Review: Fireworks
SHAFT’s most accessible “mainstream” work yet
By David Estrella
- Review
- anime
- Akiyuki Shinbo
- Fireworks
- GKids
- Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- SHAFT
- Shunji Iwai
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Review: Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms
Mari Okada’s directorial debut successfully merges high fantasy with a multigenerational family drama
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Bamboo
- Kazuki Higashiji
- Maquia
- Mari Okada
- P.A. Works
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Review: Goodnight Punpun
And Good Morning Depression
By John Smith
- Review
- manga
- Goodnight Punpun
- Inio Asano
- Viz
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Review: Violet Evergarden
The quiet heart beats loudest when encouraged
By Phillip
- Review
- anime
- Kyoto Animation
- Netflix
- Taichi Ishidate
- Violet Evergarden
- Winter 2018 Anime
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Review: Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Ghibli Minus Ghibli
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Akihiko Yamashita
- GKids
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Mary and the Witch’s Flower
- Mary Stewart
- Shinji Hashimoto
- Shinya Ohira
- Studio Ghibli
- Studio Ponoc
- Tomotaka Kubo
- Yoshiaki Nishimura
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Secret Santa Review: Space Adventure Cobra – The Movie
The 1982 classic is still one of the best-looking anime ever made
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Akio Sugino
- Buichi Terasawa
- Osamu Dezaki
- Shichiro Kobayashi
- Space Adventure Cobra
- Tokyo Movie Shinsha
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Review: Re:Creators
Transported from another world
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Ei Aoki
- Re:CREATORS
- Rei Hiroe
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Review: Lost Memories Dot Net
A short, sweet time capsule of online fandom
By Evan Minto
- Review
- video games
- Lost Memories Dot Net
- Nina Freeman
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Review: Blame!
The Killy Time
By Ink
- Review
- anime
- Blame
- Hiroyuki Seshita
- Netflix
- Polygon Pictures
- Tsutomu Nihei
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Review: In This Corner of the World
A condemnation of war and a breathtaking affirmation of life.
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- Animatsu
- Fumiyo Kouno
- FUNimation
- Genco
- Hidenori Matsubara
- In This Corner of the World
- Mappa
- Masao Maruyama
- Sunao Katabuchi
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Review: NieR: Automata
Rise of the Robots
By David Estrella
- Review
- video games
- Nier
- Square Enix
- Yoko Taro
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Review: Your Name (Kimi no Na wa)
Makoto Shinkai's ode to a generation is beautiful, if a bit overambitious.
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- CoMix Wave Films
- Makoto Shinkai
- Your Name
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Review: Kizumonogatari Part 3: Reiketsu-hen
Scarred for Life
By David Estrella
- Review
- anime
- Kizumonogatari
- Nisioisin
- SHAFT
- Tatsuya Oishi
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Review: Ghost in the Shell (2017)
I watched it so you don't have to.
By Evan Minto
- Review
- anime
- movies
- Ghost in the Shell
- Masamune Shirow
- Paramount
- Rupert Sanders
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Review: A Big Mess 2
The miserably endearing life of "MessyOL Tokyo."
By Evan Minto
- Review
- manga
- A Big Mess
- indie manga
- MessyOL Tokyo
- Taco Che
