The Asian Angel (アジアの天使, Yuya Ishii, 2021) by Windows on Worlds / Anime Blog Tracker

Comic Update: 金曜日の天使

Original Post Was surprised that so many people liked the last comic. Well sorry guys! I’M GONNA RUN THIS SHIT INTO THE GROUND. (Don’t worry, there’s only one…

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The Moon (月, Yuya Ishii, 2023)

A writer overwhelmed with grief takes a job at a care home, but it is shocked by what she finds in Yuya Ishii’s hard-hitting drama.

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Drunken Angel (酔いどれ天使, Akira Kurosawa, 1948)

A gruff yet well intentioned doctor does his best to cure the ills of post-war Japan in a rundown slum on the edge of a fetid swamp in…

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Angel’s Egg (天使のたまご, Mamoru Oshii, 1985)

A solitary girl and a nihilistic soldier find themselves on opposite sides of an ideological divide in Mamoru Oshii’s surrealist animation.

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Angel's Egg

Episode #86 (S11E6) – Drunken Angel [酔いどれ天使] (1948)

Jamie Ryder, author and proprietor of Yamato Magazine, stops by the show to discuss Akira Kurosawa’s gangster classic, Drunken Angel! Notable for being the first of Kurosawa and…

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A Madder Red (茜色に焼かれる, Yuya Ishii, 2021)

A single mother and her son face the myriad injustices of the modern society with dignity and grace in Yuya Ishii’s quietly seething pandemic-era social drama.

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Fallen Angels (墮落天使, Wong Kar Wai, 1995)

Lovelorn denizens of a purgatorial Hong Kong fail long to connect in a world of alienation in Wong Kar Wai’s chronicle of pre-Millennial loneliness.

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August in the Water (水の中の八月, Sogo Ishii, 1995)

How does the world, or perhaps the cosmos, attempt to communicate with us? As Douglas Adams once did, August in the Water (水の中の八月, Mizu no naka no Hachigatsu)…

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Illusion Acts Like Magic / 幻惑の死と使途

Illusion Acts Like Magic begins with Moe meeting her friend Tomoe Minosawa and going to a magic show. Saikawa was supposed to come as well ...

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Over the Town 街の上で Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A charming cringe comedy that takes place in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa. Over the Town 街の上で Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021] is a quirky contemporary ninja action comedy/political satire. It plays on Sunday, August 15th at 5:30pm at…

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Last of the Wolves 孤狼の血 LEVEL2 Director: Kazuya Shiraishi (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Episode #67 (S9E5) – Castle in the Sky [天空の城ラピュタ] (1986)

This week, Perry is joined by returning guest, author Patrick Moody, to discuss the Studio Ghibli classic, Castle in the Sky. We discuss the film’s legacy, influence, and…

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Laputa: Castle in the Sky

A Balance (由宇子の天秤, Yujiro Harumoto, 2020)

An idealistic documentarian’s journalistic ethics are strained when she uncovers scandal close to home in Yujiro Harumoto’s probing social drama

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Green Jail 緑の牢獄 Dir: Huang Yin-yu [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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The Dishwasher Squad (洗碗天團, Shum Sek-yin, 2021)

Two cynical businessmen eventually rediscover a sense of humanity while working with a series of marginalised employees in Shum’s breezy Hong Kong comedy

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Snow Angel Nanoreno 2021 Game Review

A review of the fantasy indie otome game, Snow Angel, developed by Galen Games for Nanoreno 2021.

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Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale 地獄の花園 Director: Kazuaki Seki (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale is a funny battle comedy that satirises office culture and delinquent manga/films! Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale 地獄の花園 Director: Kazuaki Seki (2021) [New York …

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Under the Turquoise Sky (ターコイズの空の下で, KENTARO, 2021)

An aimless young man embarks on a spiritual journey after being sent to Mongolia to look for the daughter his grandfather left behind 70 years previously in the…

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Along the Sea 海辺の彼女たち Dir: Akio Fujimoto (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A riveting look at the migrant experience through the travails of three Vietnamese women in Japan who travel along the sea to where they hope will be a…

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Just 1 Day (給我1天, Erica Li, 2021)

An emotionally unfulfilled woman gains a new perspective after reuniting with a childhood friend in Erica Li’s tearjerking romantic dramedy

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Spring 2021 Japanese and Asian Snack Haul

It has been awhile since I did one of these treasure trove of snack posts. Well, I had a boxes come in from Candysan in Japan, Sukoshi Mart...

