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Interview: Goodbye, Don Glees! Film Director Atsuko Ishizuka

We interviewed Ishizuka about the film's unique setting, cultural differences to look out for, and the likelihood of getting attacked by a bear in the Japanese countryside.

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Sep 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Goodbye, Don Glees!

From the director of A Place Further Than the Universe comes a new story that will take three boys from the Japanese countryside all the way to Iceland,…

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Mar 3, 2022 • Subscribe

A Place Further Than the Universe

Goodbye, Don Glees

By Shelley Pallis. Back in town for the summer vacation, would-be medical student Toto is reunited with his former middle-school bestie, Roma. In the intervening months, their roles…

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Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Review: Goodbye, Don Glees!

If the world ended tomorrow, would you have any regrets? Well, yes, plenty—so thinks Roma, a shy, farmer’s son who let the girl of his dreams slip away.…

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Sep 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Lessons in Boy Adolescence: Goodbye, Don Glees!

I believe that the appeal of anime and manga stems partly from its willingness to tackle a variety of genres and subjects, and “I can’t believe they made…

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Sep 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!

Atsuko Ishizuka Interview

By Andrew Osmond. This summer, I interviewed the director Atsuko Ishizuka in London about her new film Goodbye, Don Glees, which is screening at this year’s Scotland Loves…

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Oct 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees! (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

An original film by studio Madhouse and A Place Further than the Universe director Atsuko Ishizuka, it’s of course the perfect fit for Anime Limited who in return…

The Normanic Vault

May 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!

The Speakeasy #144: The Deer King, Belle, Goodbye Don Glees + More

This month we talk our Anime Secret Santa pick and some other anime movies. Plus, we discuss a few of our favorite things from 2022 that aren’t anime…

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Dec 21, 2022 • Subscribe

The Deer King

Laid Back Camp, Goodbye, Don Glees! and The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie Reviews

So normally I’d write full reviews of each recent anime movie I’ve been fortunate enough to see…

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Dec 11, 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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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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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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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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Tanaka Atsuko, Shinohara Emi, Ohyama Nobuo: Goodbye to Voice-Acting Greats

I wanted to express my brief thoughts on three different Japanese voice actors who passed away recently. I don’t mean to diminish any of them, but I’ve been…

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Oct 23, 2024 • Subscribe

December Updates: Goodbye 2021

Hello, all! Kate here. Happy holidays and happy new year! As we wrap up another year here at Reverse Thieves, I love to check out all the year…

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Dec 31, 2021 • Subscribe

Goodbye Cruel World (2022) review [Japannual 2022]

“A stylish exploration of the cruel call for destruction that structures the perverse criminal field.”

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Dec 7, 2022 • 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…

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Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

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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

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Aug 11, 2021 • Subscribe

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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

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Aug 24, 2021 • 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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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

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Aug 22, 2021 • 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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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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Blue Giant by Ishizuka Shinichi

Blue Giant is another manga that I picked up during my recent foray into the public library system. They had a two-in-one of the first and second volumes.…

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Jul 24, 2021 • Subscribe

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Tokyo Revengers (2021) Review [Fantasia Film Festival]

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

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Aug 16, 2021 • 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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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…

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Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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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

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Aug 14, 2021 • Subscribe

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

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

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Nov 23, 2021 • Subscribe

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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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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.”

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Aug 25, 2021 • Subscribe

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Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2021 Programme

In cinemas and streaming across Canada Aug. 5 – 25

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Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

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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.”

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Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

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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.

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Aug 4, 2021 • 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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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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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…

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Jul 31, 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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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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Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On (태일이, Hong Jun-pyo, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

Hong Jun-pyo’s animated biopic of the real life labour activist casts him as an ordinary man radicalised by compassion in witnessing the exploitation of those around him.

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Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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Dollfie Dream snapshots: Atsuko -3-

Uploaded a few photos to Flickr of Dollfie Dream Atsuko in the ‘Sparkling White Down Jacket’ outfit from the Tenshi no Koromo line made by Volks, already shared…

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Apr 30, 2018 • Subscribe

Atsuko Drops Jujutsu Kaisen Collaboration

Atsuko’s latest collection brings iconic looks inspired by "Jujutsu Kaisen," including a stylish Cursed Spirit Manipulation Cardigan.

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Jan 18, 2025 • Subscribe

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Goodbye, Bad Magazines (グッドバイ、バッドマガジンズ, Shoichi Yokoyama, 2022)

An aspiring journalist finds herself floundering in the moribund pornographic magazine industry in Shoichi Yokoyama’s genial drama.

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May 27, 2023 • Subscribe

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…

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Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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Don Bluth's Garage Band

Plus: animation news.

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Apr 15, 2024 • 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.

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Jul 24, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.”

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Aug 6, 2021 • 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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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…

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Feb 5, 2022 • Subscribe

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