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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.

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Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

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Brave Citizen (용감한 시민, Park Jin-pyo, 2023) [Fantasia 2024]

A former boxer turned schoolteacher rediscovers the strength to fight back when faced with unchallenged bullies in Park Jin-pyo’s cathartic dramedy.

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Aug 16, 2024 • Subscribe

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Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Miki delivers a great psychological mystery narrative, yet it might not be for everyone.

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Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

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Bairal Jin

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Apr 1, 2024 • Subscribe

My Small Land (マイスモールランド, Emma Kawawada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A young woman’s life is destabilised when her father’s asylum claim is rejected in Emma Kawada’s empathetic debut feature.

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Jul 26, 2022 • Subscribe

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Next Sohee (다음 소희, July Jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A policewoman investigating the suicide of a teenage girl uncovers a dark web of corporate exploitation in July Jung’s hard hitting drama.

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Aug 20, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

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Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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"GREAT MONSTER WAR" HAPPY NEW YEAR: 1967 Godzilla & Rodan Footprint New Year's Cards

怪獣賀年状、週刊少年サンデー 昭和42年1月28日号 付録！ Page from Shonen Sunday's New Year's Kaiju Special, January 1967.

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅

Dec 31, 2016 • Subscribe

"GREAT MONSTER WAR" HAPPY NEW YEAR: 1967 Godzilla & Rodan Footprint New Year's Cards

怪獣賀年状、週刊少年サンデー 昭和42年1月28日号 付録！ Page from Shonen Sunday's New Year's Kaiju Special, January 1967.

The Good, the Bad, and Godzilla 続・夕陽の呉爾羅

Dec 31, 2016 • Subscribe

Shin-Ultraman (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Higuchi and Anno deliver an impressive love letter to their childhood, yet their devoted love, which is sensible in every aspect of the narrative, might not be able…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

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Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

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Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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My Broken Mariko (2022) [Fantasia Film Festival]

Tanada offers a compelling exploration of the emotional turmoil a female subject caused by the sudden death of someone important.

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Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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Review: Mozart from Space (2022)

Mozart from Space 外太空的莫扎特 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 135 mins. Director: Chen Sicheng 陈思诚. Rating: 4/10. A way over-long, way over-blown yarn about a teenager, his naggy dad,…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

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Fast & Feel Love (เร็วโหด..เหมือนโกรธเธอ, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

An obsessive sports stacker is plunged into a delayed adulthood when his long term girlfriend suddenly leaves in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s charming post-modern comedy.

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Aug 27, 2022 • Subscribe

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Jin-Roh (Jinrō)

Jin-Roh (Jinrō) 1999 Jin-Roh is another film that ticks a lot of boxes for me, but if you’re unsure about watching this lesser-known classic, keep in mind that…

The Review Heap

Mar 14, 2020 • Subscribe

The Fish Tale (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very heart-warming and touching narrative that shows that a subject does not necessarily need to make use of the neurotic solution to inscribe himself within the societal…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 31, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2022

Runs in Montreal, Canada, July 14 to Aug. 3.

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Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2022 Programme

Runs in Montreal July 14 to Aug. 3

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Jul 5, 2022 • Subscribe

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Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical man makes peace with his father’s memory while driving his possibly haunted and very rundown Hyundai Stellar in Kwon Soo-kyung’s charmingly quirky road movie.

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Aug 16, 2022 • Subscribe

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My Broken Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ, Yuki Tanada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

Devastated by the death of a friend, a young woman embarks on one last road trip in Yuki Tanada’s adaptation of the manga by Yuki Tanada.

