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My Broken Mariko (2022) [Fantasia Film Festival]

Tanada offers a compelling exploration of the emotional turmoil a female subject caused by the sudden death of someone important.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

My Broken Mariko

A manga about Tomoyo who is blindsided by the death of her friend Mariko and ends up stealing her ashes to fulfill their promise of taking a trip…

Manga Machinations

Sep 17, 2021 • Subscribe

Holiday Review: MY BROKEN MARIKO

There was another notable josei one-shot that came out late this year.  It's all about grief and loss.  In that sense, it feels like the per...

The Manga Test Drive

Dec 20, 2020 • Subscribe

Manga Review: My Broken Mariko

My Broken Mariko is an intense, single volume manga about Tomoyo Shiino after the death of her friend Mariko. This manga covers topics of abuse, depression, rape, and…

Beneath the Tangles

Dec 17, 2020 • Subscribe

My Broken Mariko Manga Review

Some topics can be very hard to discuss through normal means of conversation or even writing. It can be difficult to really capture the full meaning behind these…

Bloom Reviews

Nov 24, 2020 • Subscribe

S3E25 - My Broken Mariko, Rent-a-Girlfriend

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy dive into two very different kinds of relationship, although both with a large amount of grief and yelling -…

ScreenTone Club

Dec 8, 2020 • Subscribe

Rent-a-Girlfriend, A-Girl, Horimiya

323 – One Shot 33 – My Broken Mariko

Morgana is away this week so the boys take advantage by having a lengthy discussion about professional wrestling and why New Japan Academy is strange! For our main…

Manga Machinations

Nov 29, 2020 • Subscribe

My Broken Mariko, Guest Review by Laurent Lignon

Content Warning: This comic contains descriptions, implications and consequences of domestic and parental abuse, violence and rape. Hello there, this is Laurent, your Frenchman guest reviewer. I wi…

Okazu

Jan 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Sanju Mariko / Mariko at 80 by Ozawa Yuki

This morning a friend of mine texted because she thought I might be attending a lecture she was watching. It wasn’t me–just someone with the same name as…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Nov 3, 2021 • Subscribe

My Small Land (マイスモールランド, Emma Kawawada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A young woman’s life is destabilised when her father’s asylum claim is rejected in Emma Kawada’s empathetic debut feature.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Weekly Round-Up, 9-15 December 2020: My Broken Mariko, Eiko Hanamura Tribute, and Masculinity in FLCL

AniFem Round-Up Boys Run the Riot, Visual Kei, and Gender Euphoria Through Fashion Kazuma Hashimoto spotlights a new fashion manga with a trans protagonist and how the world…

Anime Feminist

Dec 16, 2020 • Subscribe

FLCL, Free! – Iwatobi Swim Club, Swimming

It's Broken, Broken, Broken

For some time, I've wondered why anime groups have taken to specifying exactly which video players they support for their releases. Some say...

Collectr's Blog

Feb 3, 2023 • Subscribe

Yawara!

Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Miki delivers a great psychological mystery narrative, yet it might not be for everyone.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Broken Commandment (破戒, Kazuo Maeda, 2022)

A young man wrestles with himself torn between breaking a promise to his father and speaking out against prejudice in Kazuo Maeda’s adaptation of the Toson Shimazaki novel.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Convenience Story (コンビニエンス・ストーリー, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A blocked writer finds himself stranded in an uncanny reality in Satoshi Miki’s surreal sci-fi adventure.

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Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Next Sohee (다음 소희, July Jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A policewoman investigating the suicide of a teenage girl uncovers a dark web of corporate exploitation in July Jung’s hard hitting drama.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Shin-Ultraman (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

Higuchi and Anno deliver an impressive love letter to their childhood, yet their devoted love, which is sensible in every aspect of the narrative, might not be able…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Seire (세이레, Park Kang, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A new father finds himself haunted by paternal anxiety and old transgressions in Park Kang’s eerie folk horror.

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Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Shari (シャリ, Nao Yoshigai, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A red monster roams the landscape smearing its blood wherever it goes in Nao Yoshigai’s surreal documentary hybrid.

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Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fast & Feel Love (เร็วโหด..เหมือนโกรธเธอ, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

An obsessive sports stacker is plunged into a delayed adulthood when his long term girlfriend suddenly leaves in Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit’s charming post-modern comedy.

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Aug 27, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Fish Tale (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very heart-warming and touching narrative that shows that a subject does not necessarily need to make use of the neurotic solution to inscribe himself within the societal…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2022 Programme

Runs in Montreal July 14 to Aug. 3

Windows on Worlds

Jul 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2022

Runs in Montreal, Canada, July 14 to Aug. 3.

Windows on Worlds

Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A small family contend with the persistent unfairness of the contemporary society in Yoon Seo-jin’s slow burn indie drama.

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Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical man makes peace with his father’s memory while driving his possibly haunted and very rundown Hyundai Stellar in Kwon Soo-kyung’s charmingly quirky road movie.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Monthly Manga – Sanju Mariko

Forewarning for some, this is going to be a bit heavier discussion that deals with death, but it is uplifting in the end. Many of my generation joke…

The Backloggers

Nov 15, 2020 • Subscribe

Yuki

Forty years ago, the famed "social realism" film director Imai Tadashi released his one and only anime movie, Yuki . It was based on a 1976 ...

