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Let Your Imagination Be Your OH GOD HE'S DEAD, JIM! THEY KILLED HIM! So, uh... yeah, Allen takes a look at The Imaginary, and... he likes it. I guess…

THEM Anime Reviews

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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2023

A round of tweets by Kio Shimoku to end the year, including a special illustration of Ogiue! Kio wishes the manga author Hayamira Senjin a happy 52nd birthday.…

OGIUE MANIAX

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The Imaginary Film Review

My review of The Imaginary is now up over on Anime News Network. Check it out!

Biggest In Japan

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The Imaginary Anime Film Review

Between reality, storybook worlds, and children's minds, this is a film overflowing with imagination—and it has the animation to match.

Anime News Network - Views

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Review: Studio Ponoc’s New ‘The Imaginary’ is Darkly Fantastical

Studio Ponoc, known as the "Ghibli Successor," is finally back with a new animated film. Can The Imaginary live up to its pedigree?

Unseen Japan

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The Imaginary, Hanshin Tiger’s THE MOVIE 2023 Eikou no ARE, Father Father, Polar Night, Mikikan’no tomo ni, Daughter, Japanese Film Trailers

Genkinahito

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Ripples (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival]

With her quirky sense of humor, she delivers one of the most illuminating explorations of the effect the gap between the imaginary equilibrium of the ego and the…

psycho-cinematography

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Ebirah, Horror Of The Deep (1966) review [The Godzilla Project]

A pleasant Kaiju film that continues to emphasize the imaginary dynamic of us (i.e. societal harmony) against them (i.e. the Otherness that threatens it)

psycho-cinematography

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Short movie time: Norioka Workshop (2022) review

A great short film that illustrates the necessity as well as the inherent danger of the imaginary dimension in social interactions.

psycho-cinematography

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My Brother, The Android and Me (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A compelling exploration of how certain subjects, psychotically structured, attempt to mend the problematic nature of the symbolic and the imaginary.”

psycho-cinematography

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Far Away, Further Away (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful film that elegantly explores the role the imaginary plays in marital failure as well as in the beginning of a new romantic bond.”

psycho-cinematography

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Sasaki In My Mind (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“Uchiyama delivers a great and finely composed narrative that explores the ephemeral character of relationships that find their sole strength in the imaginary, in the thirst for gaining…

psycho-cinematography