Archive for category Anime
Review: In This Corner of the World
There is something surreal about the use of watercolours in animation. In This Corner of the World is a beautiful example of how they can bring a heart-wrenching story to life using soft edges and gentle colours. Following the life of a young Japanese woman from Hiroshima, In This Corner of the World captures the […]
Review: Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
Posted by H. J. Stephens in Anime, Films, Japan, Reviews on November 4, 2017
In my experience, Japanese animation rarely features simplicity as one of its main assets. Japanese animation is traditionally complex, detailed, and at times, very dark in it’s subthemes. Nobuyuki Takeuchi and Genki Kawamura’s most recent film, ‘Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?’ challenges these norms, and does so magnificently. Based […]
Review: Oz Comic-Con 2017 – Perth
Posted by H. J. Stephens in Anime, Conventions, Events, Pop Culture, Reviews on March 29, 2017
It’s ten-to-one in the morning and someone has run out of blue thread. Across the city, several people have yet to figure out how to get their individual armour pieces to attach together – much less stay on their arms and legs, several needles are stuck in their respective sewing machines, and multiple computers are […]
Review: Madman Anime Festival – Perth
Posted by H. J. Stephens in Anime, Conventions, Events, Pop Culture, Reviews on March 6, 2017
The Madman Anime Festival is a convention that Perth has been pleading for a long, long time. Traditionally only visiting Melbourne and Brisbane, 2017 was the event’s first time coming over to the Western side of Australia. As it has been so deeply anticipated, it had a lot to live up to. I’m afraid that […]
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