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A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2023
Scotland Loves Animation returned this year, bringing a curated selection of movie premieres and classics to the big screen. Three of us attended the latest instalment, where we…
Lonely Castle Manga Out!!
Finally, volume 1 of the Lonely Castle in the Mirror manga is out in the US!!
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
Keiichi Hara isn’t one of those most widely recognised anime directors, but he reliably produces an excellent movie every few years. Once…
Yami-hara Novel
At first, it doesn't feel like this is from the same author as Lonely Castle in the Mirror. That novel (and its film adaptation) is a sensitive look…
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
By Shelley Pallis. Kokoro (Ami Touma) has a name that means “heart”, but feels that hers is constantly being stamped on. Mean girls at school make her life…
Weekly Round-Up, 18-24 October 2023: Bleach Recasting, Love Live Plagiarism, and Women Firefighters
AniFem Round-Up Reconsidering Belladonna of Sadness: Still powerful after almost 50 years With Discotek’s exciting rerelease on the horizon, it’s a good time to look back at this…
Yami-hara Novel
From the author of Lonely Castle in the Mirror, this horror novel, uses its text to slowly create, build, and eventually not quite resolve its creeping sense of…
Going to the Anime Movies!
As a birthday gift, my brother took me out for a special treat. An anime movie! In a real life theater, with seats and other people and everything!…
Review: The Lonely Castle in the Mirror
What do you do when school is no longer a safe place? For thirteen-year-old Kokoro Anzai, the answer is simple: you step through your bedroom mirror and accept…
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Director Keiichi Hara on Bullying and Other Social Issues Facing Children in Japan
“Statistically, it's gotten to the point where you have one or two kids out of school per class per day. […] So I ended up asking myself, 'What…
Lonely Castle in the Mirror (かがみの孤城, Keiichi Hara, 2022)
An isolated young woman gains a new outlet when a magical portal leading to a fairytale castle suddenly opens in her room in Keiichi Hara’s heartfelt animation.
KEIICHI HARA’S “LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR” Coming to Theaters Nationwide June
Keiichi Hara's newest Anime film, LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR hits select U.S. theaters this month! Adapted from the beloved novel of the same name by Mizuki Tsujimura.
Otafu Susume 55 – Lonely Castles and Lonely Nerds (Lonely Castle in the Mirror)
Beyond the mirror lies a castle, a wolf, six lonely children, and two very opinionated nerds talking about Lonely Castle in the Mirror.
Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2023
A preview of the Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023
Japan Sinks: 2020, Kick-Heart, Lu Over the Wall, Mind Game, Ride Your Wave
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Film Review
My review of Lonely Castle in the Mirror is now up over on Anime News Network.
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
One day, seven troubled middle schoolers find themselves transported to a mysterious castle on the other side of their bedroom mirrors...in this new world they might just find…
Lonely Castle in the Mirror Novel
At the risk of being too personal, I lived this story. I don't mean now; I mean that as a seventh grader I experienced many of the same…
Weekly Round-Up, 15-21 December 2021: Galko-chan Author Arrested, Border Closures, and Shoujo Manga Roundtable
AniFem Round-Up Wolf Queens and Girl Heroes: How Lonely Castle in the Mirror Plays with Gendered Fairytale Tropes Megan Baffoe highlights Tsujimura Mizuki’s best-selling novel about a teenage…
Wolf Queens and Girl Heroes: How Lonely Castle in the Mirror Plays with Gendered Fairytale Tropes
Tsujimura Mizuki’s best-selling novel Lonely Castle in the Mirror twists and plays with familiar fairytale tropes to empower its young female characters.
Lonely Castle in the Mirror
Japanese Title: かがみの孤城 (Kagami no kojō)Author: Mizuki Tsujimura (辻村 深月)Translator: Philip GabrielPublication Year: 2017 (Japan); 2021 (United Kingdom)Press: DoubledayPages: 355 Thirteen-year-old Ko…