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A Few Moments of Cheers Anime Film Review
Yu and Daisuke are facing what may be the end of their art. This film is about their pain and suffering and the looming decision they face: is…


Trapezium Movie Review: Scotland Loves Anime 2024
From day two of Glasgow Film Theatre’s Scotland Loves Anime 2024 film festival comes this adaptation of 2016–2018 Japanese serial novel…


Look Back Movie Review: Scotland Loves Anime 2024
“Art never saved anyone,” says protagonist Ayumu Fujino at her lowest ebb in this stunning adaptation of Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki…


The Colors Within Movie Review: Scotland Loves Anime 2024
At only forty years of age, director Naoko Yamada’s career comprises an impressive number of excellent movies and TV shows. Her directing…


Sand Land Movie and Streaming Review: Scotland Loves Anime 2024
I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but despite being an anime fan since my childhood in the 1980s and 90s, I’ve never read a single page of…
Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival 2024 Details
The good folks from Scotland Loves Animation have sent us details for the 2024 run of their festival. The long running and much loved festiv...


Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window Movie Review: Scotland Loves Anime 2024
Committing war-crime levels of emotional violence against your audience is certainly one way to kick off the fifteenth year of your annual…


Komada: A Whisky Family Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
Studio P.A. Works have a formula for their “Working Series”, and Komada: A Whisky Family is their fifth installment — albeit in relatively…


Blue Giant Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
Let me say this first — I am not a huge jazz fan. It’s not that I dislike it, it’s that I’m mostly ignorant. I don’t listen to jazz music…


The Concierge Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
The second movie I watched at this year’s Scotland Loves Anime film festival in Edinburgh is very different to the first. Lonely Castle in…


A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2024
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…


A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2024
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…


Galaxy Express 999: The Movie 4K Remaster Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
Galaxy Express 999 would have been 10-year-old me’s absolute favourite movie ever, if I’d had the chance as a kid to see it. As a UK-based…


Hayao Miyazaki’s Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Anime Movie Review (4K) — Scotland Loves…
Embarking on an overview of an animation career as illustrious as famed director Hayao Miyazaki’s is a daunting endeavour, partly because…


From Music Videos to Feature Film: An Interview with A Few Moments of Cheers Director POPREQ
Why don't I try [the art path] just once and see what I can do? And, if in the end, I find out that I don't have any…
Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival 2024 With London Expansion Details
The good folks from Scotland Loves Anime have sent us an update for their anime film festival. They've just revealed more details of the spe...


Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
The final day of 2023’s Scotland Loves Anime film festival at the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh was a day for the retro nerds. Starting with…
Scotland Loves Animation 2021 Details
Scotland Loves Animation the fan favourite anime film festival is back for 2021. They're set to run at Glasgow from 1st to 3rd October 2021 ...


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…
Scotland Loves Anime 2023: An Overview of This Year’s Festival
Allow me to introduce you to Scotland Loves Anime 2023 and the films shown this year! This line-up, it turns out, was a really strong one.


Going to Scotland Loves Anime 2021 || Nearby & Nerdy
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As you're reading this, I'm sat on a train. I'm currently making the 200+ mile journey to Edinburgh. With a total travel time of four hours, I can…


A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2022
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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…


A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2021
Scotland Loves Animation is a yearly festival that runs in Glasgow and Edinburgh, bringing a curated selection of premieres and classic movies to the big screen for a…


Scotland Loves Anime: Ryosuke Takahashi is the Anti-Tomino
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Podcast: Scotland Loves Anime Film Festival 2023 Jury Deliberation Special
SPOILER WARNING – we talk through the four films in competition at Scotland Loves Anime 2023, so expect some in-depth discussion of specific elements of these films. In…
Scotland Loves Anime Festival 2020 Details and Call to Crowdfunding
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A Very GLORIO 2024: Jel’s Best Anime Moments
It is time once again for our annual look back at the past year, and my favorite anime moments from 2024.


