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Review: Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

French director Pascal-Alex Vincent found himself with a difficult question. What more is there to say that hasn't already been said about a director whose work stands as…

Anime News Network - Views

Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Storyboarding Like Satoshi Kon

Plus: global animation news and a historic Oscar winner.

Animation Obsessive

Jul 26, 2021 • Subscribe

OPUS by Kon Satoshi

I got my final schedule for the Chicago WorldCon and squeed a little bit when I found out that I made it on to the Satoshi Kon retrospective…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Aug 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Kaikisen by Kon Satoshi

Right now, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Japan Information & Culture Center are doing a “virtual film festival” of Satoshi Kon’s groundbreaking …

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

The Lost Projects of Satoshi Kon

Unmade animation, a video game and more.

Animation Obsessive

Aug 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers and Satoshi Kon

While it may not have the same strange atmosphere of his other acclaimed works, “Tokyo Godfathers” is still a fantastic film.

Animated Observations

Jul 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers

How Satoshi Kon Storyboarded 'Millennium Actress'

Ambition on a tight budget.

Animation Obsessive

Nov 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Millennium Actress

World Apartment Horror by Kon Satoshi

World Apartment Horror was a weird one, and that’s saying a lot for Kon Satoshi-sensei. SPOILERS . . . . World Apartment Horror is an anthology of shorts,…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Aug 14, 2022 • Subscribe

How Satoshi Kon Sketched Films into Existence

Plus: 'Jumbo,' newsbits.

Animation Obsessive

Apr 14, 2025 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers: A Merry Satoshi Kon Christmas

Merry Christmas, everyone! I’m just so happy that everything lined up for me to be able to post about this movie this year. 2019 seems like a year…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Dec 25, 2019 • Subscribe

Yume no Kaseki / Dream Fossil by Kon Satoshi

Yume no Kaseki / Dream Fossil is another story anthology of stories by Kon Satoshi-sensei. This one is a massive compilation of pretty much anything he ever did.…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Aug 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Satoshi Kon Interview 2003: MILLENNIUM ACTRESS and TOKYO GODFATHERS

In 2003, on assignment from Animerica Magazine, I interviewed Satoshi Kon, a renowned director of Japanese animated films, at the Big Apple Anime Fest in New York. He…

Brian Camp's Film and Anime Blog

Feb 21, 2026 • Subscribe

Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers

Convenience Story (コンビニエンス・ストーリー, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A blocked writer finds himself stranded in an uncanny reality in Satoshi Miki’s surreal sci-fi adventure.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Spiraken Manga Review Ep 389: Dream Fossil-The Complete Stories of Satoshi Kon

In this nostalgic episode, Xan reviews an anthology series that is one part love letter to it creator and one part introspective study of mankind. Be prepared to…

Spiraken Review Podcast

Oct 14, 2020 • Subscribe

Convention Adventures: Naka-Kon 2021!

Today’s post is a little different than what I usually post! This time around I applied to be part of the press at Naka-Kon, an anime convention located…

KiritoNarukami

Sep 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Otakon-kon-kon: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for August 2021

For better or worse, I’ve decided to attend Otakon 2021 this year. And barring an even more devastating report about COVID-19 and the delta variant than what’s already…

OGIUE MANIAX

Aug 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Follow The Light (2021) review [Fantasia Festival 2021]

The narrative might not offer anything new at a thematical level, but stands out due to his refusal to spell things out and, instead, imply certain subjective truths…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Sadness (哭悲, Robert Jabbaz, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A young couple find themselves caught up in an epidemic of sadistic violence in Robert Jabbaz’ defiantly depraved satirical horror

Windows on Worlds

Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Seobok (서복, Lee Yong-ju, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A terminally ill former government agent reckons with mortality while bonding with a clone birthed to cure humanity’s ills in Lee Yong-ju’s high concept thriller

Windows on Worlds

Aug 11, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Midnight (미드나이트, Kwon Oh-seung, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A deaf woman and her mother become unwitting targets for a sadistic serial killer in Kwon’s extraordinarily tense chase through the darkened streets of Soeul

Windows on Worlds

Aug 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Vincent Ehindero Award Is Mine!

