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Metropolis

Metropolis

Metropolis is an animated science fiction movie that was released in 2001, directed by a Japanese professional Rintarō and having a screenplay from Katsuhiro Otomo. This film is somewhat based on Osamu Tezuka’s manga published in 1949 which was influenced by the silent classical film from 1927 named the same as its title. It showcases …

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Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)

Ghost Cat Anzu (2024)

“Ghost Cat Anzu” is a French-Japanese animated film slated to be released in 2024 and is directed by Yōko Kuno and Nobuhiro Yamashita based on a manga by Takashi Imashiro named Bakeneko Anzu-chan. It recounts the life adventures of a girl named Karin who is eleven years old, and her ward, a ghost anthropomorphic cat …

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Assassins Pride

Assassins Pride

Taking a cue from Kei Amagi’s light novel series, Assassins Pride takes place in Flandore where scientists and doctors stashed humanity inside layers of glass domes to keep them safe from beasts known as lycanthropes who rule the outer world. The serviettes there is a class system with feudal houses, and racism exists, with the …

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Weathering with You

Weathering with You

It is a rather intriguing experience watching any films directed by Makoto Shinkai, and Weathering with You does not still come short of that. The narrative focuses on a teenage Hodaka who is introduced to a flood-ridden Tokyo, where he ran off to and then becomes enamored with a ‘sunshine girl’ named Hina, who is …

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The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises

Revolutionized by a graceful 73-year old presenter, Hayao Miyazaki states: ”Wind Rises” will be the author’s last nominated work. His isn’t the best answer. Since the emergence of his first international hit “Princess Mononoke” in 1997, the audiences have always rushed to watch his gorgeously created fantasy films, and the world that he has offered …

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Mirai

Mirai

I recently watched the Mirai flick. The movie was screening at the local film society. I particularly remember my wife complaining about some awful anime she watched on the Netflix which had to do with girls and ghosts. She appeared rather underwhelmed. So I went ahead and took her to watch a real nice anime, …

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Garden of Words

Garden of Words

“Garden of Words” is a 46 minute long film by Mako to Shinkai, he is also the director of the ‘5 Centimeters Per Second’. The protagonist of this story is a fifteen years boy named Akizuki Takao who wishes to become a shoemaker. It’s raining and he would rather be in a garden which has …

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Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue

Having said that, with this latest watching, I have already watched Perfect Blue twice and quite optimistically consider it a near-classic movie that should be watched by many more people. Yes. Perhaps I am personally attached to this film because I remember on a peculiar level the genious portrayal of Tibetan Mima, voiced here by …

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