Black Rain (黒い雨, Shohei Imamura, 1989) by Windows on Worlds / Anime Blog Tracker

Black Rain (1989) review

Imamura’s ‘Black Rain’ is, without a doubt, one of the most important films about the atomic bomb ever made and should be mandatory viewing for anyone who holds…

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Green Rain (草雨 / 초우, Chung Jin-woo, 1966)

The false promises of the post-war era are brought home to two romantic youths dreaming of an illusionary future in Chung Jin-woo’s anti-romantic melodrama.

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白と黒~Black & White~, Volume 1

Content warning: The plot here is 100% manipulation, violence and sexual violence. Shirakawa Junko is beloved in her office. The younger employees look up to her with deep…

Okazu

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白と黒~Black & White~, Volume 3

In Volume 1 we met Shirakawa, top of her department in her office and Kuroda, a promising up-and-comer who threatens to take everything Shirakawa has built. They briefly…

Okazu

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白と黒~Black & White~, Volume 2

In Volume 1, we met Shirakawa Junko and Kuroda Kayo two high-spec, elites in an international sales department, who are natural enemies. They don’t just fight…in fact, they…

Okazu

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Visual Kei in the Rain: Kizu’s “Black Rain”

Welcome back, to the fourth and final installment of “Visual Kei in the Rain”. Yes, we are still in a bit of doom and gloom with rain to…

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Shrieking in the Rain (雨に叫べば, Eiji Uchida, 2021)

A female director struggles to make a mark in the midst of sexist crew members, the absurdity of the censors board, and the commercial concerns of the industry…

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Rain rain rain

Man, weve gotten so much rain around here its not even funny. I hope it goes away soon.

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The Thief in Black (黒の盗賊, Umetsugu Inoue, 1964)

Twins separated at birth kick back against the samurai corruption and growing Tokugawa authoritarianism i Umetsugu Inoue’s politically charged jidaigeki.

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Darkness in the Light (日本の黒い夏ー冤罪, Kei Kumai, 2001)

Idealistic teen reporters have some questions to ask of mass media and the police in Kei Kumai’s true life drama.

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Nov 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Idea

Akudama Drive – 7-8 [The City of Lost Children/Black Rain]

It’s difficult to follow an all-star episode like “Brothers,” as this doubleheader can attest. My disappointment with “The City of Lost Children” was so great, in fact, that…

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Akudama Drive

いい歳

How to Know You're in the Good Old Days - How to Japanese - May 2021

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Rain Princess

I just finished watching Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii / The World is Still Beautiful on VRV / Hidive. I like Princess Nike. She’s authentic, funny, feisty, positive,…

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The World is Still Beautiful

Rain Boy v2

One of Orphan's earliest Tezuka Osamu projects was the set of six OVAs known as the Lion Books: 1 The Green Cat 1983 2 Rain Boy 1983 3…

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The Storm (大雨, Yang Zhigang, 2024)

A cosmic storm is likened to the chaos of life in Busifan’s beautifully drawn but narratively obscure family animation.

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Uyanotsuki, Volume 1 ( 雨夜の月)

Saki loves piano. Or does she? She loves taking lessons with her teacher, she’s sure of that. But her teacher is leaving… In Uyanotsuki, Volume 1 ( 雨夜の月),…

Okazu

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Cipher - The Animation (1989)

https://nyaa.si/view/1592610 Fansub credits can be found in the link above. This is a short OVA from 1989 based off the manga of the same na...

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Cipher

いろいろ December 2023

I ran out of space over at the newsletter this month, so I thought I’d share the いろいろ section on the blog instead. Podcast link at the bottom!…

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What lies behind the Majora’s Mask? – Interview with Takaya Imamura

An interview with Takaya Imamura, the Character Designer of many famous Nintendo franchises such as Star Fox and F-Zero.

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い Particle

The i い particle in Japanese, found in phrases like nandai なんだい, sou kai そうかい, ganbaru zoi がんばるぞい, and akireta wai 呆れたわい.

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Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Wolf’s Rain – 23/24 [Heartbeat of the Black City/Scent of a Trap] – Throwback Thursday

Welcome all, to what may be the best week of Wolf’s Rain… well ever. We have a lot to talk about this week, and basically all of it…

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Wolf's Rain

Initial Results: Wolf’s Rain

The opening episodes to Wolf’s Rain are a treat.

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Kiba, Wolf's Rain

Protocol: Rain – Episode 1

A mid-tier but enjoyably (e)sports anime with a few rough edges.

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Protocol: Rain

After Rain Comes Sunshine

Finally making a start on writing those posts in my blog notebook that never made it to the computer screen and shine some rays on a series that…

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Jan 18, 2022 • Subscribe

After the Rain

First Impression: Protocol: Rain

Shun works as a part-timer at an Internet cafe, along with his friend and former gaming teammate Nozomi, while another one of his former teammates, Akito, visits the…

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