Collectr's Blog

Dec 14, 2021 • Subscribe

Botchan, Glass Mask, Little Women, Yawara!, Ringing Bell

What To Do With Dead Kaiju (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

“An extremely well-structured genre-blend that does not only provides the laughs and giggles with its pleasant political satire, but also allows the spectator to immerge himself into the…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Winter 2022 First Impressions – Fantasia Sango: Realm of Legends

Streaming: Funimation Episodes: 12 Source: Taiwanese RPG Episode Summary: As a nation finds itself on the decline at on the cusp of war, the people find themselves vulnerable…

Season 1 Episode 1

Feb 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Next Door (옆집사람, Yeom Ji-ho, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

An aspiring policeman becomes embroiled in a kafkaesque series of events after waking up next to a dead body in next-door’s apartment in Yeom Ji-ho’s deliciously dark farce.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

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Five Films Not To Miss [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Let us present 5 Japanese films that should already be high on your to-watch list.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Golden Fantasia

detective fiction, 推理小説、games,

ボクの事件簿

Mar 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, When They Cry, Umineko: When They Cry, When the Seagulls Cry Specials

Fantasia 2010

Tuesday, Fantasia announced the highlights of its programming and posted all the details on its website . The 14th edition of the Fant...

Protoculture News & Updates

Jul 3, 2010 • Subscribe

Bleach, Naruto, King of Thorn, Metropolis, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror

Fantasia Unfolding

Where ancient beasts roam and chosen ones rise. A new realm opens with every page. Grimm Kumikyoku In a world where stories and myths are not just tales…

美咲の部屋

Nov 28, 2025 • Subscribe

The Grimm Variations, Girl from Phantasia

Id:Invaded #Brake-Broken

This manga is a continuation of the Id:Invaded anime that starts with the cast of the first season solving a new case through the use of id wells.…

Hexa Blog

Jul 26, 2023 • Subscribe

The Broken Anchor

Night of fire この気持ちに勝るものなんてないけど「Night of Fire」(Dream)   Night of fire!There is nothing that can overwhelm my feelings"Night of Fire" (Dream) Disclosure: I have translated novels by both Ayatsuji Yukito and Arisugawa Alice."Mystery…

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Dec 2, 2025 • Subscribe

The House

The Killer (더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이, Choi Jae-hoon, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical hitman stumbles on a dark conspiracy when the teenager he’s supposed to be babysitting is kidnapped in Choi Jae-hoon’s retro action thriller.

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Aug 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Fifth Thoracic Vertebra (다섯 번째 흉추, Park Sye-young, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A mouldy mattress gradually becomes sentient while traversing vistas of human loneliness in Park Sye-young’s experimental feature.

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Sep 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Fish Tale (さかなのこ, Shuichi Okita, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

The infinite enthusiasm of a fish obsessive gradually brightens the world around them in Shuichi Okita’s charming portrait of an eccentric.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

My Engagement Got Broken off (lol) Chapters 1-5 Review

An unnamed woman lost her parents when she was in junior high. Then she lost her grandparents 14 years ago when she was 24. But as she enters…

TheOASG

Dec 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Setsuna Yuki steals the show (and my heart) again

When nostalgia comes back to bite me in a very good way.

Shokamoka's Blog of Wonders

Nov 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Break Blade (Broken Blade)

*Note: This is a review of all six films.* Break Blade is a mecha anime, though unlike most it’s fantasy rather than sci-fi. It’s set in a world…

Hexa Blog

Jan 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Broken Blade, Broken Blade

Goodbye, Don Glees! (グッバイ、ドン・グリーズ！, Atsuko Ishizuka, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

Three teenage boys come to terms with past and future while on a climactic summer adventure in Atsuko Ishizuka’s heartfelt coming-of-age anime.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!, Girl from Phantasia

Space Monster Wangmagwi (우주괴인 왕마귀, Gwon Hyeok-jin, 1967) [Fantasia 2022]

Shiny-suited aliens attempt to colonise the Earth by releasing an alien kaiju in this strangely comic Korean take on the monster movie.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (마녀 2, Park Hoon-jung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A “perfect model” of transhumanism takes refuge in a remote farmhouse in Park’s sequel to The Witch: Part One. The subversion.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Entrepreneur Mariko Nishimura Bridges Tech and Culture

Mariko Nishimura wears many hats: programmer, marketer, media creator, businesswoman and entrepreneur. She makes them all look good, combining a high-energy, outgoing personality with a deep-seated curiosity about…

Savvy Tokyo

Oct 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Yuki Yuna is a Hero – I Fight for My Friends

One major question before starting this one. Is it possible to look at a series or a piece of media from more than what is on the cover?…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Nov 11, 2020 • Subscribe

Yuki (BD 720p)

This one's for you, DmonHiro. To prepare for encoding the 1080p version of Yuki , M74 made a "test" encode at 720p for review. It looked fin...

Collectr's Blog

Dec 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Senya Ichiya Monogatari, Ace wo Nerae!, Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, Mirai

The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, The Samurai

The Pass: Last Days Of The Samurai (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

A very engaging samurai narrative that does not only offer an intriguing glance at one of the most important crossroads of Japanese history, but also a melodramatic exploration…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, The Samurai