A couple of weeks ago the ever great ospreyshire nominated me for the Vincent Ehindero blogger award. Not seen this award before, but Curtis always has some fun…

Never Argue with a Fish

Aug 15, 2020 • Subscribe

The Mole Song: Final (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Miike’s narrative delivers everything a fan of the previous narratives desires and even succeeds in inviting newcomers to delve into Reiji’s past exploits.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Tokyo Revengers (2021) Review [Fantasia Film Festival]

“An exciting blend of satisfying violence, tensive moments, surges of pleasing lightheartedness, and touching emotional moments.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Tokyo Revengers

Seire (세이레, Park Kang, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A new father finds himself haunted by paternal anxiety and old transgressions in Park Kang’s eerie folk horror.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Shari (シャリ, Nao Yoshigai, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A red monster roams the landscape smearing its blood wherever it goes in Nao Yoshigai’s surreal documentary hybrid.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette (2021) review [Fantasia Festival 2021]

“Hanabusa’s second outing proves to be as enjoyable and thrilling as the first.”

psycho-cinematography

Nov 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Kakegurui

Tokyo Revengers (東京リベンジャーズ, Tsutomu Hanabusa, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A dejected 27-year-old gets a second chance to face his high school trauma in Hanabusa’s high school delinquent x time travel manga adaptation

Windows on Worlds

Aug 14, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Tokyo Revengers

Case 62 – Inspector Vincent Adultman

We have a special surprise for you! We deviate a bit from our usual material to talk about a live action special that recently got uploaded to Amazon…

One Podcast Prevails

Mar 5, 2020 • Subscribe

Some thoughts on Loving Vincent

Loving Vincent is beautiful, but I don’t have much to say about it as animation (or as film, really), outside of a few cool moments of motion blur…

lootype

Jul 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Character Profile – Alex Bennedeto

This is a simple character profile involving Alex Bennedeto from the anime series known as GANGSTA.

Cradle View

Jan 7, 2021 • Subscribe

BJ Alex – Manhwa Review

I decided at about mid way last month that all the reviews I posted this pride month on Yaoi Playground would only be titles with good LGBTQ+ representation…

Yaoi Playground

Jun 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Dreams of Fire (2021) review [Fantasia Film festival]

“McKie’s film is not only the best dance-film of recent years but might very well be one of the best Japanese films to be released this year.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021) [Fantasia Film festival]

“A great animation film that offers an emotional and moving celebration of the strength of the bond between a daughter and a mother.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A small family contend with the persistent unfairness of the contemporary society in Yoon Seo-jin’s slow burn indie drama.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2021 Programme

In cinemas and streaming across Canada Aug. 5 – 25

Windows on Worlds

Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Sexual Drive (性的衝動, Kota Yoshida, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A strange spirit of sexual liberation visits three troubled couples in Kota Yoshida’s odyssey of food-themed eroticism.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 4, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Oshii and Kon

Water, oil and two impossible people.

Animation Obsessive

Apr 19, 2024 • Subscribe

The Plan for Satoshi Kon's Final Film

Plus: global animation news.

Animation Obsessive

Aug 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Follow the Light (光を追いかけて, Yoichi Narita, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

An alienated young man resentful of his forced relocation to the countryside bonds with an intense classmate in Yoichi Narita’s gentle coming of age drama

Windows on Worlds

Jan 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Secret Identity, by Alex Segura

Carmen Valdez eats and breathes comic books; ink flows through her veins. She’s moved away from her beloved Miami and her family to the rough streets of 1975…

Okazu

May 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Next Door (옆집사람, Yeom Ji-ho, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

An aspiring policeman becomes embroiled in a kafkaesque series of events after waking up next to a dead body in next-door’s apartment in Yeom Ji-ho’s deliciously dark farce.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Love, Live, and Goldfish (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

“While Makabe’s narrative does not offer anything truly new or groundbreaking, what it does brings to the table is served with excellence.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Golden Fantasia

detective fiction, 推理小説、games,

ボクの事件簿

Mar 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, When They Cry, Umineko: When They Cry, When the Seagulls Cry Specials

Fantasia 2010

Tuesday, Fantasia announced the highlights of its programming and posted all the details on its website . The 14th edition of the Fant...

Protoculture News & Updates

Jul 3, 2010 • Subscribe

Bleach, Naruto, King of Thorn, Metropolis, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

Fantasia Unfolding

Where ancient beasts roam and chosen ones rise. A new realm opens with every page. Grimm Kumikyoku In a world where stories and myths are not just tales…

美咲の部屋

Nov 28, 2025 • Subscribe

The Grimm Variations, Girl from Phantasia

What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (大怪獣のあとしまつ, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A fallen kaiju presents a new problem for the governing authorities in Satoshi Miki’s satirical comedy.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Ota-line-kon 2013

Once a year Baltimore opens her arms wide to welcome the Otaku of the world. This year, on the 20th anniversary Otakon, her arms were open even wider.…

The Anime Almanac

Aug 15, 2013 • Subscribe

Away to A-Kon!

Convention season is in full swing! That means we’ll be heading out as a staff to cover several of the conventions (and a film festival, too?) this summer…

Beneath the Tangles

Jun 1, 2023 • Subscribe

A-Kon 31: Wrap

Let’s do this foodie pics first, because it accurately depicts the order of importance to me of what happens at this con. To recap, A-Kon 31 announced fhana…

Omonomono

Jul 27, 2022 • Subscribe