This month, for Christmas, David, Tora, & I are taking a look at the 1979 Sanrio stop-motion animated film “Nutcracker Fantasy”.
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Anime Explorations Podcast – Episode 2: Boogiepop & Others (2019)
This month, David, Tora, and I look at the 2019 adaptation of the successful adaptation of some of the Boogiepop light novels – Boogiepop & Others.
Anime Explorations Podcast – Episode #1: Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken
I’m podcasting again! I, along with David Stark (my frequent collaborator on the Greatest Science Fiction Film Tournament podcast, along with Blaine), have a new podcast, where we do a monthly book-club style discussion of an anime series. This month we’re taking a look at 2020’s Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!
Next month, we’re discussing Boogiepop and Others (currently available for streaming on Crunchyroll).
October Review: Werewolf By Night (2022)
Marvel’s first major steps onto the cinematic stage came with 1998’s Blade. 24 years later, the MCU is revisiting the era of horror comics that Blade came from, with the first major on-screen appearance of Jack Russell… the Werewolf By Night.
October Countdown: Body Bags (1993)
We have another anthology film, with a more modern take on the genre – following in the success of HBO’s Tales from the Crypt – and this one with some legends of horror cinema attached.
October Countdown: Tales from the Crypt (1972)
We’re starting our horror reviews for the month of October today, with an anthology film from Amicus, adapting a collection of short stories from various American horror comics, such as Tales of the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear.
Movie Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
This weekend has our first MCU Phase 4 theatrical installment that moves the actively moves the timeline forward, along with our first film with a predominantly Asian lead cast.
Kentaro Miura Passes Away At The Age of 54
Hakusensha’s editorial department and the writer’s official Twitter account have reported that Kentaro Miura, the writer and artist of the manga Berserk, has passed away at the age of 54 of an acute aortic dissection.
Berserk, which started in 1988 and was still ongoing as of Miura’s death has been adapted into several anime series, one in 1997 adapting the Golden Age Arc (which was followed by a trilogy of films adapting that arc), and a later series in the late 2010s picking up where the Golden Age Arc left off (which has run for 3 seasons).
Miura’s work had been credited as influencing various works, from video games like Dragon’s Dogma, Dark Souls, and Monster Hunter and the design of Cloud Strife’s Buster Swordin Final Fantasy VII, to various other anime and manga series like Demon Slayer and Vagabond, as well as the Netflix Castlevania animated series.
Marvel Releases Phase 4 Sizzle Reel
Marvel has put out a new sizzle reel promoting the film releases for phase 4, with updated release dates, including some new footage from The Eternals (from Academy Award-winning director Chloé Zhao).
Film Review: Mandy (2018)
I’m starting off our Halloween Countdown with the second film from the director of Beyond the Black Rainbow.