Anime, Film

The importance of timing; a review and thoughts on Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai.”

Thankfully, this week was much, much easier than last week; if only I could say the same about the next few weeks. It’s the holidays, which is good for a lot of a lot of lines of work, but in my line, it just means shorter deadlines.And that just sucks. I have Christmas Day and… Continue reading The importance of timing; a review and thoughts on Mamoru Hosoda’s “Mirai.”

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“Flavors of Youth” is bland, mediocre but may fill you up

I was finally able to watch Flavors of Youth, and it was...fine. It was far from the worst thing I’ve seen but I wasn’t particularly impressed. The film is a Japanese-Chinese co-production between CoMix Wave Films, Inc., which is responsible for the hit anime film Your Name, and Haoliners Animation League. I assumed that the… Continue reading “Flavors of Youth” is bland, mediocre but may fill you up

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Princess Mononoke: a tragic tale of revenge

Princess Mononoke is a tragic tale about a young prince named Ashitaka who finds himself embroiled in a bitter battle between humans and spirits. The film was directed by Hayao Miyazaki through Studio Ghibli in 1997. Forced to leave his people after being curse, Ashitaka travels west to find a cure from the Deer God.… Continue reading Princess Mononoke: a tragic tale of revenge