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Jul 29, 2022 • Subscribe

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What To Do With Dead Kaiju (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

“An extremely well-structured genre-blend that does not only provides the laughs and giggles with its pleasant political satire, but also allows the spectator to immerge himself into the…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

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Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

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Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

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Winter 2022 First Impressions – Fantasia Sango: Realm of Legends

Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Taiwanese RPG Episode Summary: As a nation finds itself on the decline at on the cusp of war, the people find themselves vulnerable…

Season 1 Episode 1

Feb 5, 2022 • Subscribe

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Golden Bat (1967) – Episode 04

Coming soon…

THE SKARO HUNTING SOCIETY

Apr 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Golden Bat

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

Golden Fantasia

detective fiction, 推理小説、games,

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Mar 20, 2021 • Subscribe

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The Killer (더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이, Choi Jae-hoon, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical hitman stumbles on a dark conspiracy when the teenager he’s supposed to be babysitting is kidnapped in Choi Jae-hoon’s retro action thriller.

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Aug 8, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Fish Tale (さかなのこ, Shuichi Okita, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

The infinite enthusiasm of a fish obsessive gradually brightens the world around them in Shuichi Okita’s charming portrait of an eccentric.

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Jul 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (다섯 번째 흉추, Park Sye-young, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A mouldy mattress gradually becomes sentient while traversing vistas of human loneliness in Park Sye-young’s experimental feature.

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Sep 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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Merry Christmas With Jin Ramen

Merry Christmas, Everyone. I hope everyone has a joyous holiday season.  Sharing Christmas cheer with the gift of ramen to friends!  This ha...

Tokyo Excess

Dec 24, 2020 • Subscribe

Space Heater Chat – July 4 2022: Mic Test

Kevin visits Mike to dust off the old microphones and to check their Anime North worthiness. In the process they talk about going into Mike’s vault to find…

Anime Roundtable

Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Monster Megahits in the Capcom Summer 2022 Bundle

Discover monstrous and devilishly fun games with this bundle of hit titles from Capcom!

Japan Curiosity

Jun 11, 2022 • Subscribe

Dragon's Dogma, Devil May Cry

Goodbye, Don Glees! (グッバイ、ドン・グリーズ！, Atsuko Ishizuka, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

Three teenage boys come to terms with past and future while on a climactic summer adventure in Atsuko Ishizuka’s heartfelt coming-of-age anime.

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Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 2, Park Hoon-jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A “perfect model” of transhumanism takes refuge in a remote farmhouse in Park’s sequel to The Witch: Part One. The subversion.

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Aug 7, 2022 • Subscribe

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Genshin Impact Character Review – Yun Jin

The Waifu of the Opera

Xenodude's Scribbles

May 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Genshin Impact – Yun Jin Guide & Review

The Waifu of the Opera

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Jan 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Trail of the Broken Blade, The (1967)

Director: Chang Cheh Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Kiu Chong, Chin Ping, Chiao Chiao, and Tien Feng After his military father is falsely accused and executed, Li (Wang) takes…

Filmsmash

Jan 31, 2021 • Subscribe

Broken Blade, Broken Blade

Space Heater Chat – July 31 2022: Mic Test #2

James visits the studio for the first time in over two years to help Mike test out the new mics. In it he gives his view on Anime…

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Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Fantasia Film Fest 2022: A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot

Part of a bigger sci-fi anthology feature called TAISU, Watanabe's short brings together an international team to create a new post-apocalyptic world.

Anime News Network - Views

Jul 23, 2022 • Subscribe

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Mercenaries from Hong Kong (獵魔者, Wong Jing, 1982) [Fantasia 2022]

A former mercenary agrees to one last job but finds himself swept into unexpected intrigue in an early action fest from Wong Jing.

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Aug 18, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 9, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fantasia Film Fest 2022: Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún

WIT Studio brings this intriguingly abstract world, about a man finding small joys with his ward, to life with resplendent animation.

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Jul 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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Our recommendations: Fantasia 2023

Any cinephile should watch these 5 Japanese movies at the Fantasia Film Festival.

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Jul 12, 2023 • Subscribe

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Monster

The ultimate villain in all the history of anime! Feel free to argue with me on that, but I know a lot of people will agree with me.…

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Apr 16, 2021 • Subscribe