A Very GLORIO 2024: Jel’s Best Anime Moments
It is time once again for our annual look back at the past year, and my favorite anime moments from 2024.
Review: Moments We Shared (2024)
Moments We Shared 云边有个小卖部 China, 2024, colour, 2.35:1, 130 mins. Director: Zhang Jiajia 张嘉佳. Rating: 8/10. Return-to-roots light comedy is an impressive second outing as a director by…


A Few of My Anime Things! : A Holiday Song
As I was driving home from an office day, I was flipping through radio stations and found the most of them were blasting holiday music. I’m not really…


Most Shocking Anime Moments in 2024
RJ Writing Ink’s Picks for Best Moments in Anime for 2024 With 2024 all but over, once again, it’s time to look back on all the anime we’ve…
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, My Deer Friend Nokotan, My Hero Academia, One Piece, Solo Leveling
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Short Movie Time: On a Boat (2024) review [OAFF 2024]
The exploration of the frail stability of an obsessional neurotic does not miss its impact on the spectator.
11 Moments In Anime 2024, #6: The Resurrection of AnimEigo
In 1988, two men named Robert Woodhead and Roe R. Adams III, alongside Roberts wife Natsumi Ueki, started up a company called AnimEigo, with the intent to license…


Just a few observations
Lupin III – The Woman Called Fujiko Mine #1 staff: Script: Mari Okada Storyboard: Sayo Yamamoto Episode Director: Toru Takahashi Animation Director: Takeshi Koike Occult Academy #11 –…


11 Moments In Anime 2024, #1: Hunting Herons
So...the Academy Awards. Theyve always been rather divisive, but one thing theyve never really hidden is their distaste for animation. Every film that wins Best Animated Feature these…


A review of Yuru Camp Movie
Or Laid-Back Camp: The Movie as it was licensed here (originally Eiga Yuru Camp△ not forgetting the triangle-tent.) However you want to write the title, this is a film that follows the…
A Few Ways Colour is Used in Anime
Not so long ago I had a reader comment that no one really cares about colour in anime unless it’s extreme. Like in NGNL or Great Pretender (which…


A Few Ways Colour is Used in Anime
Not so long ago I had a reader comment that no one really cares about colour in anime unless it’s extreme. Like in NGNL or Great Pretender (which…


The Super Mario Brothers Movie Review: A Superstar of a Movie
As a long-time fan of all things Nintendo, I was eager to see an animated Super Mario movie as it has been something I’ve been curious to see…
11 Moments In Anime 2024, #9: A Wild Bunny Girl Dub Appeared!
So...Rascal Does Not Dream of a Bunny Girl Senpai. An anime series from October 2018 that, while it didnt exactly break any new ground in terms of romantic…
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Short Movie Time: Ririka of the Star (2024) review [OAFF 2024]
A narrative that does not merely emphasize the beauty of moving female body, but reveals that such beauty can change subjects.
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11 Moments In Anime 2024, #11: Kanon and Circumstance
Anyone here ever watched shows like Air, Kanon, Clannad, and so on? Those were all based on visual novels made by a developer called Key. Said visual novels…
11 Moments In Anime 2024, #3: Rest In Peace
Every year, we lose people, and this year is no different, but no matter who they are, they deserve to be honored for the legacies they left behind.…
Sailor Moon S, Sailor Moon SuperS, Doraemon, Dragon Ball, Lupin III
11 Moments In Anime 2024, #10: Toon Toon PokeToon!
Hey kids! Remember those PokeToon shorts that were made in 2020 and 2021? Well guess what? Theres more now! So yeah, someone high up saw that the PokeToon…
12 Moments In Anime 2023, #6: A Decade of GunBuster
Hey kids! Remember when Discotek announced that they licensed the original GunBuster OVA for a Blu-Ray release in North America, complete with a brand new English dub? It…
A Few Things I’ve Noticed Looking At Anime Eyes
“Looking at anime eyes” sounds kind of creepy. As if I’m sitting in a café somewhere, wearing a nondescript raincoat and looking over the edge of a newspaper…


A review of K-On! The Movie
What a change. When I watched the first season of K-On! a while back, it hit a sour note with me, though there was plenty of nice sweetness…