Anime
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Earwig and the Witch review
Earwig and the Witch’s legacy is both a curse and blessing. The 82-minute feature film was directed by Gorô Miyazaki,…
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On-Gaku: Our Sound review
On-Gaku has long embodied the underdog spirit. After rejections from most of the major manga houses, Hiroyuki Ôhashi self-published Ongaku…
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Promare review
For devoted animation fans, Studio Trigger is undoubtedly one of medium’s dominant powerhouses. Founded by director Hiroyuki Imaishi, who broke…
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Millennium Actress review
2001’s Millennium Actress opens with shots of a determined female astronaut breaking free of Earth’s gravitational possession. Reminiscent of several…
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Sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day review
On the surface, Sound! Euphonium explores the myriad of tribulations faces during teenage life. The novel, manga, and anime center…
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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion review
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (affectionately known as DanMachi in Japan) success stems…
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Penguin Highway review
Quite a few films, live-action or animated, take a while to reach their eponymous highlight. That’s not the case with…
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Made in Abyss: Journey’s Dawn review
When works are adapted for other media, there’s always the risk that something will be lost in the process. Certainly,…
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Sailor Moon S: The Movie review
When Pioneer Entertainment Sailor Moon S: The Movie arrived stateside in 1999, it trailed the original theatrical Japanese release by…
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Liz and the Blue Bird review
Visual media habitually employs a big, broad approach when depicting relationships. All too often, social bonds are represented in a…
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