another anime movie review

By Jonathan Clements. The writer and producer Toshio Okada wrote in his memoirs about the experience of announcing Gunbuster: Aim for the Top at a press conference, in which the journalists all looked shocked, and then disappointed, and eventually sidled away, because they were hoping for something serious, and instead were getting pitched this thing […] http://dlvr.it/SrVYJ1

Well here we are again, on the cusp of another month, and indeed the second half of the year! There’s a lot still to enjoy from our 2023, not least the release of the Annecy award-winning The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes hitting UK cinemas on July 14th, so before we continue make […] http://dlvr.it/SrThwW

The late Kinji Fukasaku is most fondly remembered for his hold-no-bars yakuza flicks, characterised by their hard-as-nails anti-heroes and brutal action. However, in the late 1970s, the director began to expand his cinematic palette, first by dipping into the jidaigeki genre with Shogun’s Samurai (1978). Also known as The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy, the film starred semi-frequent Fukasaku collaborator Shinichi […] http://dlvr.it/SrLGRw

By Shelley Pallis. Suzushiro might seem a little bit old to be doing a paper round, but he’s a college student on a “newspaper scholarship” who needs the money. Well, everybody needs the money – Japan is on the skids after an “unprecedented disaster”, that might be covid-19, or might be whatever the next jackpot […] http://dlvr.it/SrDNbR

By Tom Wilmot. What is nationality? That is the question at the heart of Go (2001), Isao Yukisada’s award-winning film adapted from Kazuki Kaneshiro’s 2000 novel of the same name. The movie explores the endlessly complex subject of nationality and ethnic belonging, via a coming-of-age story sprinkled with romance. A critical and box office success […] http://dlvr.it/Sr2rzp

By Jonathan Clements. “I have loved novels, films and animation since I was a child,” says scriptwriter Reiko Yoshida, “and I was hugely interested in the world of stories. But it was not until I graduated from university when I thought I would make a career out of it.” However, she wasted no time after […] http://dlvr.it/SqlQqx

By Andew Osmond. Anime’s first ever star was an A.I. character, Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy. While the series stressed the boy bot’s Kryptonian-level powers – 100,000 horsepower, in Tezuka’s phrase – the anime also made clear his mind, his personality, compassion and principles are entirely artificial. Like most A.I. characters in anime, Astro Boy is […] http://dlvr.it/SqZtKR

By Jonathan Clements. They meet one evening on a bridge in Kyoto, like those two samurai heroes of old, Yoshitsune and Benkei, but it has been 200 years since those legendary figures fought in the war commemorated in the Tale of the Heike. Now, in the 14th century, Kyoto is a gutted, ramshackle ruin, worn […] http://dlvr.it/SqV5kr

By Andrew Osmond. John Lasseter, director of Toy Story, told a story about his first brush with computer animation. It was when he was a young animator at Disney, and fired up by the new technology; he wanted to make a hybrid movie with hand-animated characters and CG backgrounds. He pitched his ideas to the […] http://dlvr.it/SqRlY9

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, the team at Anime Limited is happy to share some updates surrounding the lovely website you’re reading on right now, AllTheAnime.com. In the coming months, we’ll be launching an entirely new webshop, beautifully designed to make your anime shopping experience even better, but before that, we’d like to take […] http://dlvr.it/SqLtYL

by Jeremy Clarke. The Police Story trilogy is a landmark of Hong Kong action cinema. As David West points out in his informative essay in the accompanying booklet to Eureka’s welcome 4K UHD release of the three films, the first was the point in Jackie Chan’s career where he broke with period dramas to make […] http://dlvr.it/SqGkC9

By Andrew Osmond. Liz and the Blue Bird was released in Japan in April 2018, less than two years after A Silent Voice. It was an ideal film for uniting two sets of viewers; those who’d become aware of Naoko Yamada through A Silent Voice, and those who loved the series she’d been involved with […] http://dlvr.it/Sq6SzP

ANIME LTD. ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL PLANS FOR “EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME”, “GREAT PRETENDER” HOME VIDEO, AND MORE THRILLING RELEASES AT MCM COMIC CON LONDON EVANGELION:3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME (©khara); GREAT PRETENDER (© WIT STUDIO/Great Pretenders) Theatrical releases also planned for “MACROSS PLUS: MOVIE EDITION”, “The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes”,  “THE FIRST […] http://dlvr.it/Sq30g2