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Scarlet: Mamoru Hosoda’s Hamlet-inspired anime set to divide viewers
Fans of Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda’s earlier works are likely to appreciate this animated fable, but others may find it a bit of a trial.
5 Sep 2025 - 10:32AM
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Dream Animals: The Movie – biscuit-inspired Japanese animation is great fun
9 Jul 2025 - 5:45PM
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Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon – sci-fi anime film is for diehard fans only
13 May 2025 - 6:15PM
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Look Back is a nostalgic Japanese film about manga and friendship
Fujino (voiced by Yuumi Kawai) is a schoolgirl who has built a fan base for her comic strip and who becomes jealous of another girl (Mizuki Yoshida) who is also a popular artist. Then they team up.
28 Aug 2024 - 11:26AM
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‘For people like us’: Japan anime studio hires autistic artists
Shake Hands aims to help people with autism, who usually struggle to cope in Japan’s stressful work environment.
23 Aug 2024 - 2:10PM
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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Part 2 – chaotic finish
The end of humanity and an alien invasion vie for attention with the escapades of a group of young women in part two of a story that stumbles in its efforts to fully realise the potential promised in part one.
24 Jul 2024 - 11:15AM
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Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Part 1: great sci-fi soap opera
Japanese anime Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Part 1 mixes the dramas of a group of teenagers and an alien invasion of Tokyo to great effect, leaving us eagerly awaiting Part 2.
10 Jul 2024 - 5:20PM
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The Imaginary: Japanese animated fantasy lacks imagination
Netflix anime The Imaginary follows an imaginary friend (voiced by Kokoro Terada) trying to get back to his human companion Amanda (Rio Suzuki) in a story that is heavily inspired by the films of Studio Ghibli.
21 Jun 2024 - 11:36AM
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Ultraman: Rising – English-language reimagining of superhero is great fun
A baseball star who returns to Japan and inherits the superman role adopts a baby monster in Ultraman fan Shannon Tindle’s playful debut feature film.
8 Jun 2024 - 12:51AM
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My Oni Girl: Japanese anime on Netflix is frustratingly familiar
Tomotaka Shibayama’s animated fantasy My Oni Girl on Netflix looks good but feels pedestrian and predictable, and sadly lacks the spark and inventiveness of a Studio Ghibli film.
19 May 2024 - 5:15PM
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‘Overwhelmed by sadness’: fans mourn Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama’s death
Akira Toriyama died at the age of 68 because of a blood clot on the brain, a statement posted to the official Dragon Ball account on X, said.
28 Oct 2024 - 12:35PM
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The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe – anime series’ violent, deep prequel
The movie prequel to the popular Japanese anime series, The Birth of Kitaro: Mystery of GeGeGe is extremely violent and dark, but is a profound and rewarding watch for more mature viewers.
6 Mar 2024 - 4:15PM
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Maboroshi: annoying adolescent angst in Netflix’s Japanese fantasy anime
Written and directed by prolific manga artist Mari Okada, Netflix’s Maboroshi is a Japanese fantasy anime in which an environmental disaster traps a small-town community in a bizarre time freeze.
24 Jan 2024 - 7:45PM
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The Boy and the Heron: Hayao Miyazaki goes out on a high
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest and possibly last anime is about a boy searching for his mother in wartime Japan. He moves to a farm, where he meets a goblin that looks like a heron and tells him his mother is still alive.
11 Oct 2023 - 11:15AM
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Blue Giant: Hiromi Uehara’s dazzling jazz the star of Japanese anime
Directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa and starring Yuki Yamada, Japanese anime Blue Giant will delight viewers with its absorbing story and superb soundtrack from jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara.
12 Aug 2023 - 1:15PM
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Suzume: Makoto Shinkai’s beguiling coming-of-age fantasy
In competition at the Berlin International Film Festival, Suzume is an extraordinary achievement. Smart, sassy and weaving fantasy elements into a contemporary story, it is inspired by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:11PM
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The First Slam Dunk: 5-star basketball drama is an instant classic
The latest addition to Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk manga series, The First Slam Dunk intersperses some of the best animated basketball scenes of all time with compelling character drama.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:10PM
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The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes: Japanese teen romance anime
Two melancholy teens find a magical tunnel that transports them to the past, and they begin to forge a romance, in Tomohisa Taguchi’s beautifully realised film.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:10PM
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Laid-Back Camp the Movie: anime celebration of the Japanese countryside
This uneventful but intensely soothing movie is a follow-up to a hit Japanese anime series, and follows a group of young women as they camp in Japan’s breathtaking countryside.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:11PM
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Jujutsu Kaisen 0: teen angst and horror in Japan’s animated blockbuster
A feature-length prequel to the hugely successful Jujutsu Kaisen anime series, Jujutsu Kaisen 0 follows a young bullied teenager trying to master a monstrous curse that has hold of him.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:11PM
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Bubble: Japanese anime on Netflix is shamelessly derivative
Netflix’s Bubble is a Japanese animated feature by Attack on Titan’s Tetsuro Araki – but this cyberpunk retelling of The Little Mermaid has been related in better ways before.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:09PM
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Child of Kamiari Month: guilt and grief in sombre Netflix anime
Netflix’s Japanese anime Child of Kamiari Month examines the lingering impact of grief as it follows a 12-year-old who discovers that her deceased mother’s godly duties have fallen to her.
8 Jun 2023 - 1:11PM
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