A light-hearted glance at the inner-workings of the anime-machine.
Tag: Tasuku Emoto
Shin Kamer Rider (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]
Anno delivers an action-hero experience that is both incredibly fun and emotionally touching.
The Midnight Maiden War (2022) review
“A visually exciting experience that shows that the only revolutionary thing that can give life its worth is desire that remains desire.”
It Feels so Good (2020) review [Japan Cuts 2020]
“This lingering sense of impossibility and nothing else is what makes the narrative a truly haunting experience.”
The Island of Cats (2019) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
“Probably this year’s best cat narrative.”
Dynamite Graffiti (2018) review [JFFH 2019]
(A narrative that movingly) reveals the productive as well as the destructive effects a certain fantasmatic solution to the enigma of female desire can have.