James Brusuelas's Recent Posts
Review: ‘Weathering with You’ - Finding That Place Where You Belong
Makoto Shinkai’s latest is an aesthetically pleasing animated tapestry with characters and relationships that are funny, dramatic and real.
Automated Anime and VR at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018
Exhibition hall highlights included algorithms driving increased 2D character animation production speed and more immersive virtual reality experiences.
Review: ‘Fireworks’
A magical story about adolescent love triangles, problems at home, stupid teenage boys and desires to break free and be something or someone else.
Review: ‘Lu Over the Wall’
Masaaki Yuasa’s beautifully animated Japanese tale of how a once-thought dangerous mermaid helps both a young man and an entire town discover new paths in life through honest communication.
Review: ‘Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge’
Review: ‘The Case of Hana and Alice’
The animated prequel to Shunji Iwai’s 2004 live action film shows us the imperfect origin to a great friendship.
Review: ‘Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet’ Opens Annecy 2015
The new animated feature written and directed by ‘The Lion King’s Roger Allers, which includes work from nine of the biggest names in animation, wows the opening night audience at the 2015 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Birdy The Mighty: Decode Season 1
Teenage boy meets scantily clad alien girl reluctantly out to save humanity. Great action and prepubescent hijinks ensue.
Evangelion 2.0 Screening Schedule
Here is a list dates and places on which you can see Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance on the big screen.
Viz Cinema to screen Evangelion 1.0 and 2.0
These new feature films are mesmerizing. Bioengineered, monstrous mecha units plus the drama of human fallacy and intrigue equals great anime!
Notes from under the Otaku
Viz Releases Manga Series Itsuwaribito
Whether we like it or not, lying and deception are part of the heroic tradition. Enter Utsuho. A troublemaker at heart, he’s intent on using his wicked ways for good.
Eden of the East
Arguably one of the best anime of the 21st century thus far, Eden of the East spirals like a good William Gibson novel.
VIZ Adds Japanese Sci-Fi Titles
It’s no secret that VIZ’s catalogue is diverse, and truly has something for everyone. Well, continuing along those lines, the release of The Ouroboros Wave and Dragon Sword and Wind Child has just been announced.
FUNimation Premieres Four New Shows
FUNimation Channel, the only 24/7 HD Anime Network, has added four more series to its line up: Oh! Edo Rocket, Corpse Princess, Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings, and Spice and Wolf.