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

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

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Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

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What to Do With the Dead Kaiju? (大怪獣のあとしまつ, Satoshi Miki, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A fallen kaiju presents a new problem for the governing authorities in Satoshi Miki’s satirical comedy.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Adrift in Tokyo (転々, Satoshi Miki, 2007)

An aimless student finds himself wandering around Tokyo with a melancholy loanshark in Satoshi Miki’s bittersweet comedy.

Windows on Worlds

Dec 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist (Satoshi Kon, l’illusionniste, Pascal-Alex Vincent, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

Pascal-Alex Vincent paints an enigmatic picture of the late Perfect Blue director

Windows on Worlds

Aug 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Perfect Blue

Marriage of Convenience | More than just a convenience.

"Marriage of Convenience" is a captivating webtoon that follows Bianca, a countess granted a second chance in her younger body. Initially seen as cold and stubborn, she sets…

Otaku Central

Jan 10, 2024 • Subscribe

#130 - Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent | 2022 Halloween Special!

You're walking home on a dark night and your neck bristles. You adjust your eyes, peering down the street. You see it coming. It's on roller skates, carrying a golden…

Third Impact Anime Podcast

Oct 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Paranoia Agent

Review: NOODLE FIGHTER MIKI

Food manga and comedy should be a fine combination in theory, but this manga manages to turn it into an incredibly off-putting combo. NOODLE...

The Manga Test Drive

Nov 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Ramen Fighter Miki

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

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.

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Jul 26, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

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Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

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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.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 27, 2022 • Subscribe

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Fantasia Confirms Second Wave of Titles for 2022

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

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Jun 13, 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

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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.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Fantasia International Film Festival Confirms Complete 2022 Programme

Runs in Montreal July 14 to Aug. 3

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Jul 5, 2022 • Subscribe

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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

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My Broken Mariko (マイ・ブロークン・マリコ, Yuki Tanada, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

Devastated by the death of a friend, a young woman embarks on one last road trip in Yuki Tanada’s adaptation of the manga by Yuki Tanada.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 29, 2022 • Subscribe

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Kaikisen by Kon Satoshi

Right now, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art and the Japan Information & Culture Center are doing a “virtual film festival” of Satoshi Kon’s groundbreaking …

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OPUS by Kon Satoshi

I got my final schedule for the Chicago WorldCon and squeed a little bit when I found out that I made it on to the Satoshi Kon retrospective…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Aug 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Storyboarding Like Satoshi Kon

Plus: global animation news and a historic Oscar winner.

Animation Obsessive

Jul 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Dangerous Convenience Store by 945

So very gay. And, thus, in between all of these library picks, I decided I needed some smut. A quick search landed me a delightfully entertaining (but unfortunately…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Jul 25, 2021 • Subscribe

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

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

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

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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

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

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Review: Chili Laugh Story (2022)

Chili Laugh Story 阖家辣 Hong Kong, 2022, colour, 2.35:1, 91 mins. Director: Zheng Jinxuan 郑晋轩 [Coba Cheng]. Rating: 5/10. Hong Kong family comedy, set during lockdown, passes the…

Sino-Cinema 《神州电影》

Apr 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Third Impact Anime Episode # 123 – Satoshi Kon’s Paranoia Agent | 2022 Halloween Special!

You’re walking home on a dark night and your neck bristles. You adjust your eyes, peering down the street. You see it coming. It’s on roller skates, carrying…

Third Impact Anime

Nov 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Paranoia Agent

Review: Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

French director Pascal-Alex Vincent found himself with a difficult question. What more is there to say that hasn't already been said about a director whose work stands as…

Anime News Network - Views

Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers and Satoshi Kon

While it may not have the same strange atmosphere of his other acclaimed works, “Tokyo Godfathers” is still a fantastic film.

Animated Observations

Jul 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers

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.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 8, 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.

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Jul 17, 2022 • Subscribe

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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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Demon Convenience Store Volume 1 Review

Akari is a young girl about to attend university who moved back to her hometown to be with her grandpa, as her grandma Aki passed away. She’s assigned…

TheOASG

Aug 22, 2022 • Subscribe

World Apartment Horror by Kon Satoshi

World Apartment Horror was a weird one, and that’s saying a lot for Kon Satoshi-sensei. SPOILERS . . . . World Apartment Horror is an anthology of shorts,…

MangaKast – A PodCast of All Things Manga

Aug 14, 2022 • Subscribe

The Lost Projects of Satoshi Kon

Unmade animation, a video game and more.

Animation Obsessive

Aug 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers: Satoshi Kon’s Everlasting Gift

Explore Satoshi Kon's enigmatic classic, Tokyo Godfathers with themes of providence, redemption & Christmas miracles. #TokyoGodfathers

Anime Diet

Dec 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers

How Satoshi Kon Storyboarded 'Millennium Actress'

Ambition on a tight budget.

Animation Obsessive

Nov 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Millennium Actress

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

Girl from Phantasia

Tensuian Miki: A Solid Izakaya with Excellent Sake

Tensuian Miki (呑酔庵 味季) specializes in mizutaki and other cuisine using fresh, local chicken (including chicken sashimi). The nihonshu (Japanese sake) menu boasts a regularly updated, diverse, fasci…

Finding Fukuoka

Oct 31, 2013 • Subscribe

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

Our recommendations: Fantasia 2023

Any cinephile should watch these 5 Japanese movies at the Fantasia Film Festival.

psycho-cinematography

Jul 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

The Plan for Satoshi Kon's Final Film

Plus: global animation news.

Animation Obsessive

Aug 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Tokyo Godfathers: A Merry Satoshi Kon Christmas

Merry Christmas, everyone! I’m just so happy that everything lined up for me to be able to post about this movie this year. 2019 seems like a year…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Dec 25, 2019 • Subscribe

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