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Growing Up
Seishun Anime Zenshuu (translated as Animated Classics of Japanese Literature for its English release) is a 1986 anthology series that retold well-known stories from modern Japanese literature. It's…
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Hyper Japan Festival 2025 Details
The good folks from Japanese Cultural Festival Hyper Japan have just sent us details for their next London event. They'll be running from Fr...
Suntory at Hyper Japan Festival 2025
The good folks from Hyper Japan Festival have sent us details of their main event for the year. This summer Japanese beverage giants Suntor...
Growing Up and Good-byes
detective fiction, 推理小説、games, mystery, murder, locked room, Japanese, translations,
Synduality: Noir – 10 – Growing Up Fast
Some old tinkerers are working on some modifications for DaisyOgre, excited and proud that young Kanata is finally coming into his own as a Drifter. But their work…
Mob Psycho 100 s2 – Growing Up
Genre : Action, comedy, supernatural, urban fantasy, science fiction. Episodes: 13 Studio: Bones You know what’s tricky? Navigating that confusing time between childhood and adulthood. Especially if…
Gainax Was Never About Growing Up
Why do we escape reality? Why do I fantasize so much? What does FLCL even mean? And why can’t the pelican be seen from the street?!? Gainax is, or…
FLCL, Gurren Lagann, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Neon Genesis Evangelion
Welcome to Cybersix, Where Japan and Canada Mix
You know when I sit back in my mind and think about the Canadian kid experience.. It sucked. Like let’s keep it real. But.. what we did have were some…
Explore Japan Through Anime - Cultural Tourism Festival at Expo 2025
If you can get to the 2025 Expo Osaka-Kansai between Wednesday 30th, April to Friday 2nd May 2025 you'll want to check out the Cool Japan Sh...
Blue Flag – The Stress of Growing Up
Oh man, it’s been a bit of a time since I’ve written anything about manga besides some quick first impressions. I meant to write about manga sooner then…
The De-Socialization Of Online Games & Growing Up
In Online Games, Nobody Ever Talks And On Social Media, Nobody Ever Shuts Up
[Post #900] Chihayafuru Season 3: Growing Up Sucks
It’s so strange to write a complete season review for a show that I looked into with episode reviews. A rare scenario for me where I look at…
Shenmue: The Animation – Growing Up and Slowly Understanding
This is another show that I watched on Adult Swim every Saturday for a while airing and wrote some short episodic posts about. Admittedly, I don’t know much…
Tune of the Week(ish) Konosuba’s Growing Up!
Nothing beats seeing these lovable idiots again! The Tune of the Week is the opening theme to the third season of Konosuba!: Growing Up by Machiro!
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation – 08 – Growing Up Fast
Two years have passed since Eris’ tenth birthday, which means Rudeus’s tenth birthday has arrived. He can sense scurryings and murmurings around the Boreas mansion, but he doesn’t…
Mushoku Tensei II – 24 (Fin) – Growing Up Fast
When he nears his house, Rudy runs ahead of the rest of the party, remembering that the Man-God told him he’d “regret” going to Begaritt. He enters a…
GROWING UP A CHICAGO MONSTER KID: GODZILLA 1985
As many people know, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004) will be the last Big “G” film for quite a while. When Toho finally revives everyone’s favor...
Japan Snack Bar Tours are Growing (Thanks, Anime)
It used to be an experience reserved exclusively for Japanese speakers. Lately, however, snack bar tours are growing in popularity.
Pop Star Crystal Kay on Singing Anime Songs and Growing Up Mixed-Race in Japan
Crystal Kay previously sang themes for 2004's Fullmetal Alchemist and Nodame Cantabile
Alien Nine: The Torments of Aliens and Growing Up
Usual Waffling Intro I’m going to start this post off for saying that Tubi.TV is probably the best streaming service ever. (Not sponsored.) Not only is it a…
Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)
Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to…
Growing Up in Spirited Away (Original Work, Studio Ghibli)
Beneath the mesh of colours and imagery in the worlds that sprout from the imagination of Hayao Miyazaki is a subtle organic quality. There is an appeal to…
Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival 2025 Details
The good folks from Dwango the company behind social media video site Niconico have sent us details of their Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Fes...
