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Shorts

Artful Trilogy: Studio Ponoc’s ‘Modest Heroes’

Charles Solomon - January 4, 2019

***This article originally appeared in the February ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 287)*** Studio Ponoc received critical praise and a Japan Academy Prize nomination...

Anime

A Space-Age Saga Returns in ‘Zillion: The Complete Series’

Charles Solomon - January 2, 2019

Zillion: The Complete Series + OVA Funimation: $64.98 9 discs, DVD and Blu-ray Only five episodes of the sci-fi adventure Zillion (1987) were dubbed into English and...

Features

‘Never-Ending Man’ Paints an Insightful Picture of Hayao Miyazaki

Charles Solomon - December 14, 2018

***This article originally appeared in the January ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 286)*** Kaku Arakawa’s Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki, which will play in 500...

Features

‘Mirai’: Adventures in Time Travel with Mamoru Hosoda

Charles Solomon - November 13, 2018

***This article originally appeared in the December ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 285)*** In the 12 years since the debut of his first personal...

Features

Shinbo’s ‘Fireworks’ Lights Up U.S. Theaters This Week

Charles Solomon - July 6, 2018

Producer Genki Kawamura discusses the making of this time-bending animated feature. By Charles Solomon At a time when American filmmakers have attempted to remake anime properties...

Home Entertainment

‘My Hero Academia’ Now Enrolling Young Superheroes!

Charles Solomon - July 4, 2018

***This review originally appeared in the June/July ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine*** My Hero Academia: Season Two, Part One Funimation $84.98; 4 discs DVD and Blu-ray; Deluxe edition...

Television

FLCL: The Return of the Alien

Charles Solomon - June 11, 2018

Director Kazuto Arai delivers two new seasons of the intriguing and colorful FLCL anime series, which debuts on Adult Swim this month. An outré mixture...

Anime

Digimon Adventure tri.: Digital Pets for the Big Screen

Charles Solomon - February 11, 2018

Digimon Adventure tri. director Keitaro Motonaga discusses his epic six-feature undertaking. Created in 1997, the heyday of the Tamagotchi digital pets (which were animated that...

Features

The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales: Fantastic Fables from France

Charles Solomon - January 1, 2018

Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert’s hand-drawn feature The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales offers plenty of visual delights and slapstick humor. Five years ago,...

Features

Meet the Big Bad Fox and Other Tales

Charles Solomon - December 17, 2017

Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert's hand-drawn feature The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales offers plenty of visual delights and slapstick humor. Five years ago,...

Festivals & Events

‘Dear Basketball’: An All-Star Team-Up

Charles Solomon - October 22, 2017

NBA legend Kobe Bryant taps animation icon Glen Keane to animate him for the short Dear Basketball, which turned out to be an eye-opening...

Features

‘In This Corner of the World’ Could Be Strong Oscar Contender

Charles Solomon - August 13, 2017

Sunao Katabuchi focuses on the ordinariness of one Japanese couple's lives as the specter of war looms in the award-winning In This Corner of...

Anime

30 Years, 30 Great Anime Titles

Charles Solomon - June 19, 2017

Japan’s animation output is prolific and essential, full of a world’s worth of the most diverse and noteworthy movies and TV shows anywhere on...

Features

Dreams, Made Real

Charles Solomon - November 13, 2016

The chance to work with Studio Ghibli lured acclaimed short-film maker Michael Dudok De Wit into the feature world, resulting the dialog-free majesty of...

Anime

A Satisfying Return

Charles Solomon - November 15, 2015

After 17 years away, Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ delivers big time fun for fans of the long-running anime series. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ (Funimation:...

Anime

Full Genre Mash-Up

Charles Solomon - October 12, 2015

Full Metal Panic blends familiar tropes with new twists and wildly shifts moods over three engaging seasons. Full Metal Panic!: The Complete Series (FUNimation: $54.98,...

Anime

The Anime Income Gap

Charles Solomon - December 21, 2014

While American animation heroes are above money problems, Japan’s struggle to scrape by in modern economy. In Frozen, Anna and Elsa lived in palaces; Gru...

Anime

Review: ‘Hal – The Movie’

Charles Solomon - September 29, 2014

Hal - The Movie Funimation: $29.98, DVD/Blu-ray combo pack The popular new mini-feature Hal plays like cross between the live-action film Her and a three-hanky weeper...

Anime

Reviews: ‘Bleach’ Double Feature, ‘Majestic Prince’

Charles Solomon - September 2, 2014

Bleach Movies: Double Feature VIZ: $14.98, 2 discs, DVD Although he's the one of the most popular anime heroes in the world, Bleach's Ichigo Kurosaki has...

Anime

Red Data Girl: Complete Series

Charles Solomon - August 13, 2014

Red Data Girl: Complete Series Funimation: $54.98, 2 discs Red Data Girl (2013) infuses the popular "magical girl" genre with elements of traditional Shinto religion. Izumiko...

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