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Katsuhito Ishii as Animator

By Tom Wilmot. For those clued up on modern Japanese cinema, the name Katsuhito Ishii is sure to ring a bell. Renowned for his surreal imagery and off-kilter…

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Funky Forest: The First Contact (ナイスの森 The First Contact, Katsuhito Ishii & Hajime Ishimine & Shunichiro Miki, 2005)

“Thinking is too scary, so I’ll forget about it” according to one young woman in this surreal series of sequitur skits

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The Three Sisters of Tenmasou Inn (天間荘の三姉妹, Ryuhei Kitamura, 2022)

A young woman faces an existential dilemma while trapped between life and death in Ryuhei Kitamura’s touching drama.

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POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

POP! provides a slightly surreal, slightly sweet existential crisis. POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Japanese Films at the London East Asian Film Festival 2021

A brief look at the Japanese Films at the London East Asian Film Festival 2021

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Finding Angel (천사는 바이러스, Kim Seong-joon, 2021)

A lost young man begins to find his place in the world while searching for a “faceless angel” in Kim’s warmhearted seasonal mystery

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Yuya Fungami Speeds Into All-Star Battle R

Yuya Fungami from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's fourth part, Diamond is Unbreakable, will be playable in All-Star Battle R.

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Party 7 (Katsuhito Ishii, 2000)

A series of strange events bring a collection of lonely souls to Hotel New Mexico in Katsuhito Ishii’s zany crime comedy.

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The Box Man (箱男, Gakuryu Ishii, 2024)

Those who obsess over the Box Man, become the Box Man, in Gakuryu Ishii’s adaptation of the Kobo Abe novel.

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The Creators of FGO Babylonia #04: Toshimasa Ishii

As explained in an earlier post, it’s not that uncommon to find production-related people climbing to a higher position such as episode director or even series director. Even…

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TVアニメ「転生賢者の異世界ライフ」ノンクレジットOP ｜Non Stop Rabbit『無自覚の天才』

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BEM, My Isekai Life: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!

Among Four of Us 4人のあいだで Dir: Mayu Nakamura (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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The Residents 暮らしの残像 Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

The Residents, by director Kahori Higashi, is a snappy ensemble comedy that follows a traditional four-act structure of intro, development, twist, and conclusion. The Residents 暮らしの残像 Director: Kah…

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When the Dawn Comes (黎明到來的那一天, Zhang Hong-Jie, 2021)

Zhang’s documentary follows LGBTQ+ activist Chi Chia-Wei in the run up to the legalisation of same-sex marriage.

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The Deer King (鹿の王ユナと約束の旅, Masashi Ando & Masayuki Miyaji, 2021)

A lone survivor comes to represent both salvation and destruction in Ando & Miyaji’s fantasy adventure.

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The Deer King

Ninja Girl (シュシュシュの娘, Yu Irie, 2021)

An ordinary young woman gains the courage to stand up to injustice after discovering her ninja heritage in Yu Irie’s absurdist political satire

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San Diego Asian Film Festival Announces Full Programme for 2021

In cinemas across San Diego Oct. 28 to Nov. 6.

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Fall 2021 Asian Treats Haul and Canadian Food Limited Editions

It's been awhile since I posted about some of the Asian / Japanese treats I've managed to scrounge up. I didn't order much from Japan this ...

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Ribbon 2021 Director: Non [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Ribbon is a Covid-19-themed film about the frustrations of life in isolation and creative blockages. Combining the two, we see a coming-of-age drama where the protagonist overcomes both through…

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Angel Night

detective fiction, 推理小説、games,

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Humanoid

Red Angel

by Jeremy Clarke. An army nurse is sent to China in director Yasuzo Masumura’s Red Angel (1966). Or as a slogan in one of the film’s trailers puts…

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Angel Densetsu

Angel Densetsu is a manga about a high school student named Kitano that others judge as evil solely because of how he looks. He’s actually a very kind…

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Angel of Legend

Angel Sanctuary

Thou shalt not covet thy sister

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Angel Beats

Story: 9/10The setting of this series is one of the unique ones I’ve seen in a while. Who would have thought of a world where everybody is dead…

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Junk Head ジャンクヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Junk Head ジャンクヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) is a dark dystopian body-horror

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Ito いとみち Director: Satoko Yokohama (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

“Ito” is a heart-warming comedy drama rich in Aomori’s culture where a girl learning to express herself through time spent at a maid cafe and her shamisen skills.…

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Angel Beats the end deculture!

Sad, but sweet.

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The Road (大路朝天, Zhang Zanbo, 2015)

The building of a highway in provincial Hunan exposes the corruptions and hypocrisies at the heart of the modern society in Zhang’s unflinching documentary

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