Scotland Loves Anime 2018 turned out to be my best ever year as a fan, and this was courtesy of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. When I watched it then I went on to read the manga and the original novel and waited for the date when this film gets released on home video …
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 …
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 …
Anna is a middle schooler with a passion for drawing who lives in the foster care system, has always been sickly and a highly featured social phobic. Soon after she is diagnosed having one of her worst asthma attacks ever, the foster care parents have her stay with one of their relatives who lives in …
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, …
“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 …
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 …
As I was preparing to watch the newly released 4K blu-ray of this classic, I thought it was high time to finally review it on this page particularly since it seems I will be reviewing the Matrix trilogy as the fourth film is released in a few weeks. Yes this first Ghost in the Shell …
Many people have approached me asking why I actually like this particular art form, anime. Is it the animation quality. The choreography. The fact they manage to come up with ideas that are rather rare in most western studios? Why then am I dancing? To be honest, those are some of the reasons. But there …
I have always kept an eye on short animated films. They help me in saving some time as I try to engage in this reviewing thing while having a job and other aspects of living. Somehow, I came across this little animated film, and to my surprise, it won an Oscar. This would be my …
