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Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom review – intriguing fantasy franchise is far from your average anime
Its Game of Thronesian intrigue, benevolent Skeletor protagonist and surprising lack of gratuitous violence se…
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My Hero Academia: You’re Next review – old-style superhero battle anime with hint of the surreal
The fourth film spin-off from the daffy Japanese X-Men knock-off beams its dream-like action into a flying for…
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Detective Conan: The Million-Dollar Pentagram review – cult anime goes on wild treasure hunt
The latest outing for the high school sleuth sees him join forces with his arch enemy, a master thief. Despite…
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Blue Lock the Movie: Episode Nagi review – football anime gets the battle royale-treatment
From Terminator-eyed strikers to flame-wreathed shots on goal, no bombast is too much in this feature-length e…
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Ultraman: Rising review – endearing kaiju animation battles the monster that is parenting
Appealing superhero film saddles a kaiju fighter with an orphaned infant, who brings challenges to test supern…
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Haikyuu!!: The Dumpster Battle review – huge anime hit goes deep into high school volleyball
Obsessively detailed clash between two rival high school teams has done massive box office in Japan, but it wo…
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Spy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
Popular manga characters receive their first film adaptation as they seek out a villainous colonel and an elus…
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Blue Giant review – electrifying animation captures the ecstasy of live music
A sublime score from Hiromi Uehara drives this coming-of-age-anime, which brings three young jazz musicians to…
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Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘final’ film The Boy and the Heron hits No 1 at North American box office
The Japanese director’s animation beats The Hunger Games prequel and Godzilla Minus One on its opening weekend…
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Ikebukuro accueille un musée dédié à l’animation japonaise
Le 31 octobre, la scène anime s’est enrichie d’un nouveau joyau avec l’ouverture d’Ani…
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time review – surreal visual brilliance
Hideaki Anno’s four-part reworking of his philosophical 90s anime classic Neon Genesis Evangelion reaches its …
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The First Slam Dunk review – basketball is the universe in resplendent hit anime
Takehiko Inoue’s classic manga spinoff has magnificent on-court scenes, but doesn’t quite sink the backstoryAt…
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Psycho-Pass: Providence review – anime thriller investigates dark side of technology
Japanese studio Production IG’s conspiracy noir is a fabulous-looking tale influenced by Blade RunnerWith the …
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Latest Studio Ghibli mystery film release ends months of guesswork for Japanese fans
Details of plot for veteran director Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature for 10 years had been kept largely secretF…
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The Tunnel to Summer, Exit of Goodbyes review – metaphysical anime tale of first love
Two classmates navigate their relationship – along with a magical tunnel where time gets dilated – in Tomohisa…
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Re:cycle of the Penguindrum review – ravishing anime with magic hat and dominatrix
There’s a lot to like in this two-part teen flick, but at four-and-a-half hours long there’s also just a lot o…
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Junk Head review – astonishing stop-motion trip through a nightmarish future
Existential quandaries meet expressionist monsters in Takahide Hori’s dystopian worldEnvisioning a dystopian f…
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Suzume review – Makoto Shinkai’s charming modern Alice in Wonderland
The Your Name director’s mythic and comic new animation is an absorbing, intriguing and bewildering workHere i…
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Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night review – dungeon-crawler drama
The latest outing from the multimedia franchise finds its heroes still trapped inside an RPG, where they learn…
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That Time I Got Reincarnated As a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond review – high-spirited anime
This playful tale about an ogre samurai, a poisoned queen and a demonic pool of talking slime has a lot of con…