“With his low-key dramedy, one will laugh, one will tear up, but above all, one will come to understand that matters of romance always require a leap of faith.”
Category: Comedy
Wotakoi: love is hard for Otaku (2020) review [Fantasia 2020]
Fukada offers plenty of comical moments, a myriad of pleasing musical sequences, and endearing romantic segments but fails to deliver the emotional powerful moment the narrative needed.
Hentai Kamen: Abnormal Crisis (2016) review [Fantasia 2020]
“Despite offering plenty of fun moments and tons of silliness, the sequel fails to truly surprise and explore the thematic riddle of the structural role perversion plays in human subjectivity in a truly meaningful way.”
Milocrorze: A Love Story (2011) review [Fantasia 2020]
“What makes Milocrorze: A Love Story truly wonderful is that Ishibashi, beyond offering a highly absurd narrative and rich visual ride, also delivers an exquisite commentary on the imaginary dimension in subjective functioning.”
Project Dreams – How to Build Mazinger Z’s Hangar (2020) review [Fantasia 2020]
“A more daring approach could have made ‘Project Dreams’ into an even more powerful celebration of technology and the inspiring power of anime.”
Extro (2020) [Nippon Connection online]
“A loving ode to filmmaking that underscores that without extras, there would be no stars to shine.”
Short Movie Review: One Cut of The Dead mission: Remote (2020)
“A fun, uplifting, and heartwarming narrative that successfully plays with the limitation of social distancing.”
Mrs Noisy (2019) review [CinemAsia Film Festival]
“With her narrative, Amano successfully urges the spectator to be more considerate of someone else’s subjective position.”
First Love (2019) Review
“Takashi Miike’s latest beautifully underlines that the only kind of violence worthy of humanity is a violence born out of love.”
Little Miss Period (2019) Review
“An emotionally rich experience of what it means to experience the period or a flaring sexual drive.”
Fly Me To The Saitama (2019) Review
“We duly recommend this high-school boys-love romance adventure to any Japanese cinema lover.”
Samurai Shifters (2019) review [Japannual 2019]
“While it does not offer anything new to the jidai-geki genre, it still is a pleasing narrative that touches upon less well-known aspects of Edo-society.”
One Piece: Stampede (2019) review.
“A pure unadulterated mix of quirky comedy and crazy swashbuckling action”.
My Sweet Grappa Remedies (2019) [Japannual 2019)
“A peaceful and serene exploration of female subjectivity.”
My Father, The bride (2019) review [Japannual 2019]
“A truly pleasant cinematographical narrative that succeeds, notwithstanding its lightheartedness, in formulating a truly relevant message.”
