Anime – We Have Issues

Whisper Of The Heart (1995) – Review

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When it comes to Studio Ghibli – or its early days, at least – it’s always tempting to think of it as mainly a two-man

Pom Poko (1994) – Review

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Up until this point in Studio Ghibli history, you could count on three things – the first was that it was painfully clear that the

Only Yesterday (1991) – Review

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Just because your motion picture is made up of thousands upon thousands of individually hand-drawn pictures, it doesn’t mean you can’t be subtle with the

Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) – Review

May 12, 2026 greigzilla

By the end of the 80s, Studio Ghibli was cooking, creatively speaking, but was still finding it tough to get the appropriate amount of traction

Grave Of The Fireflies (1988) – Review

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In the realms of animated history, it’s become common knowledge that Pixar has an unerring ability to leech salty tears from from even the most

My Neighbour Totoro (1988) – Review

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While animated films are usually undefeated when it comes to delivering magical, impossible worlds, delivering magical, impossible worlds is just another weekday to the vibrant

Castle In The Sky (1986) – Review

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You’d think that when starting a brand new animation house, you’d want to come up with something as fiercely original as you possibly could to

Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind (1984) – Review

April 16, 2026 greigzilla

Everything has to start somewhere, and in the case of life-enriching animation house, Studio Ghibli, it began on the winds of a post apocalyptic future.

Porco Rosso (1992) – Review

April 5, 2026 greigzilla

If I’m being totally honest, I didn’t really appreciate the full spectrum of animation coming out of Japan, back in the younger years. While I

Redline (2009) – Review

June 22, 2025 greigzilla

The beauty of Anime is that you can present a world effortlessly more exagerated than the ones we usually see in live action. Any sense

Urotsukidōji II: Legend Of The Demon Womb (1991) – Review

February 23, 2025 greigzilla

Whether you like it or not, it’s time to skinny dip once again into the gnarlier end of the Anime pool where all sorts of

Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004) – Review

February 19, 2025 greigzilla

The Anime of Ghost In The Shell was always going to be a tough act to follow, but when it comes to the near-impenetrable world

Steamboy (2004) – Review

February 13, 2025 greigzilla

Back in 1988, anime director Katsuhiro Otomo established himself as one of the genre’s primary visualists thanks to the herculean accomplishment that was Akira, a

Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) – Review

January 26, 2025 greigzilla

While the natural state of an animated movie from Japan is to use it’s near limitless medium to concoct wild, fantasy worlds, or grim dystopian

Ghost In The Shell (1995) – Review

January 22, 2025 greigzilla

While Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner seemingly delivered the first and last word in rainy, dystopian futures where everyone is having an existential crisis about their