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Children of the Sea Review (2019, Ayumu Watanabe)

Given that adaptations are the bread and butter of the anime industry, it is only natural that many of the most popular series are based on pre-existing manga,…

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Nova Seed Review (2016, Nick DiLiberto)

Over the last ten years, 1980s nostalgia has seemingly invaded various aspects of pop culture, with many iconic 80s TV shows, movie franchises and video games receiving remakes…

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Lensman Review (1984, Kazuyuki Hirokawa & Yoshiaki Kawajiri)

On May 25, 1977, a small little indie film titled Star Wars (1977) was unleashed onto the world and captured the imagination and hearts of fans and artists…

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Editorial: My Top 5 Favourite Anime directors (that aren’t Hayao Miyazaki)

In the history of anime the director who is certainly the most famous and revered in the Western hemisphere is Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). He has made quite…

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Editorial: My most anticipated animated films of 2017

We have just entered the seventh year of the 2010s, and so thus far, it has been a pretty flourishing and fruitful era for animated cinema. 2016 was…

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Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV review (Takeshi Nozue, 2016)

The Final Fantasy series is one of the most successful franchises in the history of video games. Because of their early titles reviewing poorly and selling even worse, the…

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Doukyusei -Classmates- Review (2016, Shouko Nakamura)

Throughout the history of of artistic expression, many works covering LGBT themes have been made, reacting against the status quo of society. In the short time that cinema…

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Phantom Boy Review (2015, Alain Gagnol, Jean Loup-Felicioli)

Over the course of the past 4 decades, the rise of the comic book superhero adaptation has taken a foothold in cinema. Thanks to directors such as Richard…

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The Red Turtle Review (2016, Michael Dudok de Wit)

2016 was a year alright. A year that will be remembered in many people’s eyes as a crap one. A Neo Nazi became president of the United States,…

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