A lovelorn maintenance man finds himself alone on the moon after his team evacuate without him in Zhang Chiyu’s sci-fi comedy.
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Review: Moon Man (2022)
Moon Man 独行月球 China, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 120 mins. Director: Zhang Chiyu 张吃鱼. Rating: 6/10. Beijing troupe Ma Hua FunAge goes full-on sci-fi with a man stranded on…
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The Moon (月, Yuya Ishii, 2023)
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Ip Man: The Awakening (叶问宗师觉醒, Zhang Zhulin & Li Xijie, 2022)
Newly arrived in Hong Kong young Ip Man finds himself squaring off against a vicious human trafficking ring in Zhang Zhulin & Li Xijie’s action drama.
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.
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Sunshine of My Life (一路瞳行, Judy Chu, 2022)
A young woman comes to a better understanding of her family and her relationship with it after a series of crises some more serious than others in Judy…
Tsukimi (月見), The Season of Moon Viewing, Has Begun
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Total Trust (Zhang Jialing, 2023)
Zhang Jialing’s documentary explores the implications of the oppressive surveillance state of the modern China.
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The Moon Thieves (盜月者, Steve Yuen Kim-Wai, 2024)
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Boonie Bears: Back to Earth (熊出没·重返地球, Lin Huida, 2022)
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Chapter 24 - Gedou-Man, not Ghetto Man (6/13/2022)
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Review: Man on the Edge (2022)
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Comic Yuri Hime November 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年11月号)
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Comic Yuri Hime March 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年3月号)
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Comic Yuri Hime June 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年6月号)
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Comic Yuri Hime August 2022 (コミック百合姫2022年8月号)
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Episode 10) – My Moon My Man
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ON STAGE (登場, Zhang Yaoyuan, 2021)
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Increasing Echo (修行, Chienn Hsiang, 2021)
Marriage is a curse from which there is no cure in Chienn Hsiang’s horror-inflected pandemic-era social drama
Manga review, Halloween 2022 edition: Chainsaw Man
Winner of Shōgakukan and Harvey awards, highest-ranking manga in our 2020 and 2021 best-comics-of-the-year lists… But does it live up to the hype? Chainsaw Man (チェンソーマン Chensō man)…
Redemption with Life (兄弟, Zhang Wei, 2023)
A young man with old-fashioned values is slowly consumed by the contradictions of the modern China in Zhang Wei’s indie drama.
After the Rain (两个星球, Fan Jian, 2021)
Fan Jian’s empathetic documentary follows two families who opted to undergo IVF treatment to have a second child after losing daughters in the 2008 earthquake
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The Moon Maiden and the Man Named Nasa – Tonikawa Spoiler Review
Slice of Life edging towards Slice of Nothing hits a little different when its intentional, doesn’t it? Shows like Tonikawa (short for “Tonikaku Kawaii”, which translates to something…
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Shiroi Suna no Aquatope – Episode 9 – Chiyu, the Condescending Trainee
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Chapter 5 - A "Mushroom" Shaped Man (1/31/2022)
This week, the boys discuss a steamy soap opera, an unfortunately-shaped man, and the return of Ayakashi Triangle.This week's manga Show-and-Tell was 純愛契約〜月100万で飼われた妻〜 (Junai Keiyaku ~Tsuki hyaku man…
The Wandering Earth II (流浪地球2, Frant Gwo, 2023)
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A policeman discovers unwelcome truths while investigating links between his adopted father and a shady businessman in Zhang Yimou’s neon-lit thriller.