Welcome, dear readers! My blog series Director Digest will take a look at a selected anime director each time. In this case, it’s Shinichiro Watanabe, and very famous and beloved director. Fi…
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Interview with Shinichiro Watanabe
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Carole & Tuesday by Watanabe Shinichiro / Yamataka Morito
I picked up the first two volumes of the rock-and-roll futuristic fantasy, Carole & Tuesday at my library. You’ll have to do the same, if you’re interested, because…
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Carole & Tuesday: A Musical Dialogue | Shinichiro Watanabe x Mocky
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Interview: Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko Director Ayumu Watanabe
Straight on the heels of the arthouse anime masterpiece Children of the Sea, director Ayumu Watanabe returns for a charming coming-of-age anime film about a young girl and…
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Suton すとん Director: Rikako Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Suton すとん, by director Rikako Watanabe. is a quietly affecting character study where a young woman’s life is marked by the poignancy of aging and separation and also…
Remembering Watanabe Chuumei
Composer Watanabe Chuumei (real name Watanabe Michiaki) died on June 23, 2022 at the age of 96. At first, the name didn’t ring a bell for me, but…
Popran (ポプラン, Shinichiro Ueda, 2022)
A self-involved CEO gets a course correction when his genitals suddenly decide to leave him in Shinichiro Ueda’s surreal morality tale
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An Interview with Yuko Watanabe, Director of BOY SPROUTED [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
An interview with Yuko Watanabe, director of the short film BOY SPROUTED. You can read it in Japanese and English! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022].
Shinichiro Inui x Tezuka World Collab
The special collaboration with artist Shinichiro Inui will be live on April 28, 2023 (Friday)! Series like Astro Boy, Jungle Emperor, Princess Knight, Black Jack, and Unico will…
Keiichiro Watanabe: Jujutsu Kaisen #02
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Watanabe Kills the Great Spider
This week continues spooky October with another Watanabe and Raiko monster adventure. You can find modernized versions of these and other stories in my compilation “Tales from Old…
Shinichiro Inui x Tezuka World Collab Part 2!
A new line of Shinichiro Inui and Tezuka World shirts featuring popular characters in Shinichiro Inui's signature style was announced.
493 – Manben Machinations 1 – Wataru Watanabe
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Watanabe Cuts Off the Oni’s Arm
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Koi Ja Nee Kara: Watanabe Peko
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Techno Brothers (テクノブラザーズ, Hirobumi Watanabe, 2023)
Hirobumi Watanabe has sometimes cast himself in his films as a misunderstood, struggling filmmaker at the mercy of his own thwarted ambitions and the vagaries of the Japanese…
Behind the Monogatari Series – Akio Watanabe
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The Magic of Shinichiro Watanabe’s Anime in the 90s
Hailed as one of the greatest anime directors of all time, Shinichiro Watanabe deserves some credit for anime's global popularity.
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Boy, Sprouted 少年、なにかが発芽する Director: Yuko Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
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2024 Spring Premiere Digest
Licensing frustrations aside, there are a number of titles to look forward to this season.
Unnamed Memory, Vampire Dormitory, Whisper Me a Love Song, Re:Monster, The Fable
2023 Winter Premiere Digest
Things have cooled off from Fall, but there are still some excellent girls to root for this season.
Ayakashi Triangle, HIGH CARD, Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire, Spy Classroom, The tale of outcasts
Winter 2020 Premiere Digest
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2022 Spring Premiere Digest
Spring brings a bustling bouquet of promising series!
ESTAB LIFE: Great Escape, Shiki, Skeleton Knight in Another World, SPY x FAMILY, Tomodachi Game
2020 Summer Premiere Digest
From delayed titles to unexpected twists, this is shaping up to be one unusual season.
2020 Spring Premiere Digest
Our hearts are overwhelmed with all the great lady protagonists this season. The post 2020 Spring Premiere Digest appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
2024 Summer Premiere Digest
It's a summer of love, ranging from sweet to very, very messy.
