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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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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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The Childe (귀공자, Park Hoon-jung, 2023) [Fantasia 2023]

A boxer finds himself in a precarious position after travelling to Korea in search of the father who abandoned him in Park Hoon-jung’s bloody thriller.

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Aug 19, 2023 • Subscribe

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Mother Land (엄마의 땅: 그리샤와 숲의 주인, Park Jae-beom, 2022) [Fantasia 2023]

A little girl becomes the spiritual defender of her traditional culture in her quest to cure her mother’s mysterious illness in Park Jae-beom’s stop motion fairytale.

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Aug 16, 2023 • Subscribe

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The Boys (소년들, Chung Ji-young, 2022)

A “mad dog” policeman uncovers a miscarriage of justice but finds that his faith in his institution may have been misplaced in Chung Ji-young’s pressing judicial drama.

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Oct 19, 2023 • 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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A Distant Place (정말 먼 곳, Park Kun-young, 2020)

A man on the run from himself finds his attempt to live quietly in the mountains disrupted by the resurfacing of his estranged sister in Park Kun-young’s LGBTQ+…

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May 23, 2022 • Subscribe

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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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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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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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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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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Jiseok (지석, Kim Young-jo, 2022)

Kim Young-jo’s poignant documentary pays tribute to a much missed figure while pointing fingers at the iniquities of the Park Guen-hye era.

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Mar 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Episode 59 – The Phantom Fifth Man

We are back on the manga and we have plenty to cover. We go through chapters 452-456. We lost track of the references after a while. Download here…

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Aug 19, 2013 • 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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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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Special Delivery (특송, Park Dae-min, 2022)

A jaded delivery driver’s finely tuned existence is upended when she’s forced on the run with the young son of a wanted man in Park Dae-min’s high octane…

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May 7, 2022 • Subscribe

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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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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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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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…

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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…

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Aug 9, 2022 • Subscribe

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Food Wars: The Fifth Plate Season Start

Will the anime end differently than the manga?

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Apr 30, 2020 • Subscribe

Fantasia 2010

Tuesday, Fantasia announced the highlights of its programming and posted all the details on its website . The 14th edition of the Fant...

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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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Episode 77 - The Park

This was an episode that we planned to do a while back, but terrible sound quality caused it to never be released. Now that we have time to…

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Apr 20, 2011 • 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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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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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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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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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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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Episode 8) – The Fifth Laboratory

Edward and Alphonse investigate the mysterious fifth laboratory and are attacked by a couple of guards in suits of armour. Just what is this place and what are…

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Mar 10, 2022 • Subscribe

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Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심, Park Chan-wook, 2022)

Love is a perpetual haunting for a insomniac detective in Park Chan-wook’s achingly romantic noir.

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Oct 21, 2022 • Subscribe

I Haven’t Done Anything (좋.댓.구, Park Sang-min, 2022)

A former child star makes a bid for YouTube success in Park Sang-min’s hilariously ironic meta dramedy.

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Nov 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Tokyo 24th Ward – 02 – Fifth Wheel

Shuuta, Ran, Kouki, Mari, and Asumi have been friends since they were little, but in a flashback to those halcyon days, we see that even then Mari was…

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Jan 13, 2022 • Subscribe

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Emblemcon 2024: A Radiant Fifth Year

Once again the famous online convention dedicated to all things Fire Emblem has come and gone and naturally I was in attendance even during a trip to an…

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Fifth Impact: What Is Studio GAINAX?

“In the Yonago dialect of Tottori, the word ‘Gaina’ means ‘big’.  …Both Akai [Takami] and Yamaga [Hiroyuki] knew about this gaina word, and… they each inde…

The History of Gainax

Oct 24, 2014 • Subscribe

My Fifth Novel is Almost Here!

My Fifth Novel is Almost Here: Here's a cover reveal for my fifth novel, Evolution's Hand Book 5: Split Infinities!

Crow's World of Anime

Jan 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Forever “Young”

So, how DO you like your perversions? I mean, this caliber of conversation does not come up at the dinner table and it would be difficult to try…

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Oct 6, 2022 • Subscribe

In Our Prime (이상한 나라의 수학자, Park Dong-hun, 2022)

A student outcast bonds with an equally excluded genius from North Korea Park Dong-hun’s educational drama.

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Feb 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Amagi Brilliant Park: A Fantastically Flawed Theme Park

I think you guys know a lot my tastes in media from my posts, right? For instance, Full Metal Panic. For the past few years, Mecha March has…

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Sep 18, 2020 • Subscribe

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Review: THE YOUNG MASTER'S REVENGE

Shojo manga is full of bad relationships, but what happens when you combine that with one of shojo manga's fluffiest creators?  THE YOUNG MA...

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Feb 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Masamune-kun's Revenge

{Manga} The Young Master’s Revenge

The Young Master’s Revenge is a light hearted manga following Leo, the titular young master, and his revenge on his childhood “friend,” Tenma after returning to Japan years…

Routing Through Romance

Aug 21, 2020 • Subscribe

The Legend of the Young Warriors

The Legend of the Young Warriors TV Episode 105 TV Episode Summary: Tetsuro comments on their destination of Andromeda as coming…

A Fan's Guide to Galaxy Express 999

Mar 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Space Monster Wangmagwi (우주괴인 왕마귀, Gwon Hyeok-jin, 1967) [Fantasia 2022]

Shiny-suited aliens attempt to colonise the Earth by releasing an alien kaiju in this strangely comic Korean take on the monster movie.

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Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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