New Five Golden Flowers 你是我的一束光 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 97 mins. Director: Wang Qiang 王强. Rating: 4/10. Messily constructed rom-com set in Yunnan province can’t decide what it really is, despite occasional moments. STORY Fengchuan county, Heming township, Yunnan province, southern China, the present day. After breaking up with his girlfriend, and driving for four … Continue reading Review: New Five Golden Flowers (2022) →
Jul 22, 2022 • Subscribe
More like this
Frosty Petals: Introducing Five Japanese Winter Flowers
As the falling leaves give way to snow flurries and the bright autumn colors fade into the grays and blues of winter, cold season flowers in Japan enliven…
Review: Give Me Five (2022)
Give Me Five 哥，你好 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 110 mins. Director: Zhang Luan 张栾. Rating: 5/10. Time-travel comedy – largely set back in the 1980s – has a…
New Religion (2022) review
A splendid horror-drama narrative that will keep the spectator on the edge of his seat from start to finish.
Skeleton Flowers (2021) review
A serene narrative that touchingly explores the possibility of reaching each other as subject despite the misrecognition that structures speech.
Somebody’s Flowers (2021) review
“A beautiful narrative that explores the mental and societal obstacles that litter the path of those subjects who suddenly need to grieve the loss of loved ones with…
7 Plants and Flowers For Japanese New Year
As we approach the new year, beautiful arrangements appear in front of homes and businesses across Japan. But did you know that every stalk and flower was chosen…
A Hundred Flowers (百花, Genki Kawamura, 2022)
An expectant father finds himself confronted with paternal anxiety and past trauma on learning that his mother has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in Genki Kawamura’s adaptation of his…
Happy New Year: 2022 in Review
Hey, thanks for stopping by Mono's Anime Rants. All that's left of the December Holidays is New Year's Eve. To commemorate the past year, I put together an…
Review: GOLDEN CAIN
The history of BL manga in the US begins in the early 2000s. The first company to try their hand at it was Central Park Media, as part…
Review: GOLDEN CAIN
The history of BL manga in the US begins in the early 2000s. The first company to try their hand at it was Central Park Media, as part…
Summer 2022 Episode Reviews Week Five
This weeks offerings were a bit more mixed.
Call of the Night, Lycoris Recoil, Made in Abyss, RWBY: Ice Queendom
Flowers -Le volume sur automne- Review
My thoughts on the third part of the highly acclaimed yuri visual novel mystery series
THE GOLDEN YEAR OF ANIME! (2022)
#animeoftheyear #bleachtybw #chainsawman #bocchitherock Happy New Year Weebs! I watched every anime this year and these are highlights! 00:00 What's going on in this video? 01:00 Yearly Recap 04:25…
Lycoris Recoil, Naruto, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Ranking of Kings, Raven of the Inner Palace
Manga Planet Announces Five New Manga Licenses
Manga Planet has announced five new manga licenses, all of which are isekai titles from Hobby JAPAN. While no specific release dates have been announced, all five titles…
BIRDIE WING REVIEW — LILY FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING
Hello! A lot of the series that aired last season, I had to put on hold and finish later on when they were completed and BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’…
BIRDIE WING REVIEW — LILY FLOWERS ARE BLOOMING
Hello! A lot of the series that aired last season, I had to put on hold and finish later on when they were completed and BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’…
Where the Two Flowers Meet Game Review
Where the Two Flowers Meet is a psychological mystery in the vein of Nitro+chiral's Slow Damage and Kenkou Land's MAMIYA, that will leave you with a mix of…
Five Anime to Bring in The New Year
The end of the year is just around the corner, so why not go out with some good vibes.
Five New Anime Films I Enjoyed From 2019
Hello everyone. It’s time of year for a lot of end of year lists and such. It seems like I handle each of these sorts of posts differently,…
Somebody’s Flowers 誰かの花 (2022) Director: Yusuke Okada
Somebody’s Flowers 誰かの花 「Dareka no Hana」 Release Date: January 29th, 2022 Duration: 115 mins. Director: Yusuke Okada Writer: Yusuke Okada (Script), Starring: Shinsuke Kato, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Ch…
Flowers of Evil
By Andrew Osmond. Anime is often compared to live-action cinema. If so, Flowers of Evil is the cultish indy film, whose moody images sing with the torments of…
Coffin of Flowers
YAMAMURA Misa (山村美紗, 1934-1996) was very popular in her day, but has probably faded of late. The last time I looked, few if any of her books...
Red Flowers GN
The peace and solitude of rural spaces is a persistent theme throughout the book, and there is something that feels a bit idealized about that, making it clear…
Review: Five Hundred Miles (2023)
Five Hundred Miles 交换人生 China, 2023, colour, 2.35:1, 108 mins. Director: Su Lun 苏伦. Rating: 6/10. Body-swap comedy is pleasant enough but lacks real heft and originality, despite…
Five Anime That You Should Watch in 2022
Wonder what you should watch next? We got you covered. Here is a list of Five Anime That You Should Watch in 2022
What were your top five anime of 2022?
