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My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Hayao Miyazaki, 1988)

A pair of sisters rejoice in the wonder of the natural world while befriending a fluffy forest creature in the charming Studio Ghibli family animation.

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Nov 2, 2022 • Subscribe

My Neighbor Totoro, Shigeru

The Blue Danube (きまじめ楽隊のぼんやり戦争, Akira Ikeda, 2021)

An earnest soldier begins to question everything he’s been told thanks to musical intervention and a curious young man in Akira Ikeda’s absurdist anti-war drama

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Mabataki (まばたき)

Mabataki (まばたき) is a collection of short stories by Battan, creator of Run Away With Me, Girl. This is another manga I picked up while in Japan (I…

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Feb 15, 2024 • Subscribe

The Light of Spring (ひかりのどけき, Fumito Fujikawa, 2022)

Pushed to breaking point by the pressures of the contemporary society amid the coronavirus pandemic, an ordinary family undergoes a trial separation in Fumito Fumikawa’s neorealist drama

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May 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Alone Again in Fukushima  ナオト、いまもひとりっきり Dir: Mayu Nakamura (2021) [Yamagata International Film Festival 2021]

Alone Again in Fukushima sees director Mayu Nakamura visit an interesting samaritan who remained behind to look after abandoned animals. Alone Again in Fukushima    ナオト、いまもひとりっきり Dir: Mayu Nakamura…

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Yamabuki (やまぶき, Juichiro Yamasaki, 2022)

The lives of a series of dejected souls in a moribund quarry town intersect in unexpected ways in a poetical drama from Juichiro Yamasaki

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Feb 7, 2023 • Subscribe

Kirara

傘の下、ふたり

Author & Artist: ぢゅん子 (Junko)Released March 2012 by Kaiohsha’s Gush ComicsGenre: Drama, Romance

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Dec 19, 2021 • Subscribe

My Name is Yours (君が世界のはじまり, Momoko Fukuda, 2020)

A collection of Osaka teens begin to find a sense of solidarity in the wake of a violent crime in Momoko Fukuda’s nostalgic teen drama

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Dead Angle (白昼の死角, Toru Murakawa, 1979)

A narcissistic conman takes ironic revenge on the post-war society in Toru Murakawa’s nihilistic crime drama.

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Feb 22, 2023 • Subscribe

Shigeru

Fire Festival (火まつり, Mitsuo Yanagimachi, 1985)

A proud mountain man goes to great lengths to hold back the tides of modernity in Mitsuo Yanagimachi’s poetic fable

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Dec 16, 2021 • Subscribe

となりのメタラーさん

Author & Artist: マミタ (Mamita)Released April 2020 by Tokuma Shoten Publishing’s Chara ComicsGenre: Romance, Drama

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Oct 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Nosari: Impermanent Eternity (のさりの島, Tatsuya Yamamoto, 2020)

An ore ore scammer’s cynical worldview is challenged when he finds temporary harbour with an elderly woman in Yamamoto’s touching indie drama

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Jun 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Aプロダクションの昔話 – 本多敏行インタビュー

The post Aプロダクションの昔話 – 本多敏行インタビュー appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.

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Get ’em All (「みな殺しの歌」より　拳銃よさらば, Eizo Sugawa, 1960)

A recently released young man is forced onto a nihilistic path of meaningless violence when his bank robber brother is killed in a hit and run in Eizo…

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Jan 27, 2023 • Subscribe

Like a Savage (野蛮人のように, Toru Kawashima, 1985)

A blocked writer is dragged into intrigue while searching for “adventure in the night” in Toru Kawashima zeitgeisty drama.

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Aug 20, 2023 • Subscribe

Immersion (忌怪島／きかいじま, Takashi Shimizu, 2023)

An attempt to recreate the “real” in the “virtual” causes a rupture between this world and another in Takashi Shimizu’s high tech horror.

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Dec 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Kirara

I Live in Fear (生きものの記録, Akira Kurosawa, 1955)

An elderly man’s nuclear paranoia threatens to tear his family apart in Kurosawa’s post-war social drama.

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Feb 4, 2023 • Subscribe

How to Japanese Podcast – S02E08 – Roomshare.jp and のり弁

Living with Japanese roommates in Tokyo was the highlight of my time in Japan. I found those roommates on the website Roomshare.jp, a great site that I introduce…

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Jun 20, 2021 • Subscribe

The Angry Street (怒りの街, Mikio Naruse, 1950)

A sociopathic student takes revenge on a changing society by seducing wealthy women in Mikio Naruse’s brooding noir.

