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Millennium Actress
Millennium Actress (千年女優, Sennen Joyū) is a 2001 Japanese animated drama film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Loosely based on the lives of actresses Setsuko Hara a…
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Millennium Actress and History
By Jonathan Clements. The approach of the year 2000 was fraught with a sense of commemoration and closure. Various media tried to put a cap on Japan’s last…
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Millennium Actress & Japanese Film
By Jonathan Clements. Millennium Actress comes loaded to the brim with references to Japanese film, although many of them, perhaps for legal reasons, have been tweaked a little…
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3 Reasons To Watch: Angelique
First releasing in 1994, Angelique made a name for itself as one of the few dating sims for girls releasing on mainstream home consoles.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Uzamaid!
#1 Poking fun at fetishists UzuMaid centers around an 8-year-old Russian girl called Misha, who now lives...
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Sabagebu has no intention of being a realistic airsoft anime. In fact, being wildly unrealistic is its pride and joy.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Hinamatsuri
There are few anime that come to mind where I laughed as often and as loudly as I did while watching Hinamatsuri
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3 Reasons To Watch: Gleipnir
There is ample violence, sex, and dark plot twists, but Gleipnir backs this up with some genuinely fascinating mysteries.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Hanamaru Kindergarten
Much of the enjoyment in Hanamaru Kindergarten comes from watching its cast of adorable little rascals have their cute, little adventures.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Thriller Restaurant
Even those stories in Thriller Restaurant that struck me as familiar were kept interesting thanks to the fun protagonists and new twists.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Haunted Junction
Haunted Junction is a comedy anime from 1997 that pokes fun at horror tropes in anime and Japanese society.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Acchi Kocchi
Acchi Kocchi takes a very old-fashioned approach to comedy, but does this so well that it ends up feeling weirdly nostalgic.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Paradise Kiss
Though sometimes frustrating, Paradise Kiss soon reveals itself to be a romantic coming-of-age tale well ahead of its time.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Pokémon Origins
The 90’s are back and cooler than ever before.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Chargeman Ken
If you want to learn how to critique anime, then picking apart a show like Chargeman Ken is very educational.
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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.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Miami Guns
If Taiho Shichauzo was actually good.
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I initially compared Flip Flappers to a mixture of Alice in Wonderland and Madoka Magica, but in truth it's more like anime Psychonauts.
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Princess Jellyfish explores what happens when deeply-introverted otaku are cast (unwillingly) into the world of beauty and fashion.
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3 Reasons To Watch: Asobi Asobase
Like Panty & Stocking before it, Asobi Asobase succeeds in shaping the kind of atmosphere where stupid jokes like that just work.
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I was looking forward to watching an anime that was just plain, uncomplicated fun. Hand Maid May is that and so much more.
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How Satoshi Kon Storyboarded 'Millennium Actress'
Ambition on a tight budget.
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Oldtaku no Radio # 061 – Millennium Actress
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The Power of Three: Millennium Actress
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