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![Featured image for Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220816/1660610941.41905.72077.jpg)
![Background image for Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220816/1660610941.41905.72077.jpg)
Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A cynical man makes peace with his father’s memory while driving his possibly haunted and very rundown Hyundai Stellar in Kwon Soo-kyung’s charmingly quirky road movie.
![Featured image for My Broken Mariko (2022) [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220812/1660277940.41712.71841.jpg)
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My Broken Mariko (2022) [Fantasia Film Festival]
Tanada offers a compelling exploration of the emotional turmoil a female subject caused by the sudden death of someone important.
![Featured image for Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On (태일이, Hong Jun-pyo, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220812/1660264140.41703.71829.jpg)
![Background image for Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On (태일이, Hong Jun-pyo, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220812/1660264140.41703.71829.jpg)
Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On (태일이, Hong Jun-pyo, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]
Hong Jun-pyo’s animated biopic of the real life labour activist casts him as an ordinary man radicalised by compassion in witnessing the exploitation of those around him.
![Featured image for The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220810/1660170540.41650.71763.jpg)
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The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…
![Featured image for The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220809/1660011540.41549.71643.jpg)
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The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…
![Featured image for The Killer (더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이, Choi Jae-hoon, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220808/1660002540.41544.71484.jpg)
![Background image for The Killer (더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이, Choi Jae-hoon, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220808/1660002540.41544.71484.jpg)
The Killer (더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이, Choi Jae-hoon, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A cynical hitman stumbles on a dark conspiracy when the teenager he’s supposed to be babysitting is kidnapped in Choi Jae-hoon’s retro action thriller.
![Featured image for The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 2, Park Hoon-jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220807/1659832740.41447.71362.jpg)
![Background image for The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 2, Park Hoon-jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220807/1659832740.41447.71362.jpg)
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 2, Park Hoon-jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A “perfect model” of transhumanism takes refuge in a remote farmhouse in Park’s sequel to The Witch: Part One. The subversion.
![Featured image for Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220806/1659781140.41407.71316.jpg)
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Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]
Miki delivers a great psychological mystery narrative, yet it might not be for everyone.
![Featured image for What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (大怪獣のあとしまつ, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220805/1659659340.41307.71209.jpg)
![Background image for What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (大怪獣のあとしまつ, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220805/1659659340.41307.71209.jpg)
What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (大怪獣のあとしまつ, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A fallen kaiju presents a new problem for the governing authorities in Satoshi Miki’s satirical comedy.
![Featured image for What To Do With Dead Kaiju (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220803/1659521340.41199.71093.jpg)
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What To Do With Dead Kaiju (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]
“An extremely well-structured genre-blend that does not only provides the laughs and giggles with its pleasant political satire, but also allows the spectator to immerge himself into the…
![Featured image for Convenience Story (コンビニエンス・ストーリー, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220803/1659488340.41181.71072.jpg)
![Background image for Convenience Story (コンビニエンス・ストーリー, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220803/1659488340.41181.71072.jpg)
Convenience Story (コンビニエンス・ストーリー, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A blocked writer finds himself stranded in an uncanny reality in Satoshi Miki’s surreal sci-fi adventure.
![Featured image for The Girl From the Other Side (とつくにの少女, Yutaro Kubo & Satomi Maiya, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220801/1659316740.41022.70889.jpg)
![Background image for The Girl From the Other Side (とつくにの少女, Yutaro Kubo & Satomi Maiya, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220801/1659316740.41022.70889.jpg)
The Girl From the Other Side (とつくにの少女, Yutaro Kubo & Satomi Maiya, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A kindly exile and lonely little girl find mutual salvation in Yutaro Kubo & Satomi Maiya’s beautifully animated fairytale.
Girl from Phantasia, The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
![Featured image for The Fish Tale (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220731/1659234541.40977.70834.jpg)
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The Fish Tale (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
A very heart-warming and touching narrative that shows that a subject does not necessarily need to make use of the neurotic solution to inscribe himself within the societal…
![Featured image for My Broken Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ, Yuki Tanada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220729/1659137940.40907.70743.jpg)
![Background image for My Broken Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ, Yuki Tanada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220729/1659137940.40907.70743.jpg)
My Broken Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ, Yuki Tanada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
Devastated by the death of a friend, a young woman embarks on one last road trip in Yuki Tanada’s adaptation of the manga by Yuki Tanada.
![Featured image for Shin-Ultraman (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220728/1658971741.40668.70474.jpg)
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Shin-Ultraman (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
Higuchi and Anno deliver an impressive love letter to their childhood, yet their devoted love, which is sensible in every aspect of the narrative, might not be able…
![Featured image for Space Monster Wangmagwi (우주괴인 왕마귀, Gwon Hyeok-jin, 1967) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220728/1658968140.40663.70469.jpg)
![Background image for Space Monster Wangmagwi (우주괴인 왕마귀, Gwon Hyeok-jin, 1967) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220728/1658968140.40663.70469.jpg)
Space Monster Wangmagwi (우주괴인 왕마귀, Gwon Hyeok-jin, 1967) [Fantasia 2022]
Shiny-suited aliens attempt to colonise the Earth by releasing an alien kaiju in this strangely comic Korean take on the monster movie.
![Featured image for My Small Land (マイスモールランド, Emma Kawawada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220726/1658795340.40457.70244.jpg)
![Background image for My Small Land (マイスモールランド, Emma Kawawada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220726/1658795340.40457.70244.jpg)
My Small Land (マイスモールランド, Emma Kawawada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
A young woman’s life is destabilised when her father’s asylum claim is rejected in Emma Kawada’s empathetic debut feature.
![Featured image for The Mole Song: Final (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220724/1658707140.40385.70163.jpg)
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The Mole Song: Final (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
Miike’s narrative delivers everything a fan of the previous narratives desires and even succeeds in inviting newcomers to delve into Reiji’s past exploits.