Ramen Akaneko, Senpai is an Otokonoko, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, I Parry Everything
2022 Winter Premiere Digest
The new year brought us a quiet season with some hidden gems and stellar rom-coms.
In the Land of Leadale, Love of Kill, Police in a Pod, Sasaki and Miyano, She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man
2023 Spring Premiere Digest
This is a season of meteoric highs and nightmare lows.
alice gear aegis Expansion, Kizuna, Kizuna no Allele, My One-Hit Kill Sister, Otaku Elf
2022 Summer Premiere Digest
Summer's lookin' mighty dry, but we're here to help you find some unexpected treasures.
Engage Kiss, League of Nations Air Force Aviation Magic Band Luminous Witches, My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!, RWBY: Ice Queendom, Vermeil in Gold
2024 Fall Premiere Digest
We're going back to school with lots of magical girls this season!
Blue Box, Let This Grieving Soul Retire, Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, Uzumaki, The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor
2023 Summer Premiere Digest
While it can't match spring's bounty, summer has a few gems to offer.
Sweet Reincarnation, Synduality Noir, The Gene of AI, Am I Actually the Strongest?, Liar, Liar
2021 Fall Premiere Digest
This fall brings passion projects by big-name creators, long-awaited adaptations, and some unexpected surprises!
The Heike Story, AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline, My Senpai is Annoying, Ranking of Kings, Selection Project
2021 Spring Premiere Digest
The latest shower of premieres brought us a huge bouquet of new shows to watch!
Koikimo, Pretty Boy Detective Club, SSSS.DYNAZENON, To Your Eternity, Fairy Ranmaru
Anime Digest: Late Spring
I ended up watching 7 shows from this season, so we’ll make this a Spring Exclusive.
Attack on Titan, Natsume's Book of Friends, The Eccentric Family
Fall 2019 Premiere Digest
Fall rolled out a buffet table full of new shows, some that wowed us and some, uh… not so much. Now that we’ve finished our premiere reviews, let’s…
2021 Summer Premiere Digest
This summer's a strange one, with a few particular standouts and several shows coming late to the party. Let's see what's happening!
Peach Boy Riverside, RE-MAIN, Godzilla Singular Point, Kageki Shojo!!, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
Summer 2019 Premiere Digest
We've viewed, we've reviewed, and now we're ready to digest! Let's see how this hot batch of fresh new titles shaped up. The post Summer 2019 Premiere Digest appeared…
2024 Winter Premiere Digest
Get out of the winter chill and enjoy some cozy food and cool ladies.
Chained Soldier, Sasaki and Peeps, Tales of Wedding Rings, The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil, The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
2020 Fall Premiere Digest
If Summer was thin, then Fall's made up for it by being absolutely packed to the gills with titles of every stripe!
2022 Fall Premiere Digest
A bustling season with some good josei food and great heroines! Which shows do you review? We don’t review shows that are direct sequels, shorts, or (generally) for…
Raven of the Inner Palace, The Eminence in Shadow, Do It Yourself!!, Reincarnated as a Sword, The Human Crazy University
2023 Fall Premiere Digest
Let's dive into the many offerings of what might be the biggest season ever!
Protocol: Rain, 16bit Sensation: Another Layer, KamiErabi GOD.app, Berserk of Gluttony, The Yuzuki Family’s Four Sons
Watanabe, Kurosawa, & Kumagai: 2004's Inadvertent Samurai Trilogy
While the ninja is arguably the most iconic thing to come from Japan when it comes to worldwide pop culture, I think it's more than fair to ...
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,…
Space Dandy Episode 1: The Shinichirou Watanabe Effect
I fail to comprehend the difference in treatment that Space Dandy enjoys compared to other anime this season. It’s times like these that I feel that the community…
Shinichiro Inui x Tezuka World Collab Part 2 Now On Sale!
The new Shinichiro Inui x Tezuka World collaboration featuring Tezuka characters like Atom, Pinoko, Leo, and Unico is now available to purchase!
Doctorkev’s Anime Review Digest: 6
My short sabbatical from new articles continues, so to tide things over, here’s another collection of short reviews published previously as…