Motherhood (母性, Ryuichi Hiroki, 2022) by Windows on Worlds / Anime Blog Tracker

Noise (ノイズ, Ryuichi Hiroki, 2022)

Three childhood friends find their connection strained while covering up an accidental murder in Ryuichi Hiroki’s darkly comic crime drama

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J005311 (Hiroki Kono, 2022)

An anxious man offers a stranger a large amount of money to drive him to an undisclosed location in Hiroki Kono’s indie drama.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto (1952-2023)

Ryuichi Sakamoto’s first taste of fame was in the late 1970s, when his band Yellow Magic Orchestra competed with Kraftwerk to become the kings of electro-pop. With synthesiser…

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A Son (二十歳の息子, Ryuichi Shimada, 2022)

Documentarian Ryuichi Shimada follows a social worker who decides to adopt a 20-year-old man recently released from juvenile detention.

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Stepbrothers (異母兄弟, Miyoji Ieki, 1957)

The destructive effects of militarist folly are borne out in the fortunes of one bifurcated family in Miyoji Ieki’s impassioned social drama.

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Manga by Hiroki Tomisawa (Story) Kentaro Hidano (Art)

This Q is getting no As David and Jordan give their first thoughts on the Shonen Jump manga Super Smartphone. Listen in as they give an overview…

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Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

In Search of Mother (瞼の母, Tai Kato, 1962)

A lonely yakuza longs to reconnect with mainstream society by finding the mother who was forced to abandon him in Tai Kato’s hugely moving jidaigeki.

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Akagi

Sexual Drive (性的衝動, Kota Yoshida, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A strange spirit of sexual liberation visits three troubled couples in Kota Yoshida’s odyssey of food-themed eroticism.

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Girl from Phantasia

Ep. 69: All-Rounder Meguru Vols. 1 & 7, by Hiroki Endo

This week the Mangasplaining Crew finally gets to one of David and Deb's fav fighting manga, Hiroki Endo's All-Rounder Meguru! In this unique episode, the...

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New Woman Question and Answer (新女性問答, Yasushi Sasaki, 1939)

Yasushi Sasaki’s surprisingly progressive drama considers the changing place of women in the contemporary society.

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PODCAST - Ep. 69: All-Rounder Meguru vol. 1 & 7, by Hiroki Endo

Get in the ring for some hard-hitting mixed-martial arts action (and few laughs) with All-Rounder Meguru, a sports manga series by Hiroki Endo, creator of Eden: It's an…

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SPECIAL TOPIC: The Golden Miracle of Shonen Jump, by editor Goto Hiroki

The 50th anniversary of the world’s most successful manga magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump, in 2018 brought a wave of related products, from reprints of classic magazine issues, a…

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The Insatiable (現代ポルノ伝先天性淫婦, Norifumi Suzuki, 1971)

A young woman finds herself following in her mother’s footsteps after a series of traumatic sexual experiences in Norifumi Suzuki’s erotic drama.

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Tales from the Otaking: The Strife Between Ryuichi Sakamoto and the Staff of Royal Space Force

Toshio Okada reveals details about some of the strife between Ryuichi Sakamoto and the other staff on Royal Space Force.

Heisei Etranger

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Breaking the Mold: making Hana the Last Diviner – Interview with Hiroki Taniguchi [JETRO x Kickstarter]

Interview with Hiroki Taniguchi from Public Arts about their oncoming anime Hana the Last Diviner and its crowdfunding campaign.

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Interview: Voice Actors Rika Hayashi and Hiroki Tōchi Talk About Their New Golf Anime, Tonbo!

Hayashi and Tōchi play mentee/mentor in heart-warming golf anime series.

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Tonbo!

Here Because of You (君たちがいて僕がいた, Ryuichi Takamori, 1964)

Post-war teens take on injustice in the form of a problematic parent at their school in Ryuichi Takamori’s cheerful youth movie.

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Josei ga Otoko Kimono o Kiru Shashin-shuu (女性が男着物を着る写真集)

This world is a fascinating and wonderful place. A few months ago, a Japanese crowdfund project wandered over my feed and I immediately backed it. Kimono artist Remake-ya…

Okazu

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I Go Gaga, Welcome Home Mom (ぼけますから、よろしくお願いします。～おかえりお母さん～, Naoko Nobutomo, 2022)

In a followup to her hugely popular documentary, Naoko Nobutomo follows her parents as her mother’s health continues to decline.

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Yamabuki (2022) review [IFFR 2022]

“A beautiful socially-engaged narrative that explores the very fact that, by being grasped within the societal network of relations, one cannot but influence the other and become influenced…

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