Fantasia Film Fest 2022: A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot
Part of a bigger sci-fi anthology feature called TAISU, Watanabe's short brings together an international team to create a new post-apocalyptic world.
![Featured image for Just Remembering (ちょっと思い出しただけ, Daigo Matsui, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220723/1658536740.40271.70023.jpg)
![Background image for Just Remembering (ちょっと思い出しただけ, Daigo Matsui, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220723/1658536740.40271.70023.jpg)
Just Remembering (ちょっと思い出しただけ, Daigo Matsui, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]
Former lovers are confronted by reminders of their failed romance amid the loneliness of the coronavirus pandemic in Daigo Matsui’s melancholy drama.
![Featured image for Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220720/1658360940.40120.69850.png)
![Background image for Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220720/1658360940.40120.69850.png)
Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]
A small family contend with the persistent unfairness of the contemporary society in Yoon Seo-jin’s slow burn indie drama.


Fantasia Film Fest 2022: Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún
WIT Studio brings this intriguingly abstract world, about a man finding small joys with his ward, to life with resplendent animation.
![Featured image for The Fish Tale (さかなのこ, Shuichi Okita, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220717/1658023403.39727.69357.jpg)
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The Fish Tale (さかなのこ, Shuichi Okita, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]
The infinite enthusiasm of a fish obsessive gradually brightens the world around them in Shuichi Okita’s charming portrait of an eccentric.
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de 2
Haruka Naru Toki no Naka de ( In a Distant Time ) is an otome game franchise developed by Ruby Party. It spans at least a dozen…
Ah My Buddha!!, The Story of Saiunkoku, Waza no Tabibito, Ai no Kusabi, Batman: Gotham Knight
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Five Films Not To Miss [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]
Let us present 5 Japanese films that should already be high on your to-watch list.


Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2022 Programme
Runs in Montreal July 14 to Aug. 3
Slayers: Hatred in Selentia
By Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi. Released in Japan by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Elizabeth Ellis. At last, I have…


Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2022
Runs in Montreal, Canada, July 14 to Aug. 3.
Reincarnated as the Piggy Duke: This Time I’m Gonna Tell Her How I Feel!, Vol. 6
By Rhythm Aida and nauribon. Released in Japan as “Buta Koushaku ni Tensei shita kara, Kondo wa Kimi ni Suki to Iitai” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in…
The Manga Review, 6/10/22
After Kentarou Miura passed away last year, fans feared that they would never see his long-running saga Berserk reach a proper conclusion. Then on June 7th, artist Kouji Mori announced…
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Guiding a Lost Saint with a Magical Revolution
By Riku Nanano and cura. Released in Japan as “Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America digitally by J-Novel Club. Translated by William…
High School DxD: Ragnarok After School
By Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero. Released in Japan by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Haydn Trowell. If you’ve read the previous…
Girl from Phantasia, High School DxD, My Hero Academia, Ragnarok the Animation
VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream, Vol. 1
By Nana Nanato and Siokazunoko. Released in Japan as “VTuber Nanda ga Haishin Kiri Wasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel…
Spy Classroom: To Forget Is Annette
By Takemachi and Tomari. Released in Japan as “Spy Kyoushitsu” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Nathaniel Thrasher. Given that the…
Junkers Come Here: Memories of You
Stop me if you've heard the one about the talking dog... Junkers Come Here and its sequel were novels by Kine Naoto. They featured a Schnau...
Junkers Come Here, Junkers Come Here: Memories of You, Nora, Sailor Moon, Candy Candy
Meet Director ABERA Hidenobu
Japanese actor and film director, was born in BABEL LABEL, New York, USA and raised in Osaka, Japan. Abera directed, wrote, and starred in "A Naked Boy Eager…


BERSERK: A Massive Review
Use code NOTMARK16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/35k7U2W! Over the last 10 months I've spent…
Attack on Titan, Berserk, Berserk, Girl from Phantasia, One Piece
The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady, Vol. 1
By Piero Karasu and Yuri Kisaragi. Released in Japan as “Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by Yen…
Slayers: Presages of Incarnation
By Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi. Released in Japan by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Elizabeth Ellis. One thing that I…


RPG Fudousan Episode #01
Well everyone, here’s a Manga Time Kirara anime adaptation by Dogakobo where it takes place in a fantasy world. Come to think of it, when will Houbunsha announce…


A Seasonal Review — Winter 2022
Season Impressions Didn’t Watch: Bakugan Evolutions, Bang Dream, The Case Study of Vanitas, Cue!, Delicious Party Precure, Demon Slayer, Fantasia Sango, Futsal Boys, Girls’ Frontline, L…
Rusted Armors, Saiyuki, Saiyuki Reload, The Case Study of Vanitas, Girl from Phantasia
Reincarnated as the Piggy Duke: This Time I’m Gonna Tell Her How I Feel!, Vol. 5
By Rhythm Aida and nauribon. Released in Japan as “Buta Koushaku ni Tensei shita kara, Kondo wa Kimi ni Suki to Iitai” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in…
Goodbye Otherworld, See You Tomorrow: The Traveled Path and the Box of Hope
By Kazamidori and Nimoshi. Released in Japan as “Sayonara Isekai, Mata Kite Ashita” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America digitally by J-Novel Club. Translated by MPT.…
Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter: Creating a New Legend with the Unbeatable Lady of the Sword
By Riku Nanano and cura. Released in Japan as “Koujo Denka no Kateikyoushi” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America digitally by J-Novel Club. Translated by William…
High School DxD: Holy Behind the Gymnasium
By Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero. Released in Japan by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Haydn Trowell. I think the author just…
Spy Classroom: To My Dearest Grete
By Takemachi and Tomari. Released in Japan as “Spy Kyoushitsu” by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by Nathaniel Thrasher. It’s always…


3 Reasons To Watch: Rumbling Hearts
Rumbling Hearts does a fantastic job at encapsulating the look & feel of anime just after the turn of the millennium.


Winter 2022 First Impressions – Fantasia Sango: Realm of Legends
Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Taiwanese RPG Episode Summary: As a nation finds itself on the decline at on the cusp of war, the people find themselves vulnerable…
Slayers: The Dynast Plot
By Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Araizumi. Released in Japan by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Elizabeth Ellis. After the review of…


Kaiseki Anime Ep. 91 — Winter 2022 Seasonal Impressions
What did you think of the latest season? Come hear what we thought!
Girls’ Frontline, Rusted Armors, Saiyuki, Saiyuki RELOAD: ZEROIN, She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man