Spirited Away (2001).
Arguably Hayao Miyazaki’s greatest skill is the way he is able to make us yearn for a place we’ve never even been, such is the transportative nature of his work… Continue reading "Spirited Away (2001)."
Tag: Japanese Animation
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Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993).
Though the titular Labors are central to the franchise, you’d be forgiven for thinking otherwise after sitting down for the sequel to Mamoru Oshii’s feature film debut. Made to at… Continue reading "Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)."
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Patlabor: The Movie (1989).
Mamoru Oshii has produced genre work that continues to be analysed and discussed to this day, with a level of nuance and ambiguity that’s less narrative and more intellectual. His… Continue reading "Patlabor: The Movie (1989)."
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Violence Voyager (2019).
Nowhere else have I found sound design that’s made me so intensely uncomfortable as in Violence Voyager, and that’s the least of it. This nightmarish Japanese animated film has a… Continue reading "Violence Voyager (2019)."
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Angel’s Egg (1985).
Over thirty years ago director Mamoru Oshii and artist Yoshitaka Amano created a seventy-one minute short film with little plot, even less dialogue, and with such little broader appeal that… Continue reading "Angel’s Egg (1985)."
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Ninja Scroll (1993).
With his blood-soaked 1993 animated epic, Ninja Scroll, director Yoshiaki Kawajiri was disinterested in telling an historically accurate tale despite its setting in Feudal Japan, and cites inspiration from western… Continue reading "Ninja Scroll (1993)."
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Ghost in the Shell (1995).
When Major Kusanagi of Section Nine, an elite police division, looks long enough at us through the screen, we realise that she doesn’t blink. It’s one of many very deliberate… Continue reading "Ghost in the Shell (1995)."
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The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 23 – Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
It’s a packed office at Film ‘89 Towers for Episode 23 of The Film ‘89 Podcast as Skye, Steve and Neil are joined by Haydn all the way from Melbourne,… Continue reading "The Film ‘89 Podcast Episode 23 – Alita: Battle Angel (2019)."
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Akira (1988).
Japanese animation has had and continues to have an immense influence over western film and television, and there is a handful of works whose mark cannot be overstated. Akira celebrated… Continue reading "Akira (1988)."
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New Ghost in the Shell animated series details revealed.
Becoming increasingly relevant, the Ghost in the Shell franchise has proven its durability and will now bounce back after a much criticised 2017 live-action adaptation. Confirmed at San Diego Comic… Continue reading "New Ghost in the Shell animated series details revealed."