Anime Review
The Red Turtle Review
The Red Turtle is a Studio Ghibli film, though it was created and directed by award-winning Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit instead of the Ghibli team itself. It contains stunning visuals and masterful direction, and is entirely presented without any spoken dialogue. Overly artsy, or genuine masterpiece? Read on!
Manga Review
Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight Volume 1 Review
Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight seems like a promising shojo tale at first, but as I delved further into it I found it didn't quite live up to the expectations I had for it. The series wants to be a Cinderella story but unfortunately the cringeworthy comedy and huge age gap between lead characters leave a lot to be desired.
News
Unique Film Screening: A Page of Madness (1926) on 35mm with benshi, live score & panel discussion
On Sunday, September 24th, the Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival will host a special screening of the Teinosuke Kinugasa film A Page of Madness at the Arthur &…
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NIS America adds Toradora! series to Steam
NIS America may no longer be around for anime distributing but out of nowhere have decided to publish one of their titles to the Steam platform. Just like with Crunchyroll a couple months back, …
Anime Review
God Eater – Part 2 Review
Ufotable brings more God Eater to our screens, adapted from the somewhat popular RPG game series. Characters wielding over-sized swords and guns fighting large CG monsters, plus an actual story and character development! But does it end on a good note? (well, as good of a note as a "most of the human race is dead" story can get...)