Review: The Boy and the Beast
Mamoru Hosoda is behind some of my favorite animated films: Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and even The ...
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Review: Seven Weeks (Nononanananoka)
Even though most people in the US know Nobuhiko Obayashi for his 1977 cult classic House (Hausu), he’s remained a prolific filmmaker in ...
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Non-Review: The World of Kanako
I haven’t hated a movie in a very long time. It’s happened (oh it has happened), but it takes a certain special something ...
Nobuhiko Obayashi: The Strange, the Sweet, and the Childlike
The largest retrospective of Nobuhiko Obayashi’s work in the United States kicks off tonight at The Japan Society with a screening of House ...
Japan Society: Nobuhiko Obayashi retrospective with the director in person starts November 20th
Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu (House) is a favorite here at Flixist. (Alec did a great Cult Club piece on it a few years back.) ...
Japanese trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens features new footage
The final domestic trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens isn’t the last trailer for the movie. A Japanese trailer for the film ...
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Review: Attack on Titan
Much like how you’ll see films based on comics like Marvel’s Avengers or DC’s Dark Knight Trilogy, manga comics get a huge following ...
New Japanese Godzilla movie in the works from Toho Studios
Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla got generally positive reviews and did good business at the box office, grossing $521.9 million worldwide. And yet the American ...
PSA: Mind Game and other STUDIO4℃ classics heading to Netflix next week
The Japanese animation company STUDIO4℃ recently announced that they’re going to be bringing an entire slew of animated movies and anime series to ...
Ghibli film Only Yesterday is getting a new English release on its 25th anniversary
You kids have it so easy with your anime these days– if there’s any show or movie you want to see, it’s already ...
Believe it, a live action Naruto adaptation is in the works
In an effort to make everything you’ve ever possibly loved into a movie, the searched has moved over to Japan and its ever ...
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Review: Dragonball Z: Resurrection ‘F’
Dragonball Z holds a special place in my heart. It was my first experience with more adult oriented action shows, and it changed ...