Tag Archives: animation

I have been waiting for this for some time. Despite the great interconnectivity of the world today, it can still take ages for the film highlights of Asia to reach western cinemas. In This Corner of the World was released ...

Any list of most influential and greatest anime will inevitably feature one name above all others. Some have favourites that supersede it (indeed, I myself do) but no other film can claim as singular an impact on bringing Japanese animation ...

In 1999, comic book writer Jhonen Vasquez pitched his idea for a cartoon to Nickelodeon. That wacky little idea became Invader Zim, a series that began airing in 2001. The network had no idea what a gem Vasquez had produced for ...

My exposure to anime has been very limited up to now, something I am trying to correct. Back in high school, I had my first taste for it when my Year 9 teacher showed us Neon Genesis Evangelion. To this ...

It is here: the final film from Studio Ghibli prior to their hiatus in the wake studio founder Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement. Now on limited release in the UK, it has been a full year since the film reached the USA ...

Here we have a new version of The Jungle Book: part of an initiative from the House of Mouse to bring new renditions of their classic films to younger audiences. With the sad retirement of their traditional animation studio, Disney ...

In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of god hovering above? At least it is true… that man has no control even over his own will.   ...

If Anomalisa is not in my top 5 films of the year by the conclusion of 2016, it will have been a damn good year. Put together over three years by indie auteur Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine…) ...

I often wonder why The Emperor’s New Groove, originally released in December 2000, isn’t talked about more as one of the best Disney animation films of all time. Because it really is. No character is wasted, they all have distinct personalities ...

This film was a little too real for me. There were two pieces that struck a massive chord with me: 1) like Riley, I was also moved away from my home and friends and had to deal with all the ...