at work, tackling films from 1911-1920. Short films continued to be made available to the public but some of the films became quite longer. Film editing was more creatively employed in storytelling on film.
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...
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.