Hyper Japan Festival, London 2022
For three days in late July, Battersea Park in London England was taken over by Japan. I’m talking about the Hyper Japan Festival, of course! Going strong since…
Winter 2025 Wrap-Up
Due to some production delays, not all Winter ’25 series that aren’t continuing into the Spring ’25 season have wrapped at this point; both My Happy Marriage and…
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#MechaMarch Eureka 7: A Story of Growing up and Romance
Eureka 7 is one of a few shows helps define a generation of anime fans. It appeared on Adult Swim a little more than a year before Death…
The True Power of the Valkyries: Symphogear and Growing Up
This one is about accepting yourself.
Japanese Films at Cannes Film Festival 2025
A preview of the Japanese and Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival 2025, which runs from May 13 to the 24
+10: The Hubleys in Canada
Looking into 'Urbanissimo' and its place inside the iconic Expo 67.
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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…
Yomu in Japan: Cultural Festival Edition
All right, I’ve been dragging my feet a bit in regards to writing this post. It’s actually been a little over a month now, as the cultural festival…
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Bushido (2024) review [Camera Japan Festival]
Kazuya Shiraishi proves that the frame of the samurai and the Edo society can still be utilized to deliver refreshing narratives.
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Closet (2020) review [Camera Japan Festival]
“A filmic piece that will not only induce a forlorn feeling in its spectators but also invite them to deeply question their own interpersonal functioning.”
Hyper Japan Festival London 2022 Details
The good folks from Hyper Japan have sent us details of their festival for this year. Set to run from Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th July 2022, ...
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Alivehoon (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]
Shimoyama hits all the common beats of the sports-genre, but succeeds in elevating his exploration of the art of drifting by framing the battling cars in an exciting…
Special - Japan Cuts Film Festival 2024
Table of Contents Hello everyone, Once again this year, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Japan Cuts 2024 film…
Japan Cuts 2018 Film Festival at the Japan Society
This past few weeks I volunteered for the Japan Society Film Department’s annual Japan Cuts film festival, which screens a host of new Japanese blockbusters, avant-garde films, and…
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V. MARIA (2025) Director: Daisuke Miyazaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025]
In Daisuke Miyazaki’s V. MARIA, the passing down of Visual Kei culture and love from one generation to the next is genuinely moving and the stylish delivery of…
Why It Works: A Lifetime of Competition: Growing Up in Chihayafuru
With the spring season rapidly approaching, it felt like about time to write some sort of thematic wrap-up for this season of Chihayafuru. I’ve been thrilled by Chihayafuru’s…
In Transition - 4 - Powerpuff Girls & Growing Up Desensitized To "Girls Shows"
Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice.. These ingredients are what one thinks of when you try to imagine what girls are made of. But I think we all know…
Japan Expo Paris 2025 Report
France is the largest manga market in Europe, accounting for around 50% of all manga sales in Europe. As a result the French anime and manga...
Hyper Japan Manchester 2025 Details
The good folks from Hyper Japan have sent us details of their next event. Hyper Japan Manchester is set to run from Friday 14th to Sunday 16...
Convention Tales #34: Anime Fiesta Winter Festival 2025
Anime Fiesta’s summer edition in July 2024 became one of the surprising hit events that I attended. With the dense hallways, diverse range of character cosplay appearances, and…
A Preview of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025
A preview of the films at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2025!
Don’t bring your manga to Canada!
Gee, and I thought that my country was strict. This blogger had her manga looked through by Canadian customs officers and .. As soon as I declared that…
Korea Independent Animation Festival 2022 in Japan
A look at the films and talks that will be screened online at the Korea Independent Animation Festival 2022 – available to viewers in Japan
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Prior Convictions (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]
“A very relevant exploration of the fact that the criminal act is, in many cases, born from an antagonistic relation between the subject and the Other.”
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Tea Friends (2023) review [Camera Japan festival]
Sotoyama investigates, in a very touching way, the radical discordance between the societal field and the elderly subject.
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Between Us (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]
“A great narrative that celebrates the energetic art of Japanese drumming in pleasing way.”
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Riverside Mukolitta (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival]
A highly touching narrative about re-finding social life.