Did you watch them as they aired or later on? What was your top original series? Best sequel?
New Spring 2022 3
Estab-life begins with a funeral which isn’t. Estab-life – Great Escape starts with a funeral attended partly by three girls. They all drive off in a hearse and…
New Spring 2022 4
A lovely day for a Kamen Rider style battle. Koi wa Sekai Seifuku no Ato de starts with Fudo and Desumi sitting amidst sakura blossoms and chirping birds.…
In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, Shiki, Summer Time Rendering, Love After World Domination
Happy New Year 2022
Happy New Year to ya’ll! I go through the annual ritual of alcohol allergy symptoms after downing just a tiny bit of champagne with my family as the…
Happy New Year! 2022
Happy New Year to all my readers! Yes, I’m bringing the New Year post back, because I’ve not got anything else to publish this week. :razz:
Happy New Year 2022!
Happy New Year 2022! Hey everyone. I wanted to wish you all a very happy new year. Hopefully, we can escape the insanity of the past two years.…
New Spring 2022 1
As you probably guessed, last season was so dire for me that I stopped watching everything, except for Bisque Doll, which was charming to the end. I regret…
New Spring 2022 2
Yuusha Yamemasu starts with a ruined city but gets funnier. We start Yuusha, Yamemasu in a wrecked modern city, Tokyo probably. Which is strange because our hero, Leo,…
Golden Kamuy 3rd Season Review
For all intents and purposes, I didn’t expect a piss joke to be the thing in this season that got me cracking up the most. Now, I’m not…
Anime Review 186 Golden Kamuy
This review will cover all seasons of Golden Kamuy. There was no surprise that Golden Kamuy had the unique premise and setting out of all the anime from…
RPG Review: Persona 4 Golden
So I finally decided to play my first Persona game and since it was basically $15 on sale on STEAM I figured why not? Minor spoilers ahead and…
JJBA: Golden Wind—Rapid Review
The fifth part of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure follows 15-year-old Giorno Giovanna, the son of Dio, in 2001 in Italy. Giorno dreams of becoming a mobster to overthrow his…
Manga Review – The Golden Sheep
The Golden Sheep 金のひつじ (Kin no Hitsuji) OZAKI Kaori Seinen – Drama, romance, slice-of-life 3 Volumes (complete) Vertical, Inc. Summary: Tsugu is excited to move back to where…
A New Translation of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Review of a new translations of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi from 2020. Published by Amber Books, translated by Maisy Hatchard.
Review: Sweet Blue Flowers (Aoi Hana), Blu-Ray
Reunited as teenagers after spending their middle school years apart, Fumi and Akira don’t recognize each other at first, especially since the latter has far surpassed her friend…
Give Me Five (哥，你好, Zhang Luan, 2022)
After disrupting his parents’ meet cute, a young man must travel to the past ensure his own birth in Zhang Luan’s sci-fi-inflected dramedy.
![Featured image for Five Films Not To Miss [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20220708/1657270952.39127.68607.jpg)
Five Films Not To Miss [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]
Let us present 5 Japanese films that should already be high on your to-watch list.
Movie Review: Five Nights at Freddy’s
For my final movie for Spooktober, I decided to watch Five Nights at Freddy’s. I was eagerly awaiting Sunday night so I can view this film. While I’m…
Golden Kamuy 4 – Episode 2 Review
Before writing the review for Golden Kamuy I always caught myself questioning “how do I even describe what I saw?” because frankly, it’s just this sort of show.…
Golden Kamuy 4 – Episode 1 Review
I love Golden Kamuy. Have I ever told you how much I love it? Probably not because it never came to subject, but I love this series. It…
The Golden Sheep Volume 3 Review
Title: The Golden Sheep (Kin no Hitsugi)Genre: Drama, Coming of AgePublisher: Kodansha (JP), Vertical (US)Serialized in: AfternoonCreator: Kaori OzakiLocalization Staff: Daniel Komen (Translator), Risa Cho, Lorina Mapa (Production)Original Release Date: March 10, 2020A…
Another Me: Golden Time Anime Review
Introduction Banri Tada is normal guy who is now starting his new life in the city as a college student. he soon makes his first friend, Mitsuo Yanagisawa, but…
Golden Kamuy 4 – Episode 3 Review
Skipping over to the 7th Divison, we’re reintroduced to Usami and Nikaido who are enjoying their time at one of the hot springs in Noboribetsu, said to possess…
Golden Kamuy 4 – Episode 4 Review
As we dive deeper into this story, it becomes that many of these characters pursuing the gold have connections to each other. A special nod to Tsurumi, because…