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
Tag: Japan
Exit 8 (2025) – Review
I guess it’s time for us to recognise that a video game adaptation no longer has to mean watching filmmakers desperately trying to cram the
Castle In The Sky (1986) – Review
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
Porco Rosso (1992) – Review
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
Ringu 0 (2000) – Review
How vital are origin stories, really? If you’re a superhero I’d argue that they’re pretty damn important unless you’re understandably bored of seeing Uncle Ben
Ringu 2 (1999) – Review
The history of the original Ring franchise proves to be as strange and convoluted as thar of lank-haired, ghostly antagonist, Sadako herself. We’ve already what
Spiral (1998) – Review
Sequels tend to be fairly straightforward affairs, right? Follow up an earlier film with a continuing storyline that delivers all the things you liked about
Ringu (1998) – Review
Picture the scene. The horror genre is once again growing stale as the recent resurgence of slasher movies is already burning out. It’s obviously that
Redline (2009) – Review
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
Demon City (2025) – Review
Some plots are as immortal as gods, resurfacing time and time again to tell the same story so many times, you’d be forgiven for suffering
Urotsukidōji II: Legend Of The Demon Womb (1991) – Review
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
Steamboy (2004) – Review
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
Dogora (1964) – Review
For a little while there, I was getting a little worried. When casting an eye over the filmography of Ishirō Honda I was starting to
Golgo 13: The Professional (1983) – Review
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
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
Lensman (1984) – Review
Chances are, if you’re from an older generation, you’ve probably been affected (or infected as the case may be) by Anime long before you ever
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) – Review
Back in 1985 the Anime world introduced us to the derranged gumbo of influences that made up the utterly bonkers concept behind Vampire Hunter D.
Venus Wars (1989) – Review
The issue of style over substance is something that is just as highly subjective to an individual moviegoer as comedy, or what kind of horror
Vampire Hunter D (1985) – Review
Throughout the early 80s, Anime as we knew it was more directed at families, or animated series airing on television; but in 1985, one of
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) – Review
Healing can come from the strangest places, but all the legions of button bashing fanatics who walked away from the disastrous 1994 attempt to realise
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