Tag Archives: Anime

Saturday Matinee: Kick-Heart

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Luther Blissett

Production I.G’s Kick-heart directed by Masaaki Yuasa. A love story between two people that each have a secret to hide. One a pro-wrestler, the other a Nun. Losing never felt so good. Watch the full film here.

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Saturday Matinee: Grave of the Fireflies

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Luther Blissett

Review by Roger Ebert In the waning days of World War II, American bombers drop napalm canisters on Japanese cities, creating fire storms. These bombs, longer than a tin can but about as big around, fall to earth trailing cloth … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Blade Runner Black Out 2022

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Luther Blissett

In 2022, an EMP detonation has caused a global blackout that has massive, destructive implications all over the world. Directed by Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo’s Shinichiro Watanabe, Blade Runner Black Out 2022 is a new animated short which serves … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Summer Wars

Posted on May 13, 2017 by Luther Blissett

“Summer Wars” (2009) is a sci-fi anime directed by Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) and animated by Madhouse studio. The film’s plot follows Kenji Koiso, an eleventh-grade math prodigy who, while visiting his friend Natsuki’s great-grandmother, is … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: A Letter to Momo

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Luther Blissett

“A Letter to Momo” (2011) is an animated supernatural comedy/drama written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura (Jin-Roh). The story focuses on adolescent Momo and her mother Ikuko who, after a death in the family, move to a rural island to … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Terror in Resonance

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Luther Blissett

“Terror in Resonance” is an 11 episode anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe (director of a number of cult anime titles such as Cowboy Bebop, Space Dandy and Samurai Champloo). This latest series (known in Japan as Terror in Tokyo) … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Casshern

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Luther Blissett

“Casshern” (2004) is a live-action adaptation of the anime of the same name written and directed by Kazuaki Kiriya. The story takes place during a period after a 50 year war in which a resistance movement regularly clashes with the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Matinee: Short Peace

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Luther Blissett

“Short Peace” (2013) is an anthology of diverse anime short films each from a different director including Hajime Katoki (Patlabor) and Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira). Possessions is an animist ghost story in which a lone traveler struggles against spirits haunting an … Continue reading →

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