Tag: anime
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Review: The Borrower Arrietty (aka Arrietty aka The Secret World of Arrietty)
REVIEW: Studio Ghibli has already created a number of classic modern tales enjoyed the world over, and debut feature director Hiromasa Yonebayashi borrows from Mary Norton’s series of beloved children’s novels for the seventeenth film under the Ghibli banner.
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ReelAnime: Summer Wars
REVIEW: One of the best anime films, or any kind of family films, in years.
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ReelAnime: Redline
Showcasing some of the best Japanese animation of the last few years, the Reel Anime Festival has managed to put together a fine selection of films this year. Indeed, Redline has not even been released in Japan yet, with only the Swiss Lorcano International Film Festival pipping Australia to the post on screening this first globally.…
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ReelAnime: King of Thorn
The Reel Anime Festival is currently playing at cinemas around Australia and New Zealand, showcasing some of the best Japanese animation of the last few years. One of the big acquisitions of the festival in 2010 is King of Thorn, based on the serialised manga by Yūji Iwahara (Chikyu Misakai) and released theatrically in Japan…
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Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
Fifteen years after creator Hideaki Anno and Studio Gainax attempted to put the final word on the giant robot genre, Evangelion is still going. Neon Genesis Evangelion, the television show that turned a generation of viewers onto the wonders of Japanese anime, continues to hold a place in the hearts of many anime viewers. This…
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