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Oct 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Song of the Flower Basket (花籠の歌, Heinosuke Gosho, 1937)

The daughter of a tonkatsu shop finds herself with an overabundance of suitors in Heinosuke Gosho’s generally cheerful yet occasionally dark melodrama.

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Apr 30, 2023 • Subscribe

Izumo, Shigeru

Suizou Ga Kowaretara, Sukoshi Ikiyasuku Narimashita. (膵臓がこわれたら、少し生きやすくなりました。)

In her last book about her physical health, My Alcoholic Escape From Reality, Nagata Kabi-sensei explained the circumstances that landed her in the hospital with alcoholic pancreatitis. We…

Okazu

Jun 4, 2023 • Subscribe

『戦国魔神ゴーショーグン 時の異邦人（エトランゼ）』のあとがき

『戦国魔神ゴーショーグン 時の異邦人（エトランゼ）』のあとがき

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Jan 22, 2019 • Subscribe

Sengoku Majin Goushougun (Movie), Macron 1

The House of Hanging (病院坂の首縊りの家, Kon Ichikawa, 1979)

A legacy of familial trauma engulfs a once noble house in Kindaichi’s final and most complicated case

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May 5, 2021 • Subscribe

The House

Angel’s Egg (天使のたまご, Mamoru Oshii, 1985)

A solitary girl and a nihilistic soldier find themselves on opposite sides of an ideological divide in Mamoru Oshii’s surrealist animation.

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Oct 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Angel's Egg

A Song I Remember ひとつの歌 Dir: Kyoshi Sugita (2012)

A Song I Remember    ひとつの歌 「Hitotsu no Uta」 Release Date: October 13th, 2012 Duration: 102 mins. Director: Kyoshi Sugita Writer: Kyoshi Sugita (Script),  Starring: Takenori Kaneko, Yuri…

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Jan 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Hana Monogatari, Volume 2 (はなものがたり)

In Volume 1, we met Hanayo, a woman whose husband has passed away, leaving her both free to do whatever she wants and confused as to what that…

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Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Hana Monogatari, Volume 1 (はなものがたり)

Hana Monogatari, Volume 1 (はなものがたり) by shwinn, is one of my new favorite series ever. Hanayo’s husband has been dead for 49 days, so her mourning period is…

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Nov 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Hana Monogatari, Volume 3 (はなものがたり)

In Volume 1 we met Hanayo, an older woman, newly widowed and Yoshiko, a woman of similar age who opens Hanayo’s eyes to many things, including the pleasure…

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Mar 25, 2024 • Subscribe

Tsugaru Lacquer Girl (バカ塗りの娘, Keiko Tsuruoka, 2023)

A young woman finds herself frustrated by outdated gender norms in her desire to take over the family lacquerware business in Keiko Tsuruoka’s gentle rural drama

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Oct 6, 2023 • Subscribe

Spring In Between (はざまに生きる、春, Rika Katsu, 2023)

A struggling editor at a magazine gains a new perspective while falling in love with an autistic artist in Rika Katsu’s romantic drama.

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Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Kaito Ruby (1988)

A highly satisfying rom-com about phallic stupidity and desire’s subjective impact.

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May 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Those Who Cast a Curse Like the Headless / 首無の如き祟るもの

And so we arrive at the third book in the Genya Toujou series . The previous two books provided a wonderful blend of J-horror, murder myster...

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Oct 31, 2023 • Subscribe

アニメ業界のロックンロール – ウェブ系としてのりょーちもロングインタビュー

The post アニメ業界のロックンロール – ウェブ系としてのりょーちもロングインタビュー appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.

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Dec 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Chapter 20 - Break out the Ivermectin (5/16/2022)

We went a bit long on this one, but that's just because we were having too much fun.This week's show and tell is Kiseiju (寄生獣) AKA Parasyte by…

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May 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Undead Unluck

The Sound of Grass 草の響き Dir: Hisashi Saito (2021)

The Sound of Grass is a slow and solid showcase of the struggle of dealing with mental problems. Based on a story by Yasushi Sato. 草の響き Dir: Hisashi…

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Feb 14, 2022 • Subscribe