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BFI Japan 2021 to Celebrate More Than 100 Years of Japanese Cinema
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Akira 4K Comes to Cinemas in the UK and Ireland
The good folks from Manga Entertainment UK have just revealed that they'll be bringing the 4K edition of Akira to cinemas around the UK and ...
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The Japan Foundation UK Touring Film Programme 2021 Line-up Announcement
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School Radio to Major Tom (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
Jason Maher reviews Takuya Chisaka's short film School Radio to Major Tom.
KonoSuba Break Screens
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BFI to Host Complete Akira Kurosawa Retrospective
At BFI Southbank January and February 2023.
Sainsbury Institute Lectures – The Bridge to Heaven: Comparing UK-Japan Heritage
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For UK-Anime: The Compatible Aesthetics of Big O
“A lot of people really did not care for the second season of Big O. This is entirely fair, mind you: its digipaint holds no candle to the…
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To Sleep So as to Dream (Japan, 1986) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
Jason Maher reviews Kaizo Hayashi's debut feature To Sleep So as to Dream.
BFI Anime Season
By Andrew Osmond. Next week, a huge two-month season of anime screenings rumbles into life at London’s BFI Southbank. Starting this coming Monday, it’ll run all the way…
BFI London Film Festival Confirms Complete Programme for 2021
In cinemas across London & the UK 6th to 17th October with select titles streaming online via BFI Player
Japanese Films at the BFI London Film Festival 2021
A Preview of the Japanese Films at the BFI London Film Festival 2021 (October 06th – 17th)
The Japan Foundation UK Touring Film Programme 2024
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The Japan Foundation UK Touring Film Programme 2023
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BFI Anime Season 2022
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Mari and Mari (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
Jason Maher reviews Tatsuya Yamanishi's romantic mystery Mari and Mari.
Sainsbury Institute Third Thursday Lecture – The Bridge to Heaven: Comparing UK-Japan Heritage
One of the great benefits of doing an MA in Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia is an invitation to the Third Thursday Lectures hosted by…
Focus Hong Kong Returns to BFI Southbank 12th to 15th July
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Films: Japan 2021
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Ito (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2021]
Jason Maher reviews Satoko Yokohama's comedy-drama Ito.
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POP! (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2021]
Jason Maher reviews Masashi Komura's surreal coming-of-age tale POP!
Get Ready, Japan Tourists – Here Comes the “Tourist Tax”
As tourists pour back into Japan, more and more municipalities are taxing their stay. Here's what it means for your trip.
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Big Night! (Jun Robles Lana, 2021)
A happy-go-lucky beautician’s existence is turned inside out when he discovers he’s been placed on a “watch list” in Jun Robles Lana’s extremely dark comedy
Funimation UK Announces December 2021 Home Video Releases
The good folks from anime mega company Funimation UK have just sent us details about their December 2021 release line up. They've got a lot ...
Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]
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Junk Head (Japan, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]
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Ninja Girl (Japan, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]
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Japan Diary: November 2021
Usually, my November diary would start off with anniversary celebrations marking the day I moved to Japan for the first time, but things didn’t really play out like…
Japan Diary: December 2021
In the start of December, it was time for me to get organised. Yes, I’d barely slowed down since October, but I still had one last push before…
Japan Diary: July 2021
I started this month with the mindset that I would treat myself more.
Japan Diary: January 2021
Okay, so technically I’m starting this diary in December 2020, but considering that New Year’s celebrations usually span across two days, I think you can let me off.…
Japan Diary: August 2021
After a few days in Shizuoka Prefecture, I returned to Kanagawa with a vast stretch of summer holiday ahead of me.
Summer in Japan 2021
Last year in the summer I went on a good road trip with a few friends through Nagano Prefecture. This year, I didn’t get up to as much,…
Japan Diary: May 2021
May, as per usual, started with Golden Week. This would be my fourth, but like last year, I was pretty much stuck where I was. With State of…
Japan Diary: June 2021
After a pretty uneventful May, I was determined to make June busier, even if just a little.
Japan Diary: October 2021
In my last diary post, I predicted that October was going to be busier and I was certainly right. However, a lot of that ‘busy-ness’ was behind the…
Japan Diary: February 2021
When I said I didn’t see much changing this month, I was swiftly proven right with an extension to the State of Emergency. After already spending a month…
Japan Diary: April 2021
The start of April saw me back on the road again, taking the opportunity to have a spontaneous, yet cautious trip further south.
Swallow (Taiwan/Japan, 2021)
Jason Maher reviews Mai Nakanishi's short film Swallow.
Japan Diary: March 2021
Well, another month has passed of mainly staying at home, going to work and restarting the same cycle the next morning. I can’t pretend